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The secret to increasing sales in your small business (here’s a clue – it’s not ‘selling’!)
When I talk about selling with some of my business coaching clients, I can almost see their skin crawl. They do NOT want to sell. Nope, no way, nada. But the fact is that no successful business has achieved great results without selling. So ...
Focusing on the ‘ability’ in ‘disability’: 5 benefits of inclusive employment for your small business
If you didn’t catch the ABC's recent and extremely popular “Employable Me Australia” series, I would encourage you to watch it: if you're quick you can track it down on
A New Hope: Small Business Guide To Millennial Workers
If your small business is like most in Australia, it is quite likely that you employ staff spanning at least a few generations currently active in the Australian workforce. Baby boomers, Gen X, Gen Y (also known as Millennials) and Gen Z are...
Winter is Coming: 7 Steps To Help Keep Your Employees (and Your Business) Healthy in 2023
I’m sure that just a few minutes ago it was February. Suddenly we’re halfway through April, and before we know it we’ll be in winter. As the mercury falls, so can a business’ productivity. Last year, Australia was hit hard with a f...
Can’t buy me love: A small business owner’s guide to boosting positive online reviews
"Any business that has delighted customers has a salesforce out there. You don't have to pay them, you don't see them, but they're talking to people all the time." - Warren Buffet In my previous blog,
Saving Face(book): Zuckerberg teaches small businesses how NOT to deal with negative publicity
When the recent Cambridge Analytica scandal broke and Mark Zuckerberg started appearing in the same sentence as “major breach of trust”, the face behind Facebook (whose bread and butter is conversation) seemed to have developed a curious cas...
5 Need-To-Know Triggers for Depression in Small Business
Running your own business can be hugely rewarding, but for many small business owners having the sole responsibility for the company’s success or failure can take a heavy toll. Did you know that currently over 3 million Australians are livin...
3 Tips for Tradies to Target Profitable Clients AND Reduce Risk
In small business, it’s easy to bite off more than you can chew. Sure, it’s great to be ambitious (as the #1 coaching firm in Australia, we LOVE ambition!) and set your sights on winning big projects, but ultimately a smarter approach to co...
Thank you!
Yes, you! It’s because of you, our clients and referral partners, and the results we helped you achieve that Tenfold was recognised as Coaching Firm of the Year 2017 at the recent Business Excellence Forum and Awa...
Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses to Gain Competitive Edge Over Big Businesses
Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses to Gain Competitive Edge Over Big Businesses 24 Feb 2017 5:22 PM - By Tania Baker, Marketing Manager Top 5 Tips for Small Businesses to Gain Competitive Edge Over Big Businesses Starbucks, the global coffee behemoth, had their sights on being “the most successful coffee chain in Australia”. And with the Australian takeaway cof...
Coaching Firm of the Year
Thanks to our clients and referral partners for helping us be awarded Coaching Firm of the Year 2017 at the Asia Pacific Business Excellence Awards.
Are Your Blind Spots Holding You Back? 4 Tips to See Your Way Clear
Have you ever wondered why it sometimes feels like you are doing everything that you can think of in your business and working endless hours, simply to look back at the end of the year and feel like nothing has really changed? Or why your co...
6 Simple Things Your Business Needs To Thrive (That Your Accountant Fails At*!)
How can I tell you what your accountant isn’t doing? Well, before I became a Business Coach, I was an accountant for 10 years. In fact, technically I still am, but I don’t do accounting anymore.
Client Appreciation Dinner 2016
With over 80 in attendance, this year’s Client Appreciation Dinner for our business coaching clients, was a wonderful success! Highlights of the evening included speed networking, awards presentation for companies reaching 5 and 10 yea...
4 Need-To-Know Hints for Success in Sales
For some, the thought of customer service and sales can feel very daunting. Sometimes it comes from a fear of being judged or rejection and other times you may just not feel qualified. Throughout my two years at SEEK Learning, my e...
The One Hack for Public Speaking That Never Fails
For most, just the thought of public speaking can immediately lead to a bad headache, pools of sweat developing visually through their shirt and the desire to just go home and hide, and with the abundance of bad advice out there, it’s not ha...
4 Essential Cash Tips for any SME
You have probably heard that 60% of SME businesses cease trading in the first 3 years. In a lot of cases, I think these are the lucky ones. The owners that I really feel for are the ones that are staying in business for years on end and only...
Steve Jobs: A Lesson in How Focus Foils Failure
Steve Jobs was a visionary. (Perhaps not in a fashion sense, but in other, more important ways, which is how he got away with wearing turtleneck sweaters.) Everyone who can spell ‘í’ knows his legacy: He took ..
