It’s holiday time! Your business might be important, but you shouldn’t let it get in the way of you having some summer time out, reaching for a hammock and sipping a Pina-colada. Holidays are essential for recharging your batteries and supporting your overall...
Strategic Planning
Why you need a backup plan!
No one likes to consider themselves getting ill, we all feel invincible until it happens to us.... If you were unable to work for several weeks, do you have a backup plan to ensure the continuity of your work and household? It is hard enough to be out of work for a...
Set your Business Boundaries
Boundaries in business are life-changing, life-giving, game changers. It’s true, I can’t emphasise the importance of setting boundaries enough. Sadly, it's only when we're close to burning out that we think through the implications of our current boundaries. Setting...
Bringing your Business into 2021
We started the business year in 2020 with firm plans and optimistic outlooks, but this all evaporated by mid-March as focus changed from thriving to surviving. While there are no guarantees as to what 2021 will bring, there is still ample opportunity to start planning...
Are you trying to be an expert in every area of your small business?
All experts will agree, if you want to be an expert, you need to be great at what you do. And for many, that’s meant having to make tough decisions over what to let go. Because an expert by definition, is someone who specialises in and is known for one specific thing...
How to Build a Great Team Around You
Behind every great leader is a great team. It’s no different with successful businesses - if you want to be successful, you need a team around you, supporting the needs of your business. But how do you build a great team around you, if you don’t already have one? On...
How to find 10 hours of work you shouldn’t be doing
Whether you’re a CEO, business owner or manager, the one thing you cannot change is time. We all get the same 24-hour day, 7 day week. But far too many managers and owners are struggling with time management. Sound familiar? You’re trying to fit more and more into...
It’s time to drop the admin and focus on billable hours
Are you fully aware you should be focusing on billable hours, but are currently snowed under with admin? You may be surprised to know that you’re not the only one who struggles with this! One of the biggest problems professionals face, when it comes to increasing...