TAKE A STEP BACK – Create a Self Managing Business
Are you that frustrated business owner, continually on the vicious circle of the hamster wheel, feeling like the business is running you, instead of you running the business? As you begin to scale up,…
ESCAPE VELOCITY – Reaching your Strategic Orbit
As we begin to emerge from the Covid lockdown restrictions, you may be thinking about ways to change your business once again. Will you go back to the office? Will you continue…
FREE UP TIME TO MAKE MORE MONEY FOR YOUR BUSINESS
How to step off the hamster wheel and lead from a more strategic orbit Have you emerged from the dark end of 2020 with a grim determination to absolutely get your business back on…
HOW HAVE YOUR TEAM PERFORMED UNDER PRESSURE THIS YEAR?
Photo by David Latorre Romero on Unsplash As we reach the end of this turbulent year – it is a good time to reflect – what has worked well and what would you like to improve in…
A BIG SHOUT OUT for Knowledge Transfer Partnerships!
Who Knew! Data Analytics gets Interesting! This short blog is probably the closest thing you can get to anti-marketing, and doing myself out of future work, but after attending a brilliant networking & learning…
THE GREAT BRITISH PRODUCTIVITY SWINDLE – 3 Painful Truths – No 1. The Business
As a productivity expert, I was entertained by the Bank of England’s “Lessons on a Plate” entitled The Great Productivity Puzzle, which loosely touches on why the UK is losing its competitive edge against…
MORE WAGE INCREASES ON THE HORIZON – Is Your Business Prepared?
If you’ve just got used to the concept of the National Living Wage, introduced in April 2016, and managed to absorb the impact that’s had on your business costs, don’t forget it’s that time…
20 WAYS TO BE MORE PRODUCTIVE – Robust Management Control Systems
Productivity means higher output using your current resources, or achieving the same level of sales with less resource. If a manager is not given the tools to do the job then they rely on gut…
BARRIERS TO BUSINESS GROWTH 7 – Managing the Money
The essential guide to Starting Up & Growing your Business Barrier 7 – Managing the Money As a Business Owner are you confident that your company is on solid foundations financially? We all read about how…
BARRIERS TO BUSINESS GROWTH 2 – Planning, The Key to Success
The essential guide to Starting Up & Growing your Business Barrier 2 – Planning – The Key to Success “Companies don’t fail because they grow. They fail because they don’t plan their growth.” Philip Orsini…
BARRIERS TO BUSINESS GROWTH 1 – You! The Owner
The essential guide to Starting Up & Growing your Business Barrier 1 – You! The Owner If you’ve recently started your own business, or only been trading for a couple of years, you may be…
CONQUERING BARRIERS TO BUSINESS GROWTH
The essential guide to Starting Up & Growing your Business Happy New Year to everyone, and here’s wishing your 2016 will be a high growth and highly profitable year. By now you should have your…