This blog is all about managing (and pre-empting) the bad things that people can do and how to keep the critical aspects of your business safe. By people, I’m talking about suppliers, service providers, contractors or staff (or even the public). How would your business go if you lost your website, or social media profiles,…
As a business coach, I do a lot of work with clients around time management. Time (especially for a service-based business) is one of our greatest resources and I believe, one of the resources most eroded through poor management. It’s not just me who says multi-tasking is NOT an effective management tool, but studies have…
Sales (particularly for business owners) isn’t always about being a great ‘talker’ or ‘having the gift of gab’ but rather it’s often having a sales process and communicating well. As a business and marketing coach, I work with clients on all this (and more) to help them improve their sales skills. This is what I’m…
Whether it’s a new business year in January or in July, it’s a great time to review, refresh and refocus on where you are with things. As an expert business coach, I should say that a lot of these things should be done far more regularly than just once or twice a year; some of…
As a business coach and life coach, the subject of failure comes up somewhat often. Firstly, I believe that failure can be real or perceived. If your business is showing a substantial loss month after month and you’re about to go into bankruptcy, then it may be an actual failure. However, sometimes there is…
Time and time again we hear why it’s important to get organised. This is true, being organised really does help, whether you’re a student, individual, manager, CEO or business owner. In my decades of business coaching, I’ve seen some super organised people, and well, others which definitely could improve a little. Whichever category you fall…
It’s actually pretty easy for you and your business to fall behind the times. If you’re not moving forward, you are not just standing still, but actually being left behind and slipping backwards. What worked a decade ago, or even 6 months ago, may not work today or in the future. This certainly is very…
Dealing with a love-hate relationship with money. It’s interesting how many people have a love / hate relationship with money. A number of other people see ‘money’ as a dirty word. Sadly, some of us were raised where “money is the root of all evil” and “money cannot make you happy”. I’ve coached (business…
Now, just to clarify; I’m NOT encouraging business owners to be crummy, lousy and bad bosses. Everything I say here are the things that I’ve found business owners do, but sometimes are not aware. Perhaps showing it in the negative will help some people see that what they are doing is wrong, or at least…
Men and women are different – it’s reality – in life and in business. This article isn’t about being sexist, but about remembering that different genders do often operate in different ways. I think we sometimes forget this – or feel we cannot acknowledge it (or even talk about it) because of gender equality. I’ve…