A Year to Success

I have spent last night and most of today, at 'Ferndale Glen', a one hundred acre spread in its own valley near the township of Wolumla on the south coast of NSW Australia.

Along with six of my colleagues who make up 'in the Company of Coaches' we have been tossing around ideas to make all our businesses increasingly attractive to potential clients and the greater public.

The overwhelming support was for a fresh approach and outside the usual business models and structures. In fact, it has the potential to make an impact on the way individual coaches and any small business run their affairs.

Networking has always had a love/hate relationship with most people. A necessary ingredient but we would all rather that the business comes in rather than we having to go out and get it. By introducing a concept of separate business with the community spirit of a strongly organised, yet flexible structure, another dimension is added to the mix.

By having each on call if needed, we are able to offer a service beyond the single identity business that we all have. By removing any hierarchy we also have implemented an Open Space approach

Instead of talking about an event, each is encouraged to start the ball rolling. From my perspective it is based on "You can't build a house by only drawing pictures"

The scene is set. We now meet in a fortnight.