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Creating Win-For-All Solutions | Commitments of Conscious Leadership #14
Do you see life as a “zero-sum game” – creating win/lose solutions for whatever challenges or opportunities seem to come your way? If you are truly committed to becoming a conscious rather than an unconscious leader, the Conscious Leadership Group (CLG) encourages leaders to approach challenges or opportunities with a conscious leader mentality. Conscious leaders…
Read MoreWhat You May Not Know About Problem Solving in Business
When it comes to running a business, interior designers have a critical asset that many managers lack—a problem-solving mindset. Doing design is all about solving problems, large and small. So, too, is managing a business. However, some of the types of problems that arise in operating a business are different from those that designers encounter…
Read More2022 Interior Design Survey
What’s your take on the Design Industry in 2022? Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting is introducing the 2022 Interior Designers Survey on Fees, Salaries and Competing for Talent. Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting is a company devoted to training interior designers and creative entrepreneurs to effectively manage their businesses. Gathering the views of the Interior…
Read More5 Tips to Consider When Pricing Your Design Services
If you plan to move from being a hobbyist designer to being the creative CEO of a design business, then you definitely need to understand how to price those services appropriately. Charging for interior design services is one of the most challenging hurdles for designers. Did you know that 77% of businesses fail because they…
Read MoreIs Your Design Firm Using Video? Here’s Why it Should
We are rapidly becoming a nation of viewers. Industry data indicate that some 245 million Americans regularly view online video content. On average viewers spend 100 minutes a day and up to 16 hours a week watching videos of some sort. In 2021, 96 percent of consumers increased their video viewing time, and 90 percent…
Read MoreExperiencing the World as an Ally | Committments of Conscious Leadership #13
In the quest to be a conscious leader, ask yourself how you tend to view people and circumstances when challenges arise. As the Conscious Leadership Group (CLG) points out, conscious leaders see these as positive opportunities. Whereas reactive “To Me” leaders see them as either on their side or standing in the way of getting…
Read MoreLocal SEO Guide for Interior Designers
These days, even clients who rely more on referrals or word-of-mouth when selecting a designer spend some time online. They scan project images and scope out local firms, whether it’s their websites, social media pages, or listing in a designer directory. You want to be sure that when they’re searching “interior designers in [my town]”…
Read MoreDo You Need a Business Plan? To Realize Your Dreams, You Do
I want to encourage you to take a step back from your day-to-day tasks and commitments to spend some quality time thinking about the future of your business. Regardless of how things are right now, what do you want them to be like in five years, ten years? You don’t have to do this all…
Read MoreConscious Leaders Have an Attitude of Having Enough | Committments of Conscious Leadership #12
“The first step toward discarding a scarcity mentality involves giving thanks for everything that you have.” – Wayne Dyer Conscious leaders commit to focusing on experiencing that they have enough of everything rather than the scarcity mentality of unconscious leaders. The mentality of having enough means a mindset of having enough time, energy, space, money,…
Read MoreA Little Financial Knowledge Goes a Long Way
One of the biggest financial issues preoccupying many creatives is determining the value of what they’re worth. Curiously, far fewer creatives concern themselves with knowing what their business is worth. That’s a shame, because they could be earning a lot more if they had just a little bit of financial knowledge. In control or driving…
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