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How to Grow your Business in this Tough Economy

The business Mastermind Group in the Upper Valley will begin a new text on June 23 2009. The group, in collaboration with Borders Books, meets each Tuesday at 10:00 am in West Lebanon, NH. The new text, "The Rainmaker's Toolkit: Power Strategies for Finding, Keeping, and Growing Profitable Clients ", by Harry Mills, offers a practical strategies to sustain and grow profits in any industry.

"This book and the effective, inexpensive and easy to implement program it outlines is the optimum way to build your business in our current economy," says business coach Scott Graham who facilitates the group. 

"Whether you are struggling in your business or just looking for pragmatic ways to leverage your efforts through effective networking, this text presents a soup-to-nuts approach to marketing your business and 'making rain'," says Graham. "Coaching brings the book to life and it becomes more than just another piece of information -- it becomes an actionable strategy to increase your your gross sales."

The Mastermind Group works through each book slowly – one text about every three months – so participants can easily keep up with the reading. In addition to providing meeting space, members of the group receive 20% off the text from Borders.

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True Azimuth, LLC, headquartered in West Fairlee, Vermont, began offering business, personal and relationship coaching in 2006. For more information about the Mastermind Group, call 802-380-1026 or go to http://Mastermind.TrueAzimuth.biz.

©2009 True Azimuth, LLC
Business Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Life Coaching

Personal Trainer Certification!

Yesterday, I successfully completed the examination process with the National Federation of Personal Trainers and am now Certified as a Personal Trainer!

This certification will allow me to better serve my business coaching, life coaching and relationship coaching clients by integrating healthy lifestyle recommendations into the coaching process. 

Most people readily acknowledge the intertwining of our business, personal and relationship lives.  When things are going well in one area, this flows into other areas.

(Of course, the reverse is also true:  when things are going poorly in one area, this flows into other areas.)

Certification as a Personal Trainer allows me to take this one step further -- expanding my focus to how we treat our body.  Now I can move beyond encouraging my coaching clients to join a gym -- now I can help them to design a fitness program -- advising them on what to do at the gym -- incorporating fitness goals into our coaching collaboration.

Did you know that regular exercise helps not only to combat chronic disease and improve heart and lung capacity but it also enhances sleep, improves your mood and gives you more energy.  That's from the according to the Mayo Clinic  - they should know.

What coaching client wouldn’t want that?

So if you know of anyone who would like to tap into this added service -- people who want more balance, direction and fulfillment in their life, career and relationships -- tell them to give me a call at 802-380-1026.

©2008 True Azimuth, LLC
Business Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Life Coaching

Business Seminar focuses on Listening

A day-long business seminar, "Positive Listening" will be held on Friday March 28 2008 at the Community College of Vermont's Upper Valley Campus in Wilder, Vermont.  The seminar, built around an online listening assessment, is conducted by True Azimuth, LLC in cooperation with the Business and Entrepreneur Network.

"It is estimated that people screen out or misunderstand the intended meaning or purpose of a message in over 70 percent of communications, making listening the biggest contributing factor to miscommunication,"  says business and personal coach Scott Graham.  "Listening is more than hearing. It is the ability to receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues, like body language, in ways that are appropriate to the purpose." 

The investment of $91 includes all training materials, the pre-course Listening Profile, a 16-page report with individualized recommendations, and a continental breakfast.  Business and Entrepreneur Network members and Chamber of Commerce members receive a discount.

For more information, call Coach Scott Graham a 802-380-1026.  Register online at http://listen.TrueAzimuth.biz.   True Azimuth, LLC has been providing business and personal coaching since March 2006.  They are located on the web at http://TrueAzimuth.biz.  The Business and Entrepreneur Network is a membership organization helping professionals to "work on -- not just in - your business."  They are located on the web at http://benbusinessnetwork.com.

Time Management Business Seminar

A day-long business seminar, "Time Mastery" will be held on Friday January 18 2008 at the Community College of Vermont's Upper Valley Campus in Wilder, Vermont.  The seminar, built around an online time-management assessment, is conducted by True Azimuth, LLC in cooperation with the Business and Entrepreneur Network.

"Did you know if you could reduce your wasted time by just five minutes every hour, productivity would jump 8.3 percent?" says business and personal coach Scott Graham.  "The advantages of efficient time management go beyond squeezing more tasks into the work day. In companies with successful time-management strategies, teams meet project deadlines more often and managers spend more time pursuing opportunities — and less time struggling with paperwork or attending unproductive meetings. These organizations serve more customers without adding staff, equipment, and office space."

The investment of $91 includes all training materials, the pre-course Time Mastery Profile, a 32-page report with a gap analysis,  individualized recommendations. and action planning worksheets, and a continental breakfast.  Business and Entrepreneur Network members and Chamber of Commerce members receive a discount.

For more information, call Coach Scott Graham a 802-380-1026.  Register online at http://time.TrueAzimuth.biz.   True Azimuth, LLC has been providing business and personal coaching since March 2006.  They are located on the web at http://TrueAzimuth.biz.  The Business and Entrepreneur Network is a membership organization helping professionals to "work on -- not just in - your business."  They are located on the web at http://benbusinessnetwork.com.

Diversity Business Seminar

A day-long business seminar, "Building Bridges to Understanding" will be held on Friday December 14 2007 at the Community College of Vermont's Upper Valley Campus in Wilder, Vermont.  The seminar, built around an online diversity assessment with 20-page individualized report, is conducted by True Azimuth, LLC in cooperation with the Business and Entrepreneur Network.

"Businesses, desirous of becoming distinguished in an increasingly diverse world, seek opportunities to educate staff, but most diversity seminars only provide general information and reccomendations," says business and personal coach Scot Graham. "We help participants understand how their viewpoints and behaviors affect others.  They get specific suggestions on how to limit the influence of stereotypes, reduce conflict, and embrace diversity as a source of organizational strength."

The investment of $91 includes all training materials, the pre-course Discovering Diversity Profile® and a continental breakfast.  Business and Entrepreneur Network members and Chamber of Commerce members receive a discount.

For more information, call Coach Scott Graham a 802-380-1026.  Register online at http://diversity.TrueAzimuth.biz.   True Azimuth, LLC has been providing business and personal coaching since March 2006.  They are located on the web at http://TrueAzimuth.biz.  The Business and Entrepreneur Network is a membership organization helping professionals to "work on -- not just in - your business."  They are located on the web at http://benbusinessnetwork.com.

Seminar Promises to Help Create a Stress Free Holiday

A day-long business seminar, "Achieving Life Balance" will be held on Friday November 30 2007 at the Community College of  Vermont's Upper Valley Campus in Wilder, Vermont.  The seminar, built around The Coping and Stress Profile from Inscape  Publishing, is conducted by True Azimuth, LLC in cooperation with the Business and Entrepreneur Network and Massage  Therapist, Lynne Walker.

"Stress is a big problem for business -- and the holidays only magnify that issue,"says Graham.  Graham, who has conducted the seminar since 2006, is collaborating this year with Walker to add a special touch for the holidays.

"Other stress-management approaches focus primarily on using personal coping resources such as exercise, nutrition, and  building self-esteem to deal with stress in a do-as-I-say format,"  says Scott Graham, business coach.  "This workshop uses a  self-directed assessment that provides personal insight and direction -- people leave with tangible strategies around  stressors."

Workplace stress costs the nation more than $300 billion each year in health care, missed work and stress reduction efforts  according to the American Institute of Stress.  1 out of 5 workers are at risk for stress related health problems. The  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that Workers who are stressed incur health care costs that are  46 percent higher, or $600 more per person, than other employees.

The investment of $82.50 includes all training materials, a 32-page self-directed assessment with action-planning worksheets  and a continental breakfast.  Business and Entrepreneur Network members and Chamber of Commerce members receive a discount.

For more information, call Coach Scott Graham a 802-380-1026.  True Azimuth, LLC has been providing business and personal  coaching since March 2006.  They are located on the web at http://TrueAzimuth.biz.  The Business and Entrepreneur Network is  a membership organization helping professionals to "work on -- not just in - your business."  They are located on the web at  http://benbusinessnetwork.com.  Lynne Walker has been providing massage services since 2004 and has an office in Norwich, Vermont.  For more information about therapeutic massage call 603-252-6664.

New Compasscast™ Series

Starting this week, you can listen to a new series on CompassCast:  the Word of the Week. 

As a business coach / life coach, I am keenly aware of how our thinking -- often expressed through our language -- impacts not only our behaviors but our emotional state along the way to reach the goals we set.

Thinking-actions-emotions-physiology.  All are intertwined.

Shift how you talk and you will shift your relationship to your goals.

Get your bearings and get going!®

©2007 True Azimuth, LLC
Business Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Life Coaching

CompassCasts™

Starting this month, you can now listen to Compass, the bi-weekly podcast that helps you get your bearings and get going®, on this blog.

I am excited about this new opportunity to communicate strategies and create insight for people who want more balance, direction and fulfillment in their life, career or relationships.

Each CompassCast™ will have its own, distinct blog entry with a description of the audio.  You can listen from the audio by clicking on the play button below the description.  You will also be able to subscribe via iTunes, Google, Yahoo or your favorite podcast player.

Besides only coming out every other week (on Sundays) CompassCasts are short, too-the-point and provacative experiences that I hope will help you go -- as Jim Collins' says -- from Good to Great!

Thanks for listening!

©2007 True Azimuth, LLC
Business Coaching, Relationship Coaching, Life Coaching