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Change is all around us. Mike McKay and Jackie Zach discuss their learnings from the BizX speaker, Dr Michelle Rozen, the Change Doctor.  Need help making specific paths to change?  Click here & take advantage of a complimentary business strategy session to discover the opportunities in your business today! http://makemoreworkless.actioncoach.com/mmwl-diag-and-questions/  Check out this episode!

Going to conferences can be a way to rejuvenate & add helium to your balloon. Learning, sharing knowledge, fellowship can all be gained from getting together with people who can help fill your balloon. It may be an opportunity to hang out with important people in the room.  Having trouble implementing ideas you gain from conferences in your area of expertise? Take

     Mike McKay and Jackie Zach are certified business coaches with ActionCOACH of Wisconsin. We’ll be sharing shortcuts, strategies, and tools that have worked through the pandemic, recession, and stock market bubbles, over the last 27 years that will make your life as an entrepreneur easier. We’re guides along the journey so you can take action in your own business. 

FAIL in the ActionCOACH world stands for “First Attempt In Learning“.  The reason to fail fast is to learn fast.  If something goes exactly as you expected, you have learned nothing.  The more cycles of learning, the more distinctions you get. This also requires getting out of your comfort zone. Speed is life!  Want to learn faster so you can

Lots of things happen that are interesting, surprising or unexpected. Sometimes there are good surprises and sometimes there are bad surprises. You have a choice in how you respond. Learn how to take control over your thoughts and create a response that will help move yourself forward.  Do you have lots of surprises in your business and struggle to respond

What are the gaps? Listen as Mike and Jackie discuss The Gaps Worksheet and how it helps map out your goals.  Ask yourself “where do I want to be in the next 5 years? What do I want revenue and profit to be? What kind of a leader do I want to be? What kind of team do I want?”

The 5 Deadly Words are “I’m happy where we’re at”.  If you find yourself just getting through the day or growing is too much work, this is the podcast for you. Grow or die, it is a natural law; if you’re not growing, you’re dying. If you decide everything is ok, you cannot have more than you have today. Mike and Jackie

People are your biggest asset, so what do you have in place to help them grow or become leaders? Do you have a system for your managers to follow that allows you to train your upcoming managers? It is all about managing consistently. Listen as Mike and Jackie discuss the management system they use and teach.    Need better management and a better management system? 

When you’re playing a bigger game, you’re also moving out of the day to day. You’re growing managers and leaders instead of doing all the work yourself. Are you evolving the size of your customer base or keeping everything as it is? How do you and your business need to change as you play a bigger game? Want to play

In the case of your business, what do you want the asset to do for you? Have you ever given it some thought? Listen as Mike and Jackie discuss, taking some time to consider why you’re building your business and what you want it to do for you. Know what you want your business to do for you but need