Professional Business Coaching - Taking your business from "Good to Great"

We have been challenged by Endre Barath, Jr. to share changes that we made last year or the year before and how that has helped.  I have been doing seminars at locations like office suites since I started my business in 2009.  However,  I have found that the delivery of information is becoming mu...

Today’s workforce is looking for much more than just a paycheck. And in the real estate brokerage it is more than commission splits.  I know there are some that don't believe that.  They also care very much about the values that and the culture that is lived not just what is said.  Living the val...

I am just wrapping up a restful week in Florida and tomorrow I will be returning to New York.  I feel very invested in my membership in numerous organizations and one of the big ones is The Business Council of Westchester.  Thursday evening is the annual New Years Bash.I also enjoy being an ambas...

Many businesses have created their business plans and are now in the process of hiring of staff. Some will be making the mistake of simply reading a resume and conducting an interview, having a gut feeling and then hiring. Not so fast! Contrary to what you may think education and skills do not cr...

There is no shortage of things to do on New Years Eve.  Here is Westchester we have two choices of ball drops.  For those who really want to deal with the locked zones there is the ball at Times Square.  I do know even young people who want to do that.  All of the people there must be from out of...

Frankly, I am not one for New Year’s Resolutions. Why? Because these are usually halfhearted resolutions at the spur of the evening, and they have no thought behind them. Unfortunately, many of these resolutions fade very quickly because the will or resolve in the resolution is not there. After t...

We have been challenged by Carol Williams and Anna Banana Kruchten CRB, CRS to tell a story of a fun or unusual transaction.  This transaction was certainly not fun.  In fact I would say that it is the craziest transaction I had.  This transaction involved a catering business.  It was owned by a ...

 A new year and a new decade is just around the corner. How is 2019? Are you finishing strong? Are there things that should change next year?Who should be working on their goals and plan for 2020? Maybe you have everything working perfectly and will continue doing what you are doing. If you see s...

I have been blogging on Active Rain since 2011.  Today, I want to show my gratitude today to the Active Rain community.  I was encouraged to join by Debbie Gartner .   Although I was not in the Real Estate business she told me about this great thing called blogging.  As a coach consultant she kne...

No matter how well we choose our words they will have no meaning until they are translated by our listener. Communication is a two-way process and it is more than just words. Effective communication involves feelings, connections, and other nonverbal signals. Ralph Waldo Emerson said it best. “Wh...