Successful businesses are CATALYSTS. They solve real problems, quickly and easily and then get out of the way so that people can enjoy their investment. Consider this definition, pulled from the Gage Canadian dictionary (we are Canadian, after all):

Catalyst: (n.) an agent that causes or speeds up the occurrence of an event, especially an agent that is not directly involved or affected by the results.

Catalytic businesses have 5 essential components in common that help their business strategies succeed:

Last week, Brian presented his seminar, 'Using a Strategic Approach to Drive Success from Your Business Plan,' at the annual conference of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC in Kelowna.

We routinely speak on small business strategy and differentiation.  If you would like to book us to speak at your next conference, seminar or general meeting, please contact us today.

Most people do all their best work in their head. A flash of brilliance, a stroke of genius, an ah-ha moment...and that’s where it stops. What happens to those little hints of Einstein? Where do they go?

In a nutshell, they evaporate. Poof! Gone forever. Never to be reclaimed. Doesn’t that just drive you crazy!!

So I have a strategy. It took me a few years to realize the significance of actually writing it down. I know the idea of writing down your thoughts isn’t new. It’s been around a long time, and the habit of journaling has been touted as a Success Habit by almost all truly Successful People. Once you write it down, it becomes real.