January 2007
Greetings!
Happy New Year! We are excited to be moving into year 2007. We expect to deepen our contribution to a thriving small business community in NM using our Holistic Business Management Consulting methodology. In this newsletter, you will find articles with a broader perspective on creating and managing a thriving business. Sharing knowledge that works is part of our philosophy, so just email us for permission to reprint any of our content.
Holistic Human Performance Alliance builds its practice around enabling small business employers to overcome the challenges in business growth by providing cost-effective, first- class holistic business consulting, coaching and training. Our unique approach to business development weaves the most recent human performance and business growth theories into the best practices. We guarantee solutions with measurable outcomes. We provide real time on the spot help with both hands-on customized consulting and affordable subscription phone consultations.
We build our business by referrals. If you know someone who values extraordinary contribution (to self and to other) and a holistic way to conduct business, please forward our info along. We appreciate your support.
What have we been up to lately?
§ We are excited that Darlene's new book The Real Illusion of Fear is in print and will be available in February. Stay tuned. The Real Illusion of Fear contains a simple3-step self-coaching technique for transforming your life through a process of surrender and choice. Fear results from negative emotions which cause barriers and restrict our lives, whereas love creates positive emotions and provides liberating choices.
§ Darlene and Yun both are preparing for various sport competition for 2007. Darlene prepares for power lifting competitions and Yun prepares for another century ride.
§ HHPA has been selected as a small business Mentor in the Sandia National Lab Mentor-Protégé program. We met our two protégés businesses this month and we are looking forward to a year of growth for both us and them.
§ HHPA is preparing for various conference appearances to promote our Holistic Business Education philosophy. Our February newsletter will focus exclusively on this critical topic.
Take Action and Take Vitamins -- A Broader Perspective
on Developing a Thriving Business
To be on top of your game at work you need to be healthy and energetic. The responsibilities of running a business can wear you down. One of our clients expressed a concern that many entrepreneurs have. She said, “No one can run this business like I can, but I am getting tired. The business is doing fine but my passion is fading. I don’t know who will be able to carry on if I ease up.” The reality is, if you don’t start taking care of yourself, someone will have to take over for you, even worse; you could lose the business if your health takes a down turn. Read on to find out how taking a few vitamins and stress relief can bring your energy to a top level.
Read On
Fuel the Changes by Creating a Vision
“We are limited, not by our abilities, but by our vision.” -- Joel Barker
We all resist change. As business leaders who have to implement change in our organizations, it may be helpful to remember our own personal difficulty in following through with someone else’s changes. Even when our brain tells us the change is for the good, there is still that part of us that always resists and wants things to remain the same. This causes us to create delays with our doubts and questioning.
However, we are all in favor of choice. We especially enjoy making choices on what we need. So when a resolution appears as a clear and positive choice to satisfy a need, our subconscious brain does not work against us in following through on the action. In fact our subconscious looks for ways to assist us in acting on these positive choices. So, Instead of “forcing the change”, you make a choice to take certain actions that fulfill the intent of the change. So, choice is assisted while change is resisted. What does creating vision has to do with changes and choices?
Read On
Business Tips To Top Leaders
Score with 5 Tips on Exit Strategies
§ Plan your exit when you start the business. Will you sell your company, pass it on to children, or take it public?
§ Take time to understand how your chosen exit affects business planning. Will family members need to be trained to replace you, for example?
§ Consider the cost of each strategy—loss of the ability to keep financial information private if you sell or go public, for example.
§ Be aware that your investors will have their own exit strategies. Be prepared to discuss their desired timetable for exiting your business, how they see it happening and their expected return on investment.
Plan well ahead for a satisfying life when you leave your current business. Consider starting another business, teaching, volunteering—or becoming a philanthropist. Brought to you by SCORE "Counselors to America's Small Business." http://www.score.org
