The Enfys Acumen eBrief No 10 14 February 2007
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Welcome to the February addition of our occasional eBrief.
We are having such a great 2007 so far and dearly would like to share some of our successes with you and also help you and your organisation or business to achieve the success you deserve. Would you believe we are currently working with organisations as diverse as a national charity, a brass band and a dating agency, as well as a handful of individual coaching clients.
The January issue of our eBrief was our most successful yet with a record number of new subscribers and I delighted to say only six people opted out of receiving future issues. We are always sorry to see people go as we know for sure, that what we offer can truly benefit others.
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D Nigel Griffiths
Founder
The Enfys Acumen
The Best Valentine -
Start shovelling for greater success
The Best Valentine -
This is the month when love is in the air, thanks to Saint Valentine. But here is a thought for you. When did you last give yourself a Valentine?
That is not as strange as it may seem. As anyone who knows true love will tell you, the more love that you give, the more you receive.
Quick links:
Recommended reading:
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Stephen R Covey
Start shovelling for greater business success
Last week's snowfall made me think. While shovelling snow from my front drive to get the car out without sliding into the gate post, I remembered an article I read recently about leverage and organisation and business development.
Leverage is about using the resources you have available to make sure you get the best returns for your business or organisation. I think the concept is equally relevant whether you are looking to secure a better income, improve your personal performance or have a greater impact as a voluntary or community organisation.
Let's get back to those shovels:
Shovel 1: Projects
Start making much smarter choices about which projects and tasks are really worth
your time, and which should be ditched. I look at every project from the perspective
of not only immediate short-
Shovel 2: Time
Don't obsess about not having enough time. You all have all the time in the world
to make the kind of money you need or develop the quality of life you desire for
yourself or community. You just need to choose the right projects and have a bigger
vision! Sometimes you need time away from day-
Shovel 3:Customers, Clients and Service Users
It is easy to think that any customer, client or service user is better than none at all. If you think about it though, it becomes painfully clear that you can't be all things to all people, so that it's essential to screen customers and clients carefully and to take only highly committed and well paying clients. This might be challenging to some VCOs or public services, but think about the value of a major success for one service user might have on raising expectations for others with similar needs.
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Shovel 4: Products and Services
You might thrive on the creative energy of creating new ways of doing things, I know
I do, but how much time is spent just talking about things and not achieving anything
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Shovel 5: Alliances
I am a great believer in the idea that together we are better, that's why I am such a great fan of networking and having alliances with people like Vivienne, Steve and Elena. Just think what you might be able to achieve by being committed to achieving results with other people, businesses and services. With whom can you form alliances?
Shovel 6: Technology
Just 12 years ago I worked in an open plan office with 20-
Shovel 7: My Coach
Who is your coach? I made a conscious decision to have a coach to help me grow my business and achieve my goals in life. By regularly working with a coach, I am helped to find find more and more "bigger shovels" in my business. If you are committed to a successful life and career, you must get yourself a coach.
Bigger Shovel 8: Goals
What are your goals for your business or organisation, your career and your home life? Are these goals little more than making sure the next contract comes in, getting through to the next grant round, carrying on working until your pension matures or to have another holiday in the same place you have been to for the last 10 years. If so, don't you think there may be more to life than that and you are without a doubt able to achieve a great deal more. Set yourself some clear goals, work out how you can achieve them.
As you can see, there are many ways to experience growth using leverage. If you are working harder than ever, and settling for less money, fewer customers or clients and less enjoyment, this is your lifetime opportunity to change it.
The Enfys Acumen can help, why not get in touch today?
Over the last few months, the Enfys Acumen has been working closely with the Diocese of Monmouth to develop a leadership development programme supporting parishes to develop social projects in ways that will help fulfil the mission of the Church and enhance stewardship values.
The programme is inspired by the Parable of the Talents found in Matthew’s Gospel and follows moves in recent years to encourage collaborative ministries in the Church in Wales. Such ministries can manifest themselves in many ways including the stewardship of resources (eg churches and other parish buildings) and community action.
“An idea not coupled with action will never get any bigger than the brain cell it occupied.”
Arnold Glasgow
Fundraising training opportunities
Following on from the success of last year’s training programme, we are putting on the following two workshops over the coming months:
Developing an outcomes approach to planning and evaluating your voluntary and community project
Wednesday 18 April 2007 Newport (Click here)
NB This workshop is based on the methodology currently preferred by several of the larger grant making funders.
Developing Volunteer-
Tuesday 15 May 2007 Newport (Click here)
NB This workshop will provide a range of cost effective
fundraising tools that can be used by volunteers interested in expanding funding portfolios. It is not about grant applications or organising events.
“Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.”
Albert Einstein
Free support for voluntary and community organisations
Regular readers of this eBrief will know that this year, the Enfys Acumen has committed to give up to two days every month to support VCOs that could not otherwise afford our services.
To find out why we are doing this and what exactly we are offering, please click here.
Are you unsure if coaching is something that can help you move from dreaming to action?
Why not try a free sizzle session? A 30-
D Nigel Griffiths
Founder
The Enfys Acumen
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South Wales UK
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