Don’t Want to Grow?Ignore This! I’ve been in business long enough to remember when websites were optional. It was hardly ‘the good old days’ – we used to spend $20,000 a year on a Yellow Pages ad – but they were simpler times. Of course we’ve all realised that’s no longer the case, but still too...
Over the past 20 years I have helped design and implement more than 1,000 change projects into private enterprise. These are the three tips I give all my clients at the beginning. So if you find that “Project Management Sucks” or “Your Strategy Days are a Waste of Time“, then I hope these are direct...
Done With You or DIY There is always enough time, and also there is no time like the present. Especially when you realise that if you have a monthly strategy meeting, you only have 6 left to make changes before the end of the year. Have you begun to achieve what you wanted this year?...
Leverage or Legacy? DATELINE: BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA (COLDER THAN LONDON!) Dear Reader Businesses sell for any number of reasons – out of despair, desperation, necessity … and every now and then, because you’ve built a bloody good businesses and it’s time to turn that success into cash so someone else can drive it to the next phase....
Blue Bricks and Brick WallsWelcome… DATELINE: LEEDS, ENGLAND Happy Friday I’m wrapping up my research tour of the M62 Corridor, and we’re drawing close to concluding our 4 week breakdown of Business Lifecycle priorities. Does your business ever feel stuck? Read below for solutions the Step Up phase Brick Wall extraction. In the English midlands lies a small...
As Your Team Grows: Are They United? Or Noisy Neighbours? DATELINE: MANCHESTER, ENGLAND Hi – I’m now at the end of my second week research mission around the UK, with a detour last weekend to run a workshop in Paris. A key observation so far – which may also be true in Australia – is...
