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11/03/2021 No Comments

Why Does It Take 10 Years To Be An Overnight Success?


It’s come up a couple of times for me recently with some of the entrepreneur clients I work with and it reminds me of the story that Steve Martin tells. That it took him 10 years to become an overnight success after which he spent the next four yea... Read More

25/02/2021 No Comments

10 Key Steps To Defining Your Business Processes


Small companies don’t need much structure, but as a business grows chaos can quickly ensue. Good process design can help. Standardizing processes is important for a growing business, but few people know exactly how to do this. Most times, what ... Read More

26/11/2020 No Comments

Team Building For Competitive Advantage


Highly effective teams can become one of the strongest competitive advantages that an organization can build. If you can get the teams in your organization past all the drama, politics and waste of energy, that’s a tremendous competitive advantage.... Read More

12/11/2020 No Comments

How To Run An Effective Annual Strategy Planning Session


As we near the end of an unbelievable year, it’s the perfect time to look ahead and plan your company’s growth strategy for 2021. You may have thrown out this year’s strategic plan at the start of the pandemic and been executing crisis manageme... Read More

05/11/2020 No Comments

The Organisation’s Heartbeat – Your Meeting Rhythm


Embedding the communication tools, processes and routines required to create clarity and align everyone in the organization is the key to consistently driving execution and results. And when it comes to communication and alignment, one activity, more... Read More

29/10/2020 No Comments

The Two Types Of People Issues Facing Business Owners


In his classic book, Good to Great, Jim Collins refers to the importance of getting the “right people on the bus” and then getting them all in the “right seats.” This is key because who we attract and hire to our organization takes precedence... Read More

06/08/2020 No Comments

Effective Cash Flow Forecasting for Business Owners


Effectively managing cash flow is one of the most critical skills business owners must possess if they want their companies to survive and grow profitably. Yet creating an accurate cash flow forecast is complicated because it involves measuring and m... Read More