I’ve taken several meetings this week from alumni clients and friends chasing some personal advice about how to respond to everything. Importantly, if the sun is shining for you right now, don’t overthink things, keep making hay. And then start increasing your level of communication and relationship building. Fear fills a vacuum. Talk to your...

Welcome back, to the first episode in the 2026 Season of Don’t Waste a Good Recession. For those unaware, I spent many years 2008-13 travelling the world delivering presentations on responding to the Global Financial Crisis and Great Recession, and then also helped businesses through the Coronavirus Recession with this key message: You can Thrive,...

I rarely see business partnerships fail. Because the ones that explode usually do so long before they sit down with me for a coffee. I think every business owner has a Partnership horror story – if not your own, then one you’ve heard from someone close. Are these preventable? Let me deal you in… Know...

The weird set-top box at my new home in Cyprus has barely a handful of movies, one of which is Team America: World Police. If you’re a business owner, you may be able to guess which song I’m about to reference. OK, OK, “business owners are lonely”, you get it – but did you know...

Back by Populist Demand Welcome to the Trump Dump, let’s be sure to seize this opportunity together. A Brief Background If you weren’t around when I started business coaching 20 years ago, you may not know I spent 2008-2013 speaking in the UK and Australia about the unfolding global financial crisis – and most importantly, the...

Do You Suffer from Friggatriskaidekaphobia? DATELINE: Brisbane, Australia ‘Tis the season where half the business owners I’m working with are screeching into Christmas by completing several huge projects … and the other half have the thousand yard stare and need reminding about just how much they achieved in 2024. One of the frameworks that’s seen...