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Latest news and industry updates from the business coach team at Tenfold

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 ..
5 Reasons Your Business Should Knock Back Work To Be More Profitable
Whether your business is construction, chiropractor or even colour consulting (yes, it’s a real thing!), it’s essential to make sure your business is focused. Focus, whether in business or life, is an area where a strong understanding of who...
BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: What’s The Superhero Factor in Your Business
With the upcoming blockbuster release of Batman Vs Superman, here at Tenfold Business Coaching we cannot be more thrilled to see two of our favourite superheroes go head to head. Since their inception by Bob Kane and Bill Fi...
Two Times Award Winner: And The Winner Is…
Suzzanne Laidlaw is a leading Perth business coach who is an honorary member of the Tenfold Team. The recent Business Excellence Forum gave our team a fantastic opportunity to spend more time with Suzzanne w...
Employee Coach of the Year: And The Winner Is…
If you are getting a feeling of deja vu then you are right! Our very own Arjen van den Broek has been recognised and awarded the title of 2016 Employee Coach of the Year (Asia Pacific), following on from hi...
CEO Of The Year: And The Winner Is…
The Business Excellence Forum Awards (BEF) recognises and honours businesses that encompass a culture of innovation, passion, risk-taking and leadership. Tenfold is proud to announce that the...
Tips From Australia’s Best: Become An Industry Leader
If you tried to contact us last week you may have noticed we were not at our usual location. Instead we have been conferencing at the stunning Peninsula event space at Central Pier, Docklands. Team Tenfold attended the “Australia Bu...
Managing A World Class Team: Part 4 – What’s Your Motivation?
We’re going to start with question. BUT before we do, make sure you have checked out the other blogs in this series, Unlocking Potential, Recruitment Time (again) and
Managing A World Class Team: Part 3 – Unlocking Potential
If you haven’t figured it out (from our puzzle), we are continuing our series on Managing A World Class Team, by jumping into Key Performance Indicators. To catch up on the previous blogs from the series che...
Managing A World Class Team: Part 2 – Recruitment Time (again)
It’s team talking time. And even though we’ve done this post before, we’re going to touch on a little topic we’ve covered in the past. Job Descriptions. (Are you up to speed with the World Class Team series? Read Part One...
Managing A World Class Team: Part 1 – Kicking Goals!
In fact, frankly, we’re sick of them. Not in the traditional sense, of course. Profits for your business are good. They mean more cash and more success. But we’re bored with ...
4 Ways to Confidently Outsource (until science invents cloning)
As a business owner, you have to be a Jack or Jill of all trades. What are you today? An ...

