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- Marketing MiniSeries Part 2: Authenticity and Making a First Impression - by Submitted on May 26, 2018 from Ursula JorchWe’ve all heard that nugget, first impressions are important. The thing is, you don’t know what will make your first impression. It won’t necessarily be your first contact. People have busy lives. They may or may not read your first email or blog post. They may or may not see your first ...
Views: 714 - Your Mission Isn’t Big Enough If You Don’t Include This - by Submitted on May 17, 2019 from Ursula JorchIs your mission big enough? The problem with your mission, purpose, even your Why, is that it may still be small, self-focused, and therefore not very useful. Mission based on the impact that you want to have includes others. An impact focus isn’t just about you, although it includes you. ...
Views: 714 - Eliminate the Ick from Networking - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2018 from Ursula JorchFew things strike terror in the heart of an introverted entrepreneur more than networking. Even extroverts can be put off by the prospect. That’s because networking has such a bad name. It feels fake. It feels icky, as one of my clients put it. It feels like a bad idea from the moment you ...
Views: 712 - How to Lead Change in Your Business Like a Boss - by Submitted on Sep 21, 2018 from Ursula JorchChange your business or it will die. Ouch. That’s a pretty dramatic statement, and it carries a serious truth. For your business to be sustainable, it has to change. Incrementally, as you adjust to small shifts like the changing needs of your customers for a new product or ...
Views: 711 - Impact Helps You Say No Effectively - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2019 from Ursula JorchSaying no can be really difficult, especially for women. Women are trained to be agreeable, and culturally, the pressure is still heavy to ‘just get along’. Plus, we’re wired for cooperation. So saying no can feel downright wrong, even as a leader. Women are by no means the only ones who have ...
Views: 710 - Is Your Company Focused on Growth or Great? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2019 from Ursula JorchThe media tells you, you have to grow! Investors want growth too. But is growth necessarily a good thing? We’re so distracted by growth that we fail to ask ourselves, why does growth even matter? Sure, growth can mean that you make more money (though not necessarily!). It can mean ...
Views: 710 - Are You Afraid of Your Own Impact? - by Submitted on May 08, 2020 from Ursula JorchWhen I was a little girl, if I got too loud, too rambunctious, too ME, I was quickly pulled aside by my mother and told to stop. It was too much for her. When I tried to have impact in my family, to be myself, whether it was self-expressing with crayon on the basement wall or being ...
Views: 709 - Stop Arguing for Your (and Your Company’s) Limitations - by Submitted on Oct 20, 2018 from Ursula JorchYour choices are very powerful. When you make choices that are world-class, you’ll get world-class results. Mediocre choices? Mediocre results. Most of us spend a lot of energy justifying bad behavior. How many times have you ignored your best self and gone ahead and done that thing you ...
Views: 708 - Who the Bleep Is Running Your Business Anyway? - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2017 from Ursula JorchOK, that was a little harsh. But really, it’s a valid and oh so important question. As entrepreneurs, we can so easily get derailed. The temptations are many, and they center around one thing. You are not connected with yourself. When that’s the case, it’s easier to look outside of ...
Views: 706 - Are You Enough? - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2020 from Ursula JorchIn the explorations of my own growth, I’m always deepening my understanding. Always wanting to grow, even if the growing pains hurt and I avoid it at first. A number of years ago, I was talking with a coach about working with her. I knew I wanted the support, but what I also felt was a need ...
Views: 705 - Focus on Impact First and You’ll Avoid Problems Like This - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2019 from Ursula JorchWhen a company makes a public mistake, it’s revealing. Like when Forbes recently released a list of the 100 most innovative leaders in America and included only one woman, and no women of color. Ouch. They did acknowledge their error, but the horse was already out of the barn. What was ...
Views: 705 - Stop Managing Your Time and Do This Instead - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2018 from Ursula JorchRacing to the next meeting. Hurrying to finish the project. That can define your days. And busy as you are, it can still leave you feeling that you haven’t used your time well. With all our many time management systems, time still seems to slip by. You haven’t accomplished everything you ...
Views: 705 - My Single Best Tip for Better Marketing Results - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2018 from Ursula JorchJessica came to our first coaching session dejected. “I’ve tried everything I can to market my latest offering, and nothing’s working. What am I doing wrong?” As I always do with new clients, we went back to basics. My first question was, “Tell me about your audience”. After stumbling ...
Views: 704 - Best Advice from 13 Impactful Leaders - by Submitted on Feb 14, 2020 from Ursula JorchMentoring advice is extremely valuable, even for experienced leaders. It can be a lighthouse, guiding you away from rocky shoals and onto a clearer course. At the end of every Work Alchemy podcast interview, I ask the highly impactful leaders that I interview to share one piece of advice with ...
Views: 703 - Why Discernment Makes You and Your Business Better - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2018 from Ursula JorchThe ability to make good choices is what makes your income grow. This discernment also helps you have more impact, to make a positive difference with your business. It’s a choice between adding everything you feel anxious about that day to your to-do list vs. being disciplined to make ...
Views: 702 - Is This Your Year To Have More Impact? - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2018 from Ursula JorchIt’s a new year, which means an opportunity for new beginnings. The beginning of more impact for you and your business. Impact is more than a mission, more than a purpose. Impact is where your uniqueness, your unique voice, meets the needs and desires of the world. It’s where only you ...
Views: 701 - Be Willing to Fall Flat on Your Face - by Submitted on Jul 24, 2020 from Ursula JorchWhen my mother died, I went shopping for a nice dress for her to be buried in. She’d been in a dementia ward for some time, and almost all of her beautifully handmade (by her) clothes had vanished. The dress I found was perfect, but had cap sleeves and I, perhaps strangely, was concerned ...
Views: 699 - Highly Engaged Employees Increase Your Company’s Impact - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2019 from Ursula JorchUpping your employees’ engagement level is well worth the effort, not only in your bottom line, or even triple bottom line, but also in the culture of your company, that sometimes ineffable ‘stuff’ that makes yours a great place to work. Employees who are highly engaged are set apart from ...
Views: 699 - 1 Out of 100: Forbes’ List is Just the Symptom - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2019 from Ursula JorchForbes Magazine recently published a list of the 100 Most Innovative Leaders. One out of 100 was a woman. And none was a woman of color. Seriously? In these times (or any time), for a list like this to appear in a reputable business magazine is, in my view, downright deplorable. They ...
Views: 696 - Are You Doing Too Much? - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2020 from Ursula JorchAre you, in fact, doing too much? Seems an odd question to ask right after one of the biggest holiday seasons of the year, but who hasn’t experienced the tiredness that comes from trying to pack in as much as possible in a limited period of time? The thing is, when you’re trying to have ...
Views: 694 - Here’s the Secret to Double Your Productivity - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2020 from Ursula JorchSo you want to have more impact? To do that, you can’t be wasting your valuable time and energy on things that don’t matter, that don’t have impact. Productivity only matters in the context of what you ultimately want to accomplish. Being productive in the service of your bigger goals and ...
Views: 692 - What to do when a prospect breaks your heart - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2017 from Ursula JorchHave you ever had a prospect say they want to work with you, and they suddenly decide to go with another company? Have you ever poured energy into helping a prospect make a decision, with great content and multiple conversations, and then they have one conversation with another provider and ...
Views: 690 - How Being a Disruptor Can Serve Your Business and the World - by Submitted on Jul 28, 2018 from Ursula JorchWe’re all living through a period of significant disruption. When the seas are rough, the temptation is to hunker down, batten down the hatches, and hope you survive until it all blows over. But what if disruption represents an opportunity, an opportunity for your business? Then it makes ...
Views: 687 - Do Your Prospects and Clients Really Know You? - by Submitted on Jul 31, 2020 from Ursula JorchFor your business to thrive, clarity about your audience is a cornerstone. You just can’t market effectively if you don’t know who you’re marketing to. Everything you do in marketing, all the decisions, the plans, even the wording of individual social media posts, is built around knowing your ...
Views: 687 - When Celebrating Your Big Accomplishments is Hard - by Submitted on Jun 12, 2020 from Ursula JorchI have a problem. My name is Ursula and I have trouble celebrating big accomplishments. Hi Ursula. I’ve been encouraging my clients to celebrate their accomplishments. Every day. Like every coach I’ve ever talked to, I don’t always take my own advice. Sure, I do daily celebrating. ...
Views: 687 - Your Fear is a Valuable Messenger - by Submitted on Sep 25, 2020 from Ursula JorchI appeared recently in an entrepreneur forum as a panelist. One of the questions asked was, what was the biggest challenge you faced when launching your business? My answer? Fear. Fear is like the annoying text messages that won’t stop until you answer. Fear has been described as, ‘False ...
Views: 683 - Develop These 6 Skills for Impactful Leadership - by Submitted on Nov 24, 2019 from Ursula JorchMuch has been written about leadership skills. But what does it take to lead an organization focused on impact, on social and environmental change, just as much as profits? These organizations are special. They are the face of the changing business environment, as companies shift away from a ...
Views: 682 - Are You Honoring Your Values? - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2020 from Ursula JorchSo much is going on in the world right now, that it can be difficult to focus on your business’ values. You may be going through some financial challenges due to the pandemic, and even if that’s not the case, it can feel hard to consider one more thing as you pivot and adjust. I have had ...
Views: 680 - Ready for a High Impact Mindset Reset? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2019 from Ursula JorchYour mindset, your thoughts, can buoy you up, inspiring you to take courageous action, or they can drag you down, keeping you up at night with worry and paralyzing you with fear. Even though our brains are wired to dwell on the negative, on past mistakes, how we think in this moment is something ...
Views: 680 - Is the D Word Holding You Back? Discipline and Your Business - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2018 from Ursula JorchEven disciplined people say they can’t do discipline well! What is it about self discipline that’s so scary? Entrepreneurs tend to be motivated at least partially by self-determination, our ability to decide how our time and energy will be used. That’s a premium level perk of entrepreneurship ...
Views: 679 - Marketing MiniSeries Part 3: How You Can Turn One Blog Post Into 11 Fresh Content Pieces - by Submitted on Jun 02, 2018 from Ursula JorchYou know all that stuff you’re supposed to be putting online to promote your business? It seems like a lot of work, doesn’t it? Truth: it is! Well, here’s a way to make that a lot easier and keep you from getting content fatigue: reimagine your one piece of content into many others. When ...
Views: 676 - Are You Prepared? Hint: If You Are, You’ll Have More Impact - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2020 from Ursula JorchNo, this isn’t another coronavirus / COVID19 article cautioning you to wear full body armor or avoid contact with other humans for the foreseeable future. Those would produce a certain kind of impact, but is the exact opposite of what we’re going for here. Impact lives and breathes ...
Views: 675 - Your Relationship with Desire Shapes Your Impact - by Submitted on May 22, 2020 from Ursula JorchYou want stuff. It’s only human. I want stuff too. I’m only human. But I bet the ‘stuff’ that you want isn’t necessarily stuff, objects, hunks of physical reality. Or at least, it’s not ALL of what you want. You want impact. You wouldn’t be reading this if you didn’t. We all start ...
Views: 670 - The Gift of Jealousy - by Submitted on May 24, 2016 from Ursula JorchOh, that transformative beast - jealousy. It can transform friendship into resentment. It can transform honest effort into a reason to beat yourself up. And it can really mess with your business. One of my friends, a bright and articulate woman, was the object of my jealousy. She's also an ...
Views: 667 - Find Your Fierce - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2020 from Ursula JorchSince you’re one of my readers, you’re a world changer. You want to have impact with your business. You’ll have a lot more impact if you get in touch with your fierce. In a virtual meeting I was in recently, we were talking about winning vs. collaboration (as if they were two ...
Views: 666 - Postpone Your Impact, and It May Never Happen - by Submitted on Aug 15, 2020 from Ursula JorchYou know how frustrating it is to have your flight delayed? You remember flights, right? We’ll get back to them one day. The reason flight delays are so frustrating is that you have somewhere you really want to go, and you’re not getting there. You’ve been put in a holding pattern until ...
Views: 666 - You Are Made For These Times - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2020 from Ursula JorchEver feel like you want to just bail, to leave everything behind and go elsewhere? I sure do. I dream of going to Africa, where I’ve cried seeing elephant families roam and worked with warm, committed people to help their communities rise. I dream of going to Canada, to visit dear friends, to ...
Views: 662 - What are You Choosing: Comfort or Impact? - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2020 from Ursula JorchAre you speaking up for what you believe? Are you an authentic leader for your business? Are you advancing your impact? If you question any of those things, you may have moved into the comfort zone. It’s tempting. That soft place where you don’t have to question anything, where you can ...
Views: 659 - How Impactful Leadership Helps Your Team Members Flourish - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2020 from Ursula JorchYour team is integral to your company’s impact. You can’t have impact alone. No one can. How can you create an environment where they can flourish while they contribute to your mutual impact? With impactful leadership. Here are 3 ways you can implement impactful leadership in relation to your ...
Views: 657 - The Impact Trifecta: Make the Most of Your Impact Efforts - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2020 from Ursula JorchImpact can feel oddly unsatisfying. What?! A big reason for focusing on impact is that it brings fulfillment and satisfaction along with it, right? If you’re feeling that your impact isn’t fulfilling you, that’s a clue. Maybe you’re not having all the impact you want to have. Impact ...
Views: 654 - Here’s Why Your Strategy’s Not Working As Well As It Could - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2018 from Ursula JorchYou’ve done the strategic planning, maybe with a consultant or coach, and you’ve got the action plan. You’ve done everything right. And yet, it’s still not rolling out as well as you had envisioned. That’s because conventional strategic planning techniques only go so far. They are missing ...
Views: 653 - How Customers Are Using Their Money to Vote for Impact - by Submitted on Jan 17, 2019 from Ursula JorchAre you giving customers a good reason to spend their money with you? It’s an important question. Chances are, your product or service is similar to someone else’s. Even if it’s unique for now, if you’re successful, it won’t be for long. We’re in a changing marketplace. It’s not enough ...
Views: 647 - Are You Becoming the One? - by Submitted on May 29, 2020 from Ursula JorchWe sometimes talk about impact like it’s a done deal. That once you realize the impact you want to have, all that remains is to execute the steps to have it, like a to-do list. It’s not that simple. Impact calls you on a deeper level. If impact were just about taking action, you would ...
Views: 646 - Don’t Recognize Yourself as a Worldchanger? - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2020 from Ursula JorchYou have impact, every day, whether you realize it or not. When you choose to be aware of what your impact is and can be, that shifts things. You can then choose how you show up. You can then become the leader you can be. I resisted this for a long time. I didn’t see what others saw in ...
Views: 645 - Rethinking Your Business Plan? Be Sure to Include This - by Submitted on May 16, 2020 from Ursula JorchIf you’re wise, you’ll be rethinking your business plan right now. We’re in the midst of a significant disruption of business, and every business is affected. Do you find yourself reacting to what is happening day-to-day because of all the uncertainty? Creating a new plan, instead of ...
Views: 640 - Eat This For A Healthy Summer Skin - by Submitted on Oct 11, 2018 from Ursula JorchSmall business means small impact, right? Not necessarily. Your perspective on this makes a big difference. Let’s get down to the core question. Can you have impact with your small business? My answer to that question is, yes! If you can take that in, you can stop reading now. If ...
Views: 639 - Whose Mind Is It Anyway? - by Submitted on Aug 22, 2018 from Ursula JorchI recently read a gem of a book by Lisa and Franco Esile called Whose Mind Is It Anyway? Get Out of Your Head and Into Your Life. It was a quick read – under an hour. Plus it had pictures! How often can you say that about a business book? It’s not touted as that, but it really is a book for ...
Views: 632 - Stop Impact Vampires From Sucking You and Your Business Dry - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2019 from Ursula JorchImpact vampires - sounds a little ghoulish, right? It’s worth getting a little nervous about impact vampires, because they can draw valuable energy and resources out of your business, and prevent you from having the impact that you could have. An impact vampire is anyone who interferes ...
Views: 625 - The Best Advice for Time Management - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2018 from Ursula JorchFarah’s struggling. She’s got a lot to do, and the day just seems to get away from her. The 40 minutes she spent surfing Instagram didn’t help her cross items off her list, but it was the only break from work that she took all day. Still, at the end of the day, she feels unsatisfied and ...
Views: 625 - You Are Made For These Times - by Submitted on Jun 26, 2020 from Ursula JorchEver feel like you want to just bail, to leave everything behind and go elsewhere? I sure do. I dream of going to Africa, where I’ve cried seeing elephant families roam and worked with warm, committed people to help their communities rise. I dream of going to Canada, to visit dear friends, to ...
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