By Gail Doby, ASID  CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting  Photos: @bakerbroductions We confess… Genius Exchange was more like an Interior Design Summit with lots of speakers and break-outs, but we had the room, the stage and the opportunity to give The Ritz-Carlton, Denver a last hurrah and maximize this event. Next year, we’ll be…

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By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting Are you a member of a local interior design or design related organization? If not, I’d advise you to consider the opportunities you are missing and take another look at what is available in your area. This type of networking is not so…

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By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Running an interior design business involves managing and keeping track of thousands of details, commitments, figures, and dates. Without the proper systems in place, you can easily become overwhelmed by it all. At best, that’s a lot of extra…

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By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University It’s been a busy year at Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting. We recently completed the 2017 Interior Design Summit + GRAM|ME experience at High Point Market and we’re happy to report that it was a great success! We thank…

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By Gail Doby, ASID    CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University     The business environment changes so quickly these days that one might well think “why bother” when it comes to planning. What’s the point of making plans when they have to be revised or scrapped every quarter, possibly every month? Isn’t…

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By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Marketing is a numbers game, and there is no guarantee how the numbers will turn out. You could send out a thousand direct mail pieces and maybe get only a dozen responses. Or you could select a small group…

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By Gail Doby, ASID CVO & Co-Founder, Gail Doby Coaching & Consulting & Design Success University Fulfilling your obligations is the mark of a true professional, and that includes meeting deadlines.  If you struggle to keep on top of your commitments, take some time to think about what’s getting in your way. It usually comes…

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By Drue Lawlor, FASID Director of Coaching at DSU I’m certain that most of you are thinking “been there, done that,” but then let me ask you a few questions.  Can everyone on your internal team recite your mission statement from memory?  If your mission statement were shared with your clients, would they say that…

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Hows It Working Out For You So Far This Year

We’re in a mastermind group that we joined in mid November, and the leader sent an email on Monday asking what our “wins” were since joining the group. I made a quick list of 12 items and most of them were big and impactful for our company. If he hadn’t asked, I might have discounted…

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It’s that time again, when most of us are thinking about setting goals for 2016… and most of us won’t accomplish them. Why is that? We get excited and create amazing resolutions or goals, and within days, we stop working on what we know we want to do, but do we really truly want to…

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