It must be that time of year when exhibition sales companies gear up for the Autumn sales push because many of my clients are now wrestling with the dilemma: To Exhibit or Not.

Over the years networking events have gone up and down the business popularity ladder several times. There are many exponents of these networking events; any number of groups willing to take your money to facilitate groups, setting up gender specific groups, industry specific groups or just a random group.

It’s tough for many businesses. Many are flying high – sales up – profit up - market share up. Working with, and coaching, high growth SME’s means I see that ‘business is really good’ out there.

The sun is shining, first day of spring and whilst sowing my vegetable seeds I was reminded how similar it is to being a coach. In its simplest form, you sow a seed, nurture it and watch it blossom – just like my coaching clients and their businesses.

I love to learn and firmly believe that this continual learning really does enrich my life. I’m also a compulsive ‘snipper’ – I have lots of articles, notes etc. that I have snipped out of magazines over the years – so much harder now with so many articles on-line…