Category Archives: Business vision

We Are Expanding into the UK Marketplace!

By Paul Foster

The teams at The Business Therapist® are excited to confirm our entry into the U.K. marketplace! Although we have performed services for U.K. business owners as early as October, 2003, we are currently marketing our services to this market once again. Continue reading

Aligning Personal and Business Goals

By Paul Foster

If you are unsure of your personal goals, with what do you align your business future? Proper alignment between the business owner’s personal goals and their business goals is necessary for a healthy, wealthy business! Continue reading

Why are You a Business Owner?

By Paul Foster

People don’t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. For that reason, I am suggesting you assess whether you are aligning your business goals with your ‘why’. Continue reading

A Structure For Business Visioning

By Paul Foster

My previous post detailed a few of the business challenges that arise when the actions and attitudes of the business owner contribute the some of the business problems. This post is about how to put a vision into action and reduce the problems. Continue reading

The Fish Rots From The Head Down

By Paul Foster

The more time I spend advising business owners, the more I witness that the actions and attitudes of the business owner (the head of the fish) impact every part of the business operations. Continue reading

The Importance of Goal Setting and a Business Journal

By Paul Foster

When you commit to writing a dream down on paper, it becomes a goal. The written goals of a business evolve and change. A goal written down by a business owner is a start, but in order to implement it, the goal may need time to ‘distil’. Continue reading

Business Merger Announcement

By Paul Foster

Effective September 30, 2011 my accounting firm has merged with Hyatt Lassaline, LLP. I realized last year that in order to give the proper focus, energy and resources to be a great business advisor, I needed to ‘burn the ships’ with respect to the compliance and tax role I was also providing for my clients. Continue reading

Motivation in Business

By Paul Foster

Time and time again I discover success is less about what you know and more about the actions you take. The option of doing nothing is easy, it’s comfortable and it is perceived to be the least risky. This article features some proactive ways to eliminate the option of doing nothing. Continue reading

Is Your Business Stuck in a Rut?

By Paul Foster

As a business owner and an advisor to business owners. If you have had the ‘stuck in the rut’ feelings – I have stood in your mud boots. As the owner and the leader of your business, it is your responsibility to lead the team out of the rut. Continue reading

Just Get on the Bike! Start a Small Business

By Paul Foster

Aspiring small business owners have a lot of fears about what could go wrong. So I share the “learning to ride a bike” analogy. I suggest it’s like they have a bike sitting in the driveway and they want to learn how to ride it. They have walked around it 20 times. But they are afraid to get on the bike! Continue reading

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