By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting We’ve encouraged you to calendar your week and we’ve talked about the value of “time chunking”, but are you including “recharge” breaks on your calendar? Designers are often so focused on fitting as much as possible into...
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Are You Tech Savvy?
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting 3 Essential Tools to Streamline Your Business The first tool is Google Drive, which is probably the most well-known of the 3 tools. It can be valuable for any document that involves collaboration among your team –...
Trend Poll
By Karen B Wolf Karen B Wolf Interiors Fellow designers, this is FUN. Test your consumer trends design IQ and see if your answers line up to our poll results. You might just be surprised. Which of these Home Design Trends are Here to Stay and Which will look so...
Do You Feel Independent or Shackled to Your Business?
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO and Co-Founder of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Running a small business can consume all your time if you let it. While hard work and commitment are critical to success, you can reach a point where you come to resent devoting so much of yourself...
5 Ways to Make the Most Out of Genius Exchange (or Other Conferences)
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Photo Credit:@bakerbroductions When you make that financial commitment and register for Genius Exchange or other events to advance your business, don’t forget that it is not just a financial investment, but also an investment of your valuable...
Do You Struggle With Numbers?
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting “Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.” -Benjamin Franklin Talk about these topics at GE: Even if you’re creative, you need to understand them, negotiating pricing with manufacturers at market, expand or...
In Pursuit of the Perfect Paint
By Karen B. Wolf Karen B. Wolf Interiors Small batch, slow living, makers movement and all of these lifestyle trends have reached the paint market and the consumer’s demand for better quality, highly crafted product. In the past year there has been a visible focus from paint companies on exclusive...
Do You Have A Rock Star Team?
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO and Co-Founder of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Photo Credit-@bakerbroduction Running an interior design firm is a team effort. No matter how talented or driven each of us may be, at the of the day, the success and growth of our firms depends on how...
Have You Seen the Mansions in Newport, Rhode Island?
By Gail Doby, ASID CVO and Co-Founder of Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Step back into the Gilded Age and relive a time when design was all about opulence and ostentation. Nestled along Newport, Rhode Island’s scenic coast are some the nation’s most magnificent mansions, built for the country’s nouveau...
What Is Masterminding?
By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Photo Credit: Masterminding is truly about forming a team to help each other succeed. The key to successful masterminding is to surround yourself with the right people who can add value to you and your business as...
