When did you last raise a glass to your company’s success? Celebrating achievements not only recognises and rewards the hard work of your employees; it also brings life to an organisation, boosting morale and feelings of … [Read more...]
How Can Keeping A Journal Help You With Your Business?
Look at most of our desks and you see To Do lists and clutter. The To Do List is a symptom of old (possibly bad) habits. My habit is to reframe the To Dos as actions or appointments to go into my diary. They then become events with a … [Read more...]
Next years big thing
There is a business tool that offers simply extraordinary benefits: Stretching Your IQ Evoking Mindfulness Achieving Goals Emotional Intelligence Boosting Memory and Comprehension Strengthening Your … [Read more...]
The Business Growth Paradox
The Growth Paradox is simple. It is the (naïve) belief that as you grow the business and take on more team members, clients, and business systems that things should get easier. And, of course, they don’t. What happens is that things get … [Read more...]
Building a Winning Agency
Last week I was called upon to speak at the Bulletproof Agency Network Event in Manchester. My talk focused on factors holding agencies back, and what can be done to overcome those obstacles and accelerate growth. Here is a link to a … [Read more...]
The Valleys of Death Revisited
Valleys of death are where your business grows but your profits do not. We all have to go through these valleys or troughs! Valley #1 appears between 0 and 10 staff (roughly). On your own you might make £100,000 and take home £99,000 … [Read more...]
Is Your Business Doomed To Run Out Of Puff?
The reason why young small businesses can do so well is that they adopt the “We Try Harder (and, in reality, pay ourselves less) Model”. As a result, they find willing clients who enjoy the benefits of working with a supplier willing to … [Read more...]
The Fish Rots From The Head… and so does your business
The fish rots from the head is one of those over-used urban myths. I mean is there any scientific evidence to support the claim? It is also the title of a cracking book about the role of the board by Bob Garratt. However, the sentiment … [Read more...]
Stop Being The Smartest Person In The Room – The route to success
Business starts to be fun (again) when you are quite literally the dumbest person in the room. If you have all the answers then everyone leans on you and you take on some kind of superhuman qualities in the eyes of the lesser … [Read more...]
Learning From The Very Best Is A Mug’s Game
The odds that an idea becomes a business are something like one in 50. Probably more if I look back on how many brilliant ideas have been put in front of me and how few have got to the stage of trading. The odds that a funded business … [Read more...]
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