Firstly, thank you for visiting.

Maybe it’s a creative idea you’re trying to get off the ground; perhaps you want to maximise your bottom line, or grow an existing business in new and exciting ways. I hope so, because you’re certainly in the right place. Stay Focused was developed just for you.

We don’t give you goals – we give you the equipment to drill down into your own core and discover them for yourself.

We don’t even give you focus – but we make focus possible by getting you clear on the direction you want to go in, and the things you want to achieve.

And when you reach that point of clarity through your own reflection, we help you develop the skills to sustain it – skills around who you are as a person, and as a business; skills that optimise the success of your business, across all its structures, functions and processes.

Remember – out of clarity comes focus; and the challenge we help you to meet is how to stay focused.

And what comes from staying focused? Results. Exceptional results. Results you couldn’t achieve without the guidance, skills and support that we at Stay Focused deliver.

STAY FOCUSED on the end result.

Your MAP For the Road Ahead

Debbie Lindsay has herself taken many businesses from startup to next-level and beyond. And when you’ve made this journey as often as she has, you know the road, know how to prepare for it, how to manage its challenges and reach your destination quickly and efficiently.

 As a startup or a stepup, you’re entering uncharted territory, drawing the map as you go. How many wrong turns will you make? What seemed like a good idea at the time ends up taking you away from, rather than towards your goal. You lose time and waste precious resources. Sure, if you’re smart, you’ll learn from each mistake, but the question is, how many can you afford? Remember that 80% of startups go belly-up within 24 months.

 Then there’s the stress of not being able to predict what’s around the corner, of not being able to read the sign up ahead until it’s too late to prepare for it. And what happens under stress is that we make poor decisions and fall back on established patterns of behaviour. Ultimately, it becomes almost impossible to sustain self-belief when every available indicator is telling you you’re messing up.

It doesn’t need to be this way. Stay Focused not only provides a map for one of the most important journeys you’ll ever make, we act as your onboard navigator too.

• Be prepared for the road ahead.
• Be equipped for every business challenge you’re likely to face.
• Be strengthened by the vital support we provide; and
• Be ready to hit your targets

 STAY FOCUSED on the end result.

 WHY DO 80% START UPS FAIL?

So many times you hear it said: “be passionate about what you do.” Well, yes, that’s obvious. But the real reason 80% of startups fail in the first 2 years certainly isn’t because they lack passion. If anything’s missing, it’s usually a sense of what business actually is, the complex arrangement of structures, functions and processes that make it work.

At Stay Focused we partner SMEs, whether they’re starting up or stepping up. Together we have one target to hit, and only one. For some it’s ‘survival’, for other’s ‘success’. Of course there are many smaller targets along the way. But however you look at it, it’s a joint construction. We scaffold. You build.

The thing that most sets us apart from other, so-called ‘business coaches’ is the fact that we don’t really “coach”. We develop businesses. Our approach is 100% practical.

We don’t give you goals – we give you the equipment to drill down into your own core and discover them for yourself.

We don’t even give you focus – we only make focus possible by getting you clear on the direction you want to go in, and the things that you want to happen.

And when you reach that point of clarity, we help you develop the skills to sustain it – skills around who you are as a person, and as an enterprise; skills that optimise your resilience as a business, across all its structures, functions and processes.

Remember, business isn’t a sprint, it’s more like a marathon. It’s not a question of speed, but of endurance – that’s why everything we do is aimed at helping you stay focused.

STAY FOCUSED on the end result.

If you are struggling with accountable, read on

Business owners and entrepreneurs are necessarily self-motivated individuals. But the catch-all phrase, ‘motivated to succeed in business’, has such a broad meaning that it can often end up being illusory.

The fact is, to succeed in business requires a whole string of motivations, not just one. And you can be sure that among the many items on your long list of ‘things-to-do’ as a business, there are plenty you enjoy, plenty you don’t, and most likely even a few you wouldn’t know how to tackle.

It’s for roles in these last two categories that accountability is most required. We all know, in business, that the thing we most need to be doing, but aren’t, is probably the thing we find hardest to do. Stay Focused has identified two reasons why this happens. Habit and skill – or lack of skill.

 It’s all very exciting to have the intention to grow and change yourself, but without some kind of accountability structure around you, there is little to no chance you’ll follow through. Changing how we do things takes time, focus and support. Stay Focused knows the changes that need to happen, why they need to happen, and how to make them happen. We don’t stand looking over your shoulder, but we do give you a program to follow, and we monitor and encourage your progress till the new behaviour establishes as a habit.

 Living up to our policy of ‘100% practical’, Stay Focused works with you to make the hard things easy by equipping you with the required skills. Here, too, accountability comes into play. After all, you don’t actually “learn” a new skill, you develop it. In other words, you practice what you have learned for long enough, and with sufficient regularity, until it too has become a habit.

 Business is not a lottery. Success doesn’t just suddenly fall from the sky. It comes as the end result of many good habits all building towards the same goal. At Stay Focused our goal is to make you accountable to the very thing you want most for yourself.

Stay Focused on the end result

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What can I do to improve my computer skills?

If you struggle to write clear emails, create concise document or develop reports that are interesting for your business then 1-2-1 computer skills will help you faster.

Have you been to group classes and still can't do what you want to do with your documents or spreadsheets? Stay Focused assists you to gain computer skills and focuses on teaching these skills slowly so you understand and are able to walk away knowing you can work with and utilise within your business, what you have learnt.

• Word
• Excel
• Power Point
• Mail, Emailing
• Web Design
• Facebook, LinkedIn presence. 

1-2-1 computer training offers you a fast and effective way to learn.  Book today and see your business skills progress fast. It's easy!