April 2011 ~ Business Development Group

Welcome to BD Group

Business Development Group is a professional, innovative and energetic BD firm. Specializing in business and executive coaching and training services, we partner closely to small and medium size business owners and managements. Working together to improve operations, grow their businesses, challenge and crystallize visions.

Our mission is to guide entrepreneurs in building strong and growing businesses. We accomplish this by evaluating and filling in the gaps or providing the missing pieces in companies; business plans, strategies, tactics, management team and operations, as well as helping them raise required financing.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

How to Select a Small Business Coach

5:13 AM

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Congratulations on starting your search for a small business coach! There are many small business coaches to choose from, so it helps to have clarity about what you're looking for in a coach. Here are 15 tips to get you started: 1. Select someone who has graduated from a recognized, credentialed coaching school. Small business coaching is a skill and it takes a lot of education and practice to master it. Because coaching is not a regulated industry, anyone can call themselves a coach, whether they've been trained in coaching skills or not. By selecting someone who has attended and graduated from a recognized coaching school, you have more assurance that they are skilled in coaching techniques. 2. Select someone who has experience, both as a coach and as a small business owner. How long...

How to Create and Run a Mastermind Group

5:14 AM

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What is a Mastermind Group? There is synergy of energy, commitment, and excitement that participants bring to a Mastermind Group. The beauty of Mastermind Groups is that participants raise the bar by challenging each other to create and implement goals, brainstorm ideas, and support each other with total honesty, respect and compassion. Mastermind participants act as catalysts for growth, devil’s advocates and supportive colleagues. The concept of the Mastermind Group was formally introduced by Napoleon Hill in the early 1900's. In his timeless classic, "Think And Grow Rich" he wrote about the Mastermind principle as: "The coordination of knowledge and effort of two or more people, who work toward a definite purpose, in the spirit of harmony." He continues… "No two minds ever come together...