There is nothing more fulfilling than helping others find their way. - Mohnish Nair
Another Batch. Another Day.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Friday, June 28, 2013
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Nature is a Great Leveler!
Nature
is a Great Leveler!
- Mohnish
The tragedy in #Uttarakhand is devastating and
beyond human imagination. It pains to see so many lives being lost and so many
stranded with no food and shelter. What is even scarier is to know that those
caught in the middle of nature’s fury are ordinary pilgrims like you and me.
They could have very well been someone we love or know. While I watch this colossal
disaster, I also realized that this is a result of a certain kind of ignorant
arrogance in built in us as humans.
The desire to be superior to everything else
and the greed to amass and possess has led us humans to dig our own graves. I
feel pained and hurt to see corporations run with utter disregard to our
environment. I feel we all are part of this and one day we will all be shown
our place by the furious TAANDAV of Mother Nature. I just hope we learn a
lesson and stop getting so greedy about stamping our footprints where we are
not supposed to be…
Let’s learn to respect nature. Else we will learn
the hard way that Nature like death is a great leveler.
-
Mohnish
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Friday, June 14, 2013
Dream Stimulation Workshop
Dream Stimulation Workshop
Conducted for the team of Prime Financial Planners by Mohnish Nair
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Mohnish Speaks
Let
victory be your choice. Let optimism be your weapon. Don't let the shadows of
failure and the darkness of ridicule steal your inner strength. Forget what the
world is doing, think what you can do. Ignore your innermost fears and let
action rule. Battles are won when you fear none! Go...conquer your dreams.
- Mohnish
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Respect Your Vendors
Respect Your Vendors
By Mohnish Nair
Are
you one of those who believe your vendors are available a dime a dozen? Do you
take your suppliers for granted? Do you think that they will run to you no
matter how badly you treat them? If yes, then you are in for a shock!! Nobody
wants to work with an ego-master anymore.
YOUR
ATTITUDE TOWARDS YOUR VENDORS SHOWS YOUR TRUE CHARACTER AS A PERSON.
When
dealing with your customers you are at your sweetest best. You want to please
the client and make sure you don’t lose that order or your payments are not
stuck and hence you are ready to take any kind of trash from these customers.
However, with your vendors, it’s the other way round. You believe that they
need you and hence you start ignoring their reminders, you squeeze them for
their price and you have 100 more ways of arm twisting since you believe they
need your business and that they will tolerate any kind of un-professionalism
from you.
WIN-WIN
Well,
its time you wake up and smell the coffee mister!
Gone
are those days. Today the world is coming closer and business opportunities are
multiplying manifold. Business relationships today are about balance of
benefits and about building WIN-WIN relationships. You have to ensure you stick
to the agreements and contracts with your vendors if you expect them to
reciprocate the same towards you.
TIMELY
COMMUNICATION
If
you want your business to improve then you must ensure you treat your vendors respectfully.
Vendors are also business people. They depend heavily on your responses to
manage their operations and cash flow, the same way you do on your customers.
You must reply to their communication via email or phone in a disciplined
manner, the same way you do with your customers. One weak link can damage the
entire value chain. If you expect your vendors to reply to your 2 am calls, you
must be ready to do the same for them too.
CONTRACTS
AND AGREEMENTS
Respect
comes from adherence to contracts and being timely in payments and
communication. Respect can also be shown by not arm twisting the vendors when
they are vulnerable.
VENDOR
EDUCATION PROGRAM
Build
a Vendor education program in your company where you educate your vendors on
your philosophies, vision, expectations and work ethics. This way you and your
vendors will be on the same page most of the times thus avoiding many of the
communication and operational hassles.
Remember, if you deal with your
vendors respectfully, they can turn into your BUSINESS PARTNERS helping you
grow your business.
This article is written by
Mohnish Nair. Mohnish is a business coach specialized in small and medium size
enterprise coaching in India
Contact Mohnish by visiting
his blogsite http://www.mapledreamsindia.com or
write to him at mapledreams22@yahoo.com
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Benefits of Business Coaching
Benefits
of Business Coaching
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Business
coaching has risen in popularity but it’s understandable simply because of the
amazing results it offers. You will find entrepreneurs, though, who try to
reduce costs since they think coaching won’t translate into fast improvements
in their profits, which is an error. On the other hand, there is nothing that
can help you in making your business more efficient and profitable more quickly
than business coaching. In this article, we will be taking a look at a number
of the benefits of business coaching and how it can help your profits.
Hard Questions
The
quality of the conversations you have in your business largely determines how
successful you will be. In many organizations difficult topics or problems
don't get properly discussed. The culture is such that everyone avoids talking
about potential areas of conflict but this is not healthy for the business.
As
the leader of the business a key part of your role is to enable and facilitate
more courageous conversations.
You
will find this easier if you're working with a business coach because it's
their job to ask you the hard questions and to challenge you to really get to
grips with what's happening in the business.
Honest Feedback
One
of the most immediate benefits of business coaching is having a fresh pair of
eyes looking at your business. Business coaches are there to give you really
honest feedback in a way that family and friends might find awkward.
New skills and
knowledge
Many
small business owners are 'accidental entrepreneurs' ie. they didn't
necessarily plan on owning a business, it just sort of happened when the
opportunity came up.
Because
of this they may not have been well-prepared and just simply learned how to run
a business as they went along. However this often means they have knowledge
gaps.
Business
coaches can fill these gaps quickly. Importantly for busy business owners it
can be done at your convenience at times and locations that suit you.
Business Results
One
of the most valuable benefits of business coaching is being able to achieve
more results. Business coaches can seem expensive but if they generate a return
on investment that more than compensates for their cost then you'll consider it
a wise investment.
Consequently,
it is in their interest to push you to achieve much more than you would have
done without them. So, expect to be stretched. You will be pushed to set bigger
goals and held accountable on a regular basis to achieve them.
Sounding board
One
of the major benefits of business coaching is the ability to work with an
impartial ‘thought partner’ who you can discuss problems with and who’ll give
you objective and honest feedback on your performance and how to improve it.
The
success of business coaching comes through the relationship that develops
between coach and client. The more comfortable you feel with your coach as a
confidante the more you will feel you're getting something out of it.
A
coach is 100% committed to helping you achieve your goals so the more you can
open up and be honest the more they can facilitate your success.
Personal Development
Whilst
the intended beneficiary of business coaching is the business, the focus of the
coaching is actually the business owner and the other people in the business
who have influence over it's performance.
Therefore,
one of the other benefits of business coaching is self improvement which has a
knock-on affect in other areas of your life.
Business Coaching
Questions:
- What stage of
development is your business at?
- What challenges
are you facing currently?
- What knowledge
gaps do you have as far as running a business is concerned?
Benefits of Business
Coaching
ü
Spend
less time working in your business and more time working on it
ü
Make
more profit in less time
ü
Focus
on what is fundamental to be done now
ü
Establish
better business processes
ü
Offer
better customer service
ü
More
motivated staff
ü
Delighted
customers
ü
More
customers
ü
More
focused marketing strategies
ü
Better
team structures / roles and responsibilities
ü
Staff
have better understanding of company’s vision and values
ü
Reinvigoration
of a fresh vision for your business (and renewed passion)
ü
More
robust business
ü
Clarity
of where your business is heading
ü
Better
planning
ü
Greater
enjoyment at work
ü
More
in control
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A rainy day like today...
A rainy
day like today is a perfect occasion to reflect within. The dark grey rooms can
be lit up with your radiant dreams. Write your goals. Think about your
strategic plans to achieve them. Play some kishore kumar songs and as you sip
on that kadak chai...evaporate your limitations in thin air...forget what the
world thinks about you...and decide to live your dreams
- Mohnish Nair
Friday, June 7, 2013
Happy Monsoon to all!!
The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain. - Dolly Parton
Saturday, June 1, 2013
Celebrating 6 years of Inspiration!!!
Greetings,
A BIG THANK YOU!
Today Maple Dreams celebrates 6 years in the field of
training, coaching & branding. I would like to thank you from the bottom of
my heart for all the love and support you have given us all these years. This
journey has been most fulfilling and exciting for me. I am also aware of many
clients who have heart warming stories of personal and business victories to
share. We salute this spirit of entrepreneurship and confidence in all our customers!
I assure you that you have seen nothing yet!!!
Maple Dreams is now going to aggressively implement multiple
expansion strategies and we are sure you would support us in the same way like
you have been doing so far. Your growth is now our responsibility!!!
Thank you very much!!
MAPLE DREAMS VERSION 2 STARTS!!!
Regards
Mohnish Nair
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