So often people ask me “so what exactly do you do?” As a business coach, I thought it would be good to share some examples of how I’ve helped clients and here are the most recent 5 wins: #1 – Staff Hijacking. I had a client who basically had his business hijacked by…
After a period of time you get to a point where you often want to grow your business – perhaps to a new region, covering a new product or service, or simply expansion that will equate to greater profits. Here are my top 7 tips to grow your business: If you…
I so often see business owners struggling and I know why, but often they just won’t take action to improve their situation. It’s rarely a conscious decision “I won’t action anything because I want to fail or I like struggling” but more they don’t realise what they are doing. Let me share more on this:…
When I sold my business, I was asked by so many people “are you excited?” or “are you sad?”. I was neither. To me I had simply sold an asset. Don’t get me wrong, I was passionate about that business, but I wasn’t emotional about it. How to slow things down in…
This is actually possible; imagine that feeling of your chest tightening when you open your credit card statement each month and the stress you feel about the amount of money you owe, and the amount of money you waste in interest each month. This feeling is shortening your life. Aussies owe more than $34 billion…
As I do planning sessions with clients, I can tell some are not particularly excited initially. They take a bit to warm up. For some people I guess planning is boring and they switch off. But if making more money, working less hours and reducing the stress in your life excites you … then read…
If you are looking at being promoted or advanced in the company you are working, then you will have to get into the mode of self-promotion. I hear some of you groaning or saying ‘but I hate “peacocking”’. Whether you are in business or working for another business – if you want to get ahead…
When it comes to employment conditions, agreements, correct pay levels and ensuring you are doing everything around HR right, there is so much you have to know. Frequently the average (and even above average) business owner doesn’t know it all. As a business coach I frequently source great suppliers in various areas, and if you…
I saw this question on social media recently and thought, I’ll bet there are a few of you out there who would like to know the secret to great conversions. I personally grew a bookkeeping business from a garage to 5 locations around Australia and taught my team how to ‘sell’ without sounding like salespeople,…
How are you? “Busy!” seems to be the answer I get from so many business owners. In fact, we say it so often and frequently others around us think we’re so busy they don’t refer any work our way – thinking we’re too busy to handle more work. So often we maintain this frantic pace,…