Friday 15 April 2011

How can coaching help your business?


When did you last sit down and think about where your business was going? When was the last time someone listened to you for 45 minutes?  Didn’t interrupt you, just listened?  When was the last time someone focussed with you, on your problems and how to manage them, and then empowered you to get exactly where you want to be?

Have you ever heard the saying ‘If you don’t know where you’re headed you’re likely to end up somewhere else’? The first step is to work out what it is you want - to be, to have and to achieve…

People who use business coaches are successful people who want to be great. So what is coaching? What’s the difference between coaching and mentoring? What can it actually do for your business or is it just a load of hot air?

Wednesday 12 January 2011

South Gloucestershire organisation given direct support to improve business


South Gloucestershire organisation given direct support to improve business

Cats Whiskers Face Painting, an entertainment and promotional events business run by Helen Eyre, recently participated in the Adapt to Survive programme.

Set up in 2003 and based in South Gloucestershire, Cats Whiskers Face Painting provides face painting and balloon modelling events with a particular emphasis on the corporate market.

Adapt to Survive is a business improvement programme jointly funded by the South West Regional Improvement and Efficiency Partnership and the local authorities in the West of England (excluding Bristol). The programme provides support to implement change and is delivered through workshops, mentoring and vouchers.