Connection

Its January 23rd and work is in full swing - My theme for this year is CONNECTION - with recession and slowing economies it is important to stay connected to people and your business.

Connect with your customers regularly

Connect with your staff every day

Connect with your suppliers

Connect with your bankers if they will let you in the door. We know banks are not very good at connecting unless they need to collect a payment - how often do your bankers call you out of the blue to see how things are going - you would think that with a $50million dollar advertising budget a bank could spend some on the basics of just making a call - no - instead we get animated piggy banks, a very tired and now lacking imagination Ira Goldstein, a Black horse showing up everywhere (nice looking horse), Scotsman who couldn't be understood by the banker but we could understand him in the advert EH??? WHY NOT JUST CONNECT WITH THE CUSTOMER FROM TIME TO TIME.

Connect with your knowledge center and stay updated

Connect with your board of directors and make sure the plan is functional and the path through the recession is on track

Connect with your managers and listen to them and their ideas and make sure they connect with their teams and listen to them

Connect with the market - understand and find the opportunities that exist - even in a recession

Connect with you wife, husband partner and enjoy them, date them, hold hands, make love, share a moment or just be together - they are always there.

Connect with your children and enjoy them, play a few games, let them know you love them, tell them you are proud of them and always kiss them goodnight and before you go to work and give them a hug when you come home so they know you are glad to see them.

Connect with yourself - take some time out on your own just to think and read, and write in your journal or to have a nice glass of wine and just relax.

Connect Connect Connect and then Connect some more.

I am wanting to connect with the young up-and-coming stars in your business with my new program 'The Olympic Gold Medal Program for the Rising Stars in your Business.' Check it out at www.executivecoaching.co.nz

If you need a motivation speech to kick the year off , have a strategy you need facilitated, want to do some planning for the future, or you need some coaching to get you on track or raise the bar or to bring an edge then connect with me - (07) 8277180.

Have a connecting good year.