This article is from your MYB Consultancy for small business owners, in fact any business owner Online Business Education ? Operational Risk Management Training Over and over again as I work with small business owners I find some don?t have much of a plan, little own a Master Business Plan. Sure, I find the more successful ones do, but rarely do I find that they work their plan well or that the plan is actually comprehensive. This is great for my consultancy of course b...

This article is from your MYB Consultancy for small business owners, in fact any business owner Online Business Education and Operational Risk Management Training Small Business Owners need to be 1st Class Team Leaders!! Technically the people who work for you are employees. I much prefer to think of them as team members. As a business owner, technically you are the employer. I much prefer to think of you as the team leader. In my consultancy work I have found ...

Have you ever had a problem getting motivated to complete a task that you absolutely had to do? Did you ever just want to throw in the towel and accept that you failed? If so, understand that there are things you can do to be more motivated and to achieve your goals. What motivates you? There are two types of motivation that exist: extrinsic motivation and intrinsic motivation. Extrinsic motivation is motivation that is inspired by outside forces, while intrinsic motivati...

This article is from your MYB Consultancy for small business owners, in fact any business owner Online Business Education and Operational Risk Management Training This is part of the series on ?Regaining Control? Mission Statement ? no argument about this! Do you have that all important Mission Statement? Assuming as a small business owner you have a Vision of where you want to go, it therefore makes sense that small business owners must identify the way in which ...

The board see the crescent, the workers see the whole of the moon. Why your business strategies won?t work Picture the scene. The Chief Executive of Endangered PLC, Ms D Point in a doctors surgery in her local village. ? Receptionist: Ms Point, The Business GP will see you now. ? Ms P: Thank you. Ms P makes her way gingerly down to the door of her Business GP. ?Come in? says a friendly voice in response to her gentle, if not hesitant, knock. ? GP: Good morning...

When getting ready with your organization for its next big conference, you should begin to take care of what you can control. These are the things to have in mind: First: Streamline The first step you have to take is to streamline your tasks; be sure to have a plan before you begin the event organization. Before you start, it is essential to make sure you know the direction you are going. Make a priority list from the beginning to the end; from finding the right speaker...

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain FOCUS + FEELING + ACTION = ATTRACTION While I don?t believe in pat formulas for success, I?d like to share some ingredients for attracting more of what we want in life. It goes like this: whatever we FOCUS on, FEEL, and ACT...

BBC News recently reported the story of horticulturist and orchid collector, Tom Hart Dyke, who was kidnapped in 2000 in the Darien Gap in Panama by Colombian Guerrillas and held hostage for nine months in the South American jungle. He was on a plant collecting expedition with his friend Paul Winder when captured. They experienced a horrific kidnapping ordeal and were both threatened with being beheaded. During this dark passage, in order to stay sane, Tom spent his time j...

?Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway.? ? John Wayne "Courage is the cliché hallmark attributed to the hero. I say cliché because people talk about courage as if it is some mysterious force only a hero is born with. Courage is a vague and fleeting concept for many people because they lack it themselves. People lack courage because they lack knowledge. They have no idea where the true source of courage comes from. Even worse, they don?t know it and cont...

Do you have a lot of assets that you need to maintain? If this is the case, you may need an asset management team to help you. Before we get into that, you are probably wondering what exactly asset management is. Asset management is a structured and system that is used to maintain your fixed assets on a day to day basis. This system is used through all phases of the asset's life cycle. This includes when the asset was first acquired until it is retired or no longer of use. It...