I’m Don Vierboom, the proud owner of Four Tree Coaching. I look forward to sharing my story, and I hope you will enjoy getting to know me better.
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Meet The Face Behind Four Tree Coaching
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ANNOUNCING THE NEW WEBSITE
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4 Must-Have Core Values for Your Business
Core values are deeply embedded values that govern the company's actions; they serve as the main pillars of the organization. They should never be compromised for the sake of convenience or short-term economic gain. Core values frequently reflect the company's values. They are the source of a company's uniqueness and must be protected at all costs. Mentioned below are some of the core values your business must have:
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5 Problem-Solving Skills For Your Business
Creating and managing start ups and businesses takes a lot of problem-solving skills just because there will be numerous instances when these skills could work wonders. Entrepreneurs require great problem-solving skills in order to resolve any queries and complaints from customers because, at the end of the day, a business will need a way out to keep it afloat. But the question is, what is a problem-solving skill and how can it be leveraged in your business? What is Problem-Solving in Business? Problem-solving in business relates to finding out obstacles and taking appropriate actions to mitigate them. Obstacles could be lurking in…
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What Are The Different Types Of Business Plans?
Setting up a business isn’t just about investing capital and hiring people to do specific jobs. It requires a business plan that you can follow as a roadmap to help a business grow, accomplishing each of its milestones as it progresses. A good business plan keeps track of all aspects and accounts for contingencies and strategies to opt for in different situations to keep the business afloat. Knowing all the different types of business plans and how to use them can effectively help achieve the said goals. What is a Business Plan? A business plan is a set of objectives, strategies and…
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How To Write a Strategic Business Plan
Any business needs a strategic business plan for long-term sustainability. Under the strategic plan, the business delves deep into the current environment both internally and externally. The plan then goes on to establish future goals and make the business robust. In simple words, a strategic business plan creates a road map for the future. So how does anyone write it? Writing a business plan requires both skill and experience. Here are the top six steps to follow for writing a business plan in the best way: Revisit the Vision and Mission Statement The vision and mission statement is like a base for the business.…
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5 Signs You Need to Hire a Business Coach
A commitment to a two-way relationship is made when you hire a business coach. To make coaching effective, you must be willing to make adjustments and work with a coach you feel comfortable with and who you can trust to keep you accountable. A business coach may help you with various professional and interpersonal skills. Perhaps you need to improve your social media skills, for example, or modify your thinking habits, or perhaps you want advice to grow your business. The coach you select should be able to answer all of your questions and you should feel at ease with them. After all, you'll be collaborating for several weeks or months.
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5 Benefits Of Having A Business Mentor
A business mentor may assist you in building a better and more long-term business. As a result of working with a mentor, firms and organisations report a variety of benefits, including increased turnover, productivity, and staff numbers. A business mentor may often make a significant impact in their mentee's life by sharing extra insights from their personal experience. Mentoring varies from advising, coaching, and consulting in this regard. A mentor's job is to encourage, educate, and challenge the protégé. An experienced mentor can help you grow your business and achieve your goals. Here are some more reasons for having a business mentor:
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Here's a Checklist for Your Start-up
Nothing beats being your own boss and bringing your vision to life with a robust business. This is why start-ups are booming. But how do you get started? Not to worry—here is a start-up checklist to start your business right away.
Conduct Market Research
The first step is to understand the market—you must figure out if there’s an opportunity for your idea to turn into a successful business. With market research, you can find potential customers and competitors in your area. You can use this research to prepare a business plan that gives you a competitive advantage in your industry.
Prepare a Business Plan
The next step is to prepare a business plan—the foundation to start your business. The business plan acts as a roadmap of how your business will be structured, run, and grow in the coming years. It is also useful to convince investors on why your company is an intelligent choice.
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7 Ways To Grow Your Business
Small businesses are booming after the recent lull due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it’s time for small businesses to surge back up and offer their full-fledged services. However, this can be a confusing time if you want to grow your business since there is a lot of uncertainty in the market right now.
If you are a small business owner and want to grow your business, here are a few surefire ways to do that.
1) Use Social Media
Social media is perhaps the most reliable (and cheap) form of marketing for your business. So, use it. Start with an Instagram account for your brand and ask your loyal customers to follow you; next, start posting content on that account with compelling copy and visuals to attract more followers. Social media marketing is a terrific way to reach a wider audience for free!
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Achieve More, Together: The Importance of Working as a Team
"There’s no ‘I’ in team" is a familiar adage people learn as early as preschool or elementary school. Parents and teachers remind children that it’s possible to accomplish more when you do it together. This refrain continues through the rest of your school years, all the way to the workforce.
Unfortunately, many employees still cringe when they learn that they have to collaborate with their colleagues on a project or even when the manager announces that there will be a team-building activity ahead. Why is this so?
Much as it is a cliche, working as a team is indeed critical to achieving your business goals. Read on for a breakdown of why this remains true in the modern workplace.
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Big Picture: The True Meaning of Working on Your Business
Many business owners rapidly burn out when they start a new firm because they feel they must handle everything on their own. Even after months of professional experience, they still feel obligated to do everything. Worse, they don't spend time working on their expansion or developing their teams. As a result, they get caught up in their work cycle rather than focusing on the growth of their business.
Understanding the Importance of Delegation
Typical proprietors are "doers," and they generally enjoy the work. They do not, however, trust others to do accomplish tasks successfully. Because of this, they are often engrossed with the day-to-day operations of the firm.
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Business Coaching Explained! A Guide on All You Need to Know
For most business owners, the idea of constant improvement (or kaizen) is a valuable concept that its mere presence can make a world of difference between success and failure.
As time passes and the amount of experience and challenges begin to pile up, you’re bound to run into certain hurdles that seem impossible and far beyond your abilities to solve. The problem with this experience is that many business owners end up growing dull in terms of their capabilities over time because they hit plateaus that they can’t shift or shape for their development.
Thankfully, there’s one solution that you can use to get over that same slump along the path to scaling and growth: Business coaching.
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Handling Rejection: A Guide for Turning Bad Into Good
With so many processes and details that need to be taken care of and the need to remain competitive, being a business owner can become very stressful. Regardless of what industry you’re in or how big your business is, there will always be all sorts of challenges that you need to overcome.
Out of many complications you can expect to face, one of the most difficult is sales rejection. However, handling this age-old hurdle is quite simpler than most people make it out to be. Following the right key points and putting them into play can lead to positive developments.
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Hard Times: How to Keep Selling When No One's Buying
When times are tough, selling becomes tougher, making it hard to keep a business running. The things that worked for you before probably won’t apply in these different circumstances. Mother Nature, economic downturns, and catastrophic global events can completely change the game. When it comes to sales, you need to be quick to think on your feet to keep sales afloat.
Here are some strategies on how you can do this:
Develop a Positive Mindset
Lessen your exposure to negativity. A positive mindset can do a lot to aid you in keeping your sales going during hard times. You need to think, and you won’t be able to do that if you constantly worry about everything else.
Stay updated but don’t drown in the news cycle, conjuring up the worst-case scenarios. This will only hinder you from developing solutions for your business.
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How to Succeed in Business: Delegate Tasks Effectively
You can’t do it all. And thinking that you can do your business no good. Failing to delegate will not only stretch you thin, but it will also prevent business growth.
If you want your business to succeed, you have to take a step back and trust that the team you picked can do the job right. Although it can be nerve-racking to let go of control at first, you will soon grow accustomed to this kind of management. And you will see that delegating tasks is what’s good for you, your business, and your team.
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Brand Loyalty: How Do You Retain Existing Customers?
The accessibility of always reaching a larger audience through online means is one of the numerous technical wonders of digital marketing. Instead of being limited to your local demographic, you can find patrons who fit your buyer's persona across state borders or even beyond international waters. However, this dependence on customer acquisition strategies doesn't always yield long-term positive effects. Without a proper retention model, all you'll have is a slew of one-time purchases and little to no consistency for growth.
Retaining Your Current Customers
While acquiring new customers is necessary for scaling your business, it will be difficult to achieve without a solid foundation. This foundation needs to be a reliable set of current customers maintained through a successful retention model.
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5 Ways Business Coaching Can Help Entrepreneurs: What to Know
In one of our previous articles, we’ve already talked about the top qualities that you should look for when hiring business coaching services. However, there’s still a lot more that you should know about when it comes to hiring a business coach. Another topic that’s well worth exploring is the ways that coaching can benefit you as an entrepreneur. If this is something that you want to know more about, then we’ve got just the thing for you.
We’ve compiled a list of the five ways that business coaching can help entrepreneurs, whether you’re a beginner or an established entrepreneur:
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A Second Opinion: Why Business Owners Work with Consultants
Running a business can be a demanding full-time job, especially if you’re in the first few years of your company’s inception. It’s generally a business owner’s responsibility to guide the growth of a company. However, even they can get lost or confused on how to proceed, especially when encountering a considerable obstacle.
Business owners too stubborn to listen to others, especially their own team, will eventually run their company to the ground. Unfortunately, too many enterprises end with this fate due to a lack of open-mindedness in the workplace. This is why business consultants offer an outsider’s opinion to supplement the weaknesses of your management model.
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5 Problem-Solving Skills For Your Business
Creating and managing startups and businesses takes a lot of problem-solving skills just because there will be numerous instances when these skills could work wonders. Entrepreneurs require great problem-solving skills in order to resolve any queries and complaints from customers because, at the end of the day, a business will need a way out to keep it afloat. But the question is, what is a problem-solving skill and how can it be leveraged in your business?
What is Problem-Solving in Business?
Problem-solving in business relates to finding out obstacles and taking appropriate actions to mitigate them. Obstacles could be lurking in your office, or with the team, or the process in use or the entire organization as a whole. It could diverge you from your actual goals and outcomes. Problem-solving then becomes a learnable skill where you can take the initiative to establish processes and evaluate, execute and measure analytics to enhance a process.
