Achieve More (Revenue + Profit) Without Growing Your Existing Team Happy Friday A brief note to begin: thanks to all your support, and with a handful of active proposals still awaiting decisions, I have reached my coaching capacity for Nov / Dec / Jan. I am not in a position to discuss new client projects until...
Are you asking Santa to help you Be Better or Be Bigger? Or Both! DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA It was the night before payroll, and all through the office, Not a creature was stirring – for there was nought in the coffers. The bank website was loaded, the refresh button pressed with care, In the hope...
It is difficult to get someone to understand something when their salary depends on them not understanding it. DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA This week’s focus is Productivity, explaining a useful element of my Capacity Engine framework to help you objectively monitor how efficient your team really are. This is a crucial measurement in uncertain economic times. Work will always...
This isn’t a post for startups. This is a starting point overview for established businesses that are finding growth stalled or stopped on their way to $1 million in annual revenue. My friends at Shirlaws Group have done some incredible research and reporting on the specific structural roadblocks that impact small businesses, and I wanted...
Whether you’re a startup or reviewing your decades-old organisation, examining the combination of Vision, Strategy, Structures, Systems (not to mention People & Processes) need not be overwhelming. At the beginning of 2016, I ran my own business through this annual strategy day agenda. What became clear … was how confused I was, and the negative impact...
Great Partnerships and Joint Ventures help business owners achieve their dreams faster. Yet most do not succeed, having failed to answer to these key questions. Maybe you are forming a partnership for a new startup? Perhaps you are bringing in an equity partner to your business for the first time? Or you have identified that a significant...