There never seem to be enough hours in the day to take care of daily business and work towards your goals, let alone your life goals! The busier you are, the more you need a compass to keep you on track. You lead and manage … [Read more...]
So, Really, What is the Problem?
We’re all too keen to explain why we can’t do something. The sentence starts, “It failed because…” and you can complete the ending yourself: our people, our product, our systems, our skills, we knew it would, we felt it was wrong, they … [Read more...]
Grow Your Business by Design
Most businesses grow by accident. The owner gets up early, goes to bed late and somehow the whole thing comes together as it discovers which are the open doors to push against. Business growth by fluke (despite what the owners and … [Read more...]
2018 Predictions: Everything and Nothing…
Like 2017 and 2016 before it, 2018 will be the year that everything and nothing changes. It will be a year of contradictions… of opposites: Everything will be the same, but nothing will be the same. We will be even more closely … [Read more...]
Best Reads of 2017
Here’s a list of the best of new-ish books that I read in 2017. Some took a while to get to the UK, some have sat on my shelves for a while. Not the greatest year for business books in my humble opinion. As I review what I read I … [Read more...]
Key Trends For Digital Agencies As We Approach 2018
These key trends are making digital even more daunting as we approach 2018. 1) Mobile ubiquity Mobile beats PC we know that, yet most sites aren’t quick enough or friendly enough. 2) The duopoly of Google and … [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...]
Bank Holiday Homework! A Bunch Of Fives
Feeling lethargic before your Bank Holiday break? Here are 25 things to get you and your business back into shape. Read the following list and commit to following through on just five of the following ideas as soon as you get back from … [Read more...]
Not Enough Hours In The Day?
April 5, 2017 by Robert Craven “There are simply not enough hours in the day and that’s the end of it” the MD said to me. He meant it. You could see that he was exhausted, trying to do too much and ending up chasing his own … [Read more...]