Issue 34 | November 07

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Next Steps Newsletter from James Sweetman and Associates

10 Questions to focus your business in 2008

This is the time of year when companies start planning for the New Year. Here are ten great questions to focus your thinking.

  1. Why do your clients seek you out? (The answer will give clues to your critical success factors.)
  2. How are your ideal clients/ target market being underserved by you and/or your competitors?
  3. Is your business model scalable? Can you grow your business with the structures you have in place?

Coaching

Find out about our Executive Coaching and Personal Coaching.

Speaking

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Training

Personal Development courses that will take you and your company to the next level.

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Recommended Reading

Social Intelligence
by Daniel Goleman

A fascinating read from the author of Emotional Intelligence. Amongst its many insights, this book illustrates how our interactions with others have the power to shape our brains.

 
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Want to enhance your Interview Skills?

Want to know how to transform nerves into confidence? Want to brush up on your interviewing technique? Want to know what all interviewers are seeking and how to deliver it?

The How to Excel at Interviews Programme is an hour long audio CD that shares 5 main strategies for successful and thorough interview preparation.

To mark the launch of the CD I want to share with you an Interview Preparation Casestudy (an extract from Graduate to Success) focussing on the tangible preparation we can do when preparing for that dream role. Read on...

Nurture your mind with great thoughts for you will never go higher than you think    -    Benjamin Disraeli

Where are your habits leading you?

By Jack Canfield

You are an accumulation of your habits. From how you get out of bed, how you dress, how you walk and talk, how you respond to the world, how you act in front of others, and how you think; you're living out your habits.

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Overcoming Shyness

Do you want to feel more confident?

For some, shyness is situation specific like at an interview or delivering  a presentation. For others it is more general.

Whilst shyness can be an endearing quality, excessive shyness can seriously impede us in our careers and relationships.

And finally...

"All men dream, but not all equally. Those who dream by night, in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake to find it was all vanity. But the dreamers of the day are dangerous, for they may act their dreams with open eyes and make things happen."

T. E. Lawrence
 
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Welcome to the Nov.’07 edition of Next Steps

This month’s Next Steps marks the official launch of my first CD. ‘How to Excel at Interviews’ is an hour long audio CD covering most of the issues I explore with clients when assisting them prepare for interview.

Our habits and the beliefs we hold about ourselves and the world around us shape the quality of our lives. Both topics are explored this month in 'Where are your habits leading you' by Jack Canfield and Overcoming Shyness.

I’ve been amazed at the positive response to the launch of the Excellence Forum last month. Thank you for the words of encouragement and indeed for the book purchases!

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