5 Tips to Intensify Clarity and Confidence

Posted January 31st, 2012 by Dr. Laureen Wishom and filed in Business Growth

I enjoy coaching entrepreneurs and as a success coach, I believe that clarity and confidence are two of the traits needed to become a successful woman business owner. Below are the 5 Tips to Intensify Clarity and Confidence for women business owners.

Tip #1. If you have started or plan to start a passion-based lifestyle business, make sure that your personal values are reflected in your brand, products or services, marketplace positioning, team management and business systems.

Be sure that you know what your top 5 personal values are and use them as a tool to measure whether or not your business is on track. For instance, if connections or relationships are two of your top personal values then they should be accurately represented in your business model or you may not attract clients that match your vision.

Tip #2. Keep tabs on your personal (intentions) goals and make sure that the business you create allows you to achieve them. Write down your personal short-, mid- and long-term goals and create task lists that will allow you to achieve them.

At least once a month, review your task lists to see if you need to make adjustments or if you are closer than you think to that trip to the Hawaiian Islands. Remember, your business is a major part of your life. It is important to know that you are on track to achieve both personal and professional success – this will allow you to enjoy the journey.

Tip #3. Start looking for the gaps in your systems. Businesses can seem like they are running themselves if we don’t take control of every aspect of them. From client attraction, client engagement, client services and client retention, women business owners and entrepreneurs must think of the experience they want their clients to feel and then create every detail according to those top 5 personal values.

Once you put your systems in place, you will be able to see with absolute clarity when and where the gaps appear so you can make corrections and get back on track.

Tip #4. Manage your team with care and respect and they will watch your back. Putting simple systems in place that ensure a healthy level of communication, support and community will relieve pressure on you and make everyone else feel empowered.

It is best to have a schedule for weekly team phone meetings, where you discuss any action items, progress reports and feedback. Remember, when you build a team that shares your values and vision and you then empower them to utilize their greatest skills and talents, you have created fertile ground for planting, growth and success for everyone involved.

Tip #5. On a weekly basis, make a commitment to tap into what inspires you! The most successful entrepreneurs are extremely disciplined, but what they include in their rigorous schedules is a space of creativity. Whether its exercise, meditation or reading that inspires you — start including it in your daily routine.

Try this: make a list of 5 things that inspire you and make room for them on your calendar. By regularly seeking out that which inspires you, your level of creativity will go through the roof while your level of stress and overwhelm will fade away.

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