Back in the early days of my coaching business, I didn’t place much importance on systems. They simply didn’t seem necessary, and they certainly didn’t strike me as something that would contribute to my success. Plus, creating systems just felt like more work, a way to waste time I didn’t really have. That changed as I got busier with my business and realized that NOT having systems was preventing me from reaching the next level and achieving more growth. Before I had systems in … [Read more...]
How Systems Support More Success in Your Business
5 Steps to Creating a Culture of Continual Improvement
As we have explored this month’s topic of Culture, we have learned that a positive, healthy culture doesn’t just happen. It needs to be planned and developed with intention. Our firms will only function as we desire, when we dream of what can be and work to make those dreams become reality. We all want our firms to be the best they can be. We want to be getting better all the time. As we grow and our firms mature, success will come from continual improvement. Constantly seeking the better … [Read more...]
3 Things All Successful Architects Have in Common
All successful architects have three things in common. They have patience. They have become masters at under-promising and they are all focused on being the very best at one thing. Patience Anyone practicing architecture for more than a few months knows that patience is a prerequisite for success. An efficient process of architecture is all about choices and obtaining decisions from some clients takes the patience of a saint. A smile, a deep breath and a complete understanding of the source of … [Read more...]