Episodes

What if you had a had a business where all your people wanted to stay because they loved it so much. In fact it was so good that you never had to really hire anyone because people were running to your door to be a part of what you have going in your business? What does it take to do that? Well it takes a culture. But not just any culture. It has to be such a great culture that people feel that they truly belong. It is a culture that values every member of your work team. A culture that is so gre...

As we are in the very beginnings of the holiday season things can get pretty chaotic. As great as the Holidays are or can be the stress can be overwhelming. We all get caught up into having to put up decorations, making travel plans, making menus, gift buying and the list just gets longer. But it isn’t only our personal life that is affected. Quite frankly all of our businesses become affected too. Our employees get the holiday distracted. The motivation level is not the same. For some places th...

When it comes to our jobs often we feel powerless. Sometimes this occurs because when we work for someone else we believe that we do not have any control over our job. Then there are those who feel stuck in their job, they feel as if they cannot move up or go anywhere. They blame their boss, blame the management, ,blame the ownership, they blame others in general for their lack of motivation or the reason they are in the place they are. The fact is if you feel this way you have lost control of y...

When it comes to leadership who better than a U.S. Army general is more qualified to talk about it. When you have led thousands of men and women in the midst of brutal, volatile, and dangerous combat, and having to take the responsibility of the lives of all those under his command you better demonstrate great leadership. You not only need to have great leadership knowledge, but you must have characteristics, values, and wisdom that people believe in and want to follow. Major General John L. Gro...

Owning your own business is exciting. However, when you choose to own your own business you are responsible to make the decisions. And this is where business mistakes happen…in the decision making process. It has been said that in the game of golf that the one thing a professional golfer does that an amateur does not do, is they know how to avoid the mistakes. This of course makes them more successful. If you could avoid the business mistakes that so many business owners and entrepreneurs make w...

How do you go from being in debt to owning franchises, owning property and your own business? It all starts with changing your stinkin’ thinkin’. Let’s face it we all want some sort of success. Or we would like to have even more success. And when is comes to success we have a tendency to look outward. We want to find some “trick”, some easy way to find this illusive thing we call success. The fact is there are no “tricks”, there are no “fast tracks”, there are no “easy” ways, and there is no “pa...

When we think about leadership we typically think of a single person. Some sort of top performer that leads a group of people. However, what if is there is another way to look at it? What if we looked at leadership by going against the grain? Does that sound “rebel”? The truth is we do need a new view of looking at it. After all we do live in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) and is not going to end. And with the pandemic things are going to moving faster with even more unce...

Burnout is a very real condition. Research on burnout suggest it costs companies billions of dollars in revenue as people can no longer function in their job, because they experience burnout. How does burnout show up? Fatigue, irritability, lack of motivation, making more frequent mistakes, not caring about the quality of your work, dread, sickness and many other symptoms. It can be a devastating situation when one experiences burnout. And that what this week’s guest on A New Direction, Michael ...

Most of your life you are going to be in a career. So how many classes through out your life time did you take that truly helped you? Well, if you are like most of us the answer is…zero. When it comes to our career there is little to help us. No one really talks about making a “career plan”, or the difference between “leadership and management” and how to navigate those waters, or how to do really good “Networking” versus doing really bad networking. What about working in a corporate environment...

If your people were to be asked the following questions about your business strategy what would be their response? Can your team members give you a one or two sentence description of how your company distinguishes itself? Can they tell you the top two or three things company must be great at, or must get better at to be successful? Can they tell you how the previous two answers translate into the critical three to five things they must accomplish to contribute to the execution of the strategy?...

Whether you are a Business to Business company or a Business to Consumer company the fact is we all need clients. And that means that connecting with prospective or current clients becomes priority one. The problem is that connecting with others is not easy. In fact, connecting and staying connected will be one of the most difficult tasks that you will undertake in your business. Thankfully for all of us therapist, counselor, and marketing company owner Paul Cowan helps us connect with our clien...

Everyone wants to be the one leading the charge, but no one wants the real responsibility that comes with it. Leading others sounds great until you realize it is more than a title. Leading is not about you being in charge. Leading is about taking care of others. Demonstrating you care. Showing them understanding and compassion. Leading is not about giving them fish, or philosophizing about fishing, but taking the time to give them the skills to fish. Leading requires character, the ability to mo...

It has been said that one of the greatest fears that people have is to speak in public. In fact, the fear of dying is less than the fear of public speaking. And yet we also know that great leaders tend to be great public speakers. In fact, it could be argued that it is difficult to lead without the skill of public speaking. And there in lies the truth…it is a skill that can be learned. If you are looking to grow yourself as a leader and/or achieve more success in your business or career to speak...

The Proverb states, “People without a vision perish”. Meaning that without a vision you will wander aimlessly, run wild without restraint, only to be ridiculed laughed at, and life just happens and they wind up with nothing. Most often we think about “vision” when it comes to business, but if you don’t have a personal vision it is impossible to lead others. Without a vision, quite frankly you will struggle to lead yourself. If you want to be the best you can be. If you want to achieve peak perfo...

https://coachemwayup.com/about-the-authors/lynn-guerin/When it comes to undefeated teams and national championships none were more dominant than UCLA coached by John Wooden. Considered by coaches to be the greatest coach ever John Wooden left a legacy of excellence and success. There was no doubt that his teams were the best. He played a team game even though he had superstars. No one person was ever bigger than John Wooden’s entire team. It was that level of excellence that is legendary. When y...

Can you quote your company’s mission statement perfectly? Are you a leader in your company and can you quote the mission with 100% accuracy? If you cannot well then, “Houston we have a problem.” And the problem is you and your company are out of alignment. Your mission statement should be so ingrained that everyone in the company can not only quote it, but they understand that every decision that will be made in the company will be guided by the mission statement. Clearly if you are going to hav...

We all sell, but we all do not have sales success. We all do business, but we all do not have business success. Most of us bring home money and whether you do or not we all are not a financial success. Entrepreneur extraordinaire Barry Habib has found success in all three of those areas and he built it from nothing. He found opportunities, which led to another opportunity, which he leveraged into another opportunity, which made him successful and a highly sought after entrepreneur. In this episo...

If you were raised in Northern Ireland a part of your culture is the pub. If you are Irvine Nugent your dad owned the pub and you were raised as part of a sub-culture. For the Irish the pub is more than a place to drink, it is a place where people gather, all people, regardless of their station in life. It is a place where laughter and enjoyment are embodied. The pub was the place the Irvine Nugent learned about leadership and culture. His father helped him understand as a pub owner (a.k.a. “pup...

There is no doubt as humans we were made to connect with each other. Yet we typically overestimate our ability to connect. We think to ourselves we are great connectors, when the truth we are superficial. Sales people will talk about how they build “rapport”, but “rapport” is not true connecting, it is really a form of manipulation so that you can get what you want. The truth is when we truly make a connection we build mutual identification and trust. When we connect we truly find the person int...

If you are starting your own business or you have been in business for a period of time you need to check in with your branding. When it comes to business branding is everything. Branding is not so much about what you say it is…branding is what your customers say you are. So here is the question: “What do your customers say about your brand?” Have you literally asked them? Or are you like the majority of business owners who just assume they know how the customer feels about your brand. Branding ...

Coaching is an industry all to itself. It happens to be that I too am a part of the coaching industry. But have you ever considered developing your own coaching within your business. What if you could take your managers and make them coaches? What if you could create peer to peer coaching and help your people not only succeed, but thrive, and create a sense of deeper loyalty. On today’s edition of A New Direction Professional Coach and Consultant Lisa J. Koss starts coaching your people to be co...

CEO’s, Owners, Managers, if you think your meetings are awesome you are in DENIAL (Don’t Even kNOw I Am Lying). The truth is they are tedious, unproductive, and boring. Most of the people would rather poke themselves in the eye with a fork and go to the hospital than sit in your meetings. Why? Because there is no purpose behind most meetings. They are a waste. Secondly you demand people to attend who have nothing to do with accomplishing anything, so you are wasting their time. The fact is you c...

Are you stuck? Do you feel like your career is a a dead end? Do you look at your life and say “is this all?” We all have dreams of success. But what keeps us from achieving it? The first person you have to look is you? The second thing you must do to reach success is stop blaming other people, situations and circumstances. The fact is when studying people who have achieved success there are some common traits that any of us can learn. And Author Peter G. Ruppert joins us in this episode of A New...

It has been said, that we don’t have business problems, but we have personal problems that affect our business. And nothing can affect your business, career, and life than relationships. Whether you are looking for one or are in one, our significant other relationships affect our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well being. When our relationships are great with our significant other the world is a better place and seems much easier to deal with…but…a relationship that is sour can destr...