Welcome to the "Next" Normal

Did the pandemic throw an unexpected monkey wrench in your plans for business growth last year?

Welcome to the “next” normal. The last thing any of us expected to interfere with our business last year was a pandemic. Yet, by mid-March, businesses were closed indefinitely, the supply chain was crippled, and our customers were afraid to venture out. Nobody saw it coming. And it’s unlikely any business in America had a contingency plan for pandemic conditions. Did yours?

It can be hard to plan for every situation, even under normal conditions. Even when making planned changes. It’s hard because the roadblocks to our growth aren’t always in plain sight. Or even on our radar – like a pandemic.

David helps you find and tear down the roadblocks. 

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Breaking Through Barriers to Change

Business goals that require change across the organization often relate to time, team, or money. Within those broad categories we often chart a pathway forward only to find barriers, some deeply rooted in company culture. In fact, you may not recognize barriers if they’ve been in place for a long time or if they didn’t seem to interfere with successful results.

Being involved in the process grants management a different perspective than staff will have. Likewise, staff might have knowledge of day-to-day processes that management doesn’t see from their perspective. 

David Waymann can help identify and address barriers in your small business – physical, environmental, cultural, mindset, or communication-based – to clear the way for your success. 

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What's Holding You Back?

Studies show that change across the organization is hard – in fact an estimated two out of three change initiatives fail. But we know that to pursue goals and be successful requires change, maybe continuous change. So, why do so many change initiatives in pursuit of goals fail? Because many small businesses don’t recognize the barriers within their organization that can trip up their goals. 

David Waymann can help identify and address barriers – physical, environmental, cultural, mindset, or communication-based – to clear the way for your success. 

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Can You See the Forest for the Trees?

So, you’ve analyzed the past year and are ready to dive into your strategic plan. Stop for a moment and ask yourself one last question: am I seeing the complete picture? 

Chances are you’re not.

No matter how involved you are with all the various aspects of your business – no matter how well you know your people, processes, and products or services – you can only view them from your own perspective. And when you’re as deeply involved as you are, your perspective is influenced by history and what you can see. What about things you can’t see (blind spots). You take for granted that the way things are is how they should be. If it’s not broke, don’t fix it, right? But a process that appears to be working might not be working as well as it could or should. Or, it might depend on outdated resources that could be improved. Looking at your business from a different perspective gives you a fresh insight into the familiar and opens up possibilities.

David Waymann, AdviCoach, can show you how to look at your business from a different perspective. With David’s guidance, you won’t just think outside the box. You’ll step outside the box and look deeply into it. 

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Look Back to Move Forward

Year end is a time to look forward to plan for the future of your business. It’s also a time to look backward to assess the past year’s performance with a critical eye. Past successes and failures can both provide valuable information to drive future growth. 

Maya Angelou described her respect for the past, saying “If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going.” 

Indeed! Our focus in business is often to look to the future – on moving onward and upward. But leaving the past behind, unexamined, leaves a critical gap in your understanding of how to get there. Analyzing the past gives you the wisdom to choose the best future path.

A SWOTT (Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities, Threats, and Trends) analysis is a great way to look back on your year to identify what helped and what hindered your goals.

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Virtual Coaching is a Natural Choice in Today's World

The tools and technology at our disposal in the time of COVID make virtual coaching a natural evolution. And, although forgoing the face-to-face model may seem less personal at first, virtual coaching actually offers some benefits you may not have considered pre-COVID.

Convenience – Removing location from the coaching equation makes coaching sessions more convenient for current clients, and more obtainable for those who may have previously been limited by location or commute. Virtual coaching opens doors for you! 

Privacy – Engaging in a coaching meeting from the privacy of your home, office, or location of choice is not only convenient, but allows you more control over your privacy when compared with traveling to a physical office or meeting in public. While we can all agree that everybody needs a little help at times, there are also times when we just don’t want to publicize our need. 

Fewer distractions – Believe it or not, you’re less likely to be interrupted in a virtual meeting than an in-person one due to the absence of visual social clues. In other words, it’s uncomfortable to interrupt when we can’t make direct eye contact. 

Comfort – Having control over your meeting location gives you a kind of home field advantage. You may find it easier to prepare with your own belongings around you, and easier to relax or open up in your own comfortable environment.

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Virtual Coaching: Adapting to the New Normal

The COVID pandemic has changed the rules of engagement in everyday life, in every arena, from how we educate our children to how we manage our businesses. 

Successful businesses recognize that they can’t always change their external circumstances, like COVID, but must accept the change and adapt in order to thrive. 

Coaching is no different! 

In the aftermath of stay-at-home orders, and as we move into the next phase of life and business with COVID, it’s more important than ever for coaches to be available to support your changing business needs. To do that, we’ve adopted virtual coaching.

Since COVID, sitting down together with a handshake and a cup of coffee is no longer a safe model, but we can still provide the heart of what we do as coaches via virtual meetings.

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