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Planning to make more money in 2019?

Planning to make more money in 2019?

November 8th 2018 I could leave it right there because it doesn't come more straightforward than that. If you own a business, before you get too far into 2019 you need a budget. But I'm a chartered accountant, I Read more

A good leader knows 'the most important thing' - but how do they work it out?

A good leader knows 'the most important thing' - but how do they work it out?

October 25th 2018 I was with a group of business owners recently at which the seminar leader told us something I thought was profoundly helpful: You, as leaders, need to know what the most important thing is and Read more

Why it’s important to understand the story behind your numbers

Why it’s important to understand the story behind your numbers

September 20th 2018 Tell me what the following numbers mean: 843 1973 380 I think you’ll agree that you can guess all you like, but it’s near impossible to interpret the meaning of numbers without some contex Read more

How to unite your team and increase profits

How to unite your team and increase profits

August 10th 2018 It will come as no surprise that a lot of the conversations I have with business owners are about making more money. Most of them want the magic formula. It would be nice if there was one—like a Read more

Getting traction on the Bike of Life

Getting traction on the Bike of Life

May 14th 2018 I ran a workshop recently in which I used one of my favourite tools for assessing business health and sustainability. Afterwards one of the participants came up to me and said the last thing you Read more

Key business lessons from Churchill and The Darkest Hour

Key business lessons from Churchill and The Darkest Hour

May 14th 2018 I recently saw the movie The Darkest Hour. At its heart it’s about the anguish of making a decision. And what a decision! It depicts the dilemma Churchill faced before Dunkirk—whether to fight Read more

Adding one more thing to the time management discussion

Adding one more thing to the time management discussion

May 14th 2018 In the spirit of trying new things this year to bring about better results, I recently conducted a time management seminar. Time management is one of those areas that perpetually impacts business Read more

Loving yourself is more important for your business than you might think

Loving yourself is more important for your business than you might think

May 14th 2018 The directive to ‘love your neighbour as yourself’ is one of the most famous of all Bible quotes. Even people who don’t profess a faith tend to know this one and seek to apply it. I find it Read more

Drawing lessons from the (all-too-brief) history of the fax machine

Drawing lessons from the (all-too-brief) history of the fax machine

May 14th 2018 Insanity is popularly defined as doing the same things over again and expecting a different result. When it comes to business, I would argue that if you do what you’ve always done, things will Read more

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