10/10/2024 No Comments

How to Read Your Financials Like a CEO


Running a business is like steering a ship—every decision you make will either keep you on course or take you off it. For most small and medium business owners, understanding financials can feel like navigating through a storm without knowing how to get out of it. But what if I told you that reading your […]... Read More

30/05/2024 No Comments

How to Align Your Company With Your Vision


If you want to achieve sustained business growth, aligning your team around a shared vision is essential for achieving long-term success and maintaining a cohesive work environment. A shared vision serves as a guiding star and a common goal, providing direction and purpose to every team member. However, aligning a diverse group of individuals with […]... Read More

18/04/2024 No Comments

On Strategic Planning and Venice


My coach, Chris, says I should include more about what interests me in my blogs and emails. When it comes to strategic marketing, or any marketing for that matter, I trust Chris above anyone else on the planet. He taught me his engineered approach to marketing. When we first met, I’d been messing around with […]... Read More

21/03/2024 No Comments

Have You Got a Clear Vision for Your Business?


I’ve just finished reading Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest book: Be Useful – Seven Tools for Life. His ability to create a clear vision and set non-negotiable goals to achieve that vision really is inspiring to me. When Arnold Schwarzenegger was doing publicity for his first movie, during a lunch interview, a sports columnist who had been tasked […]... Read More

11/01/2024 No Comments

Overcoming the Business Ownership Challenges of 2024


Business ownership has never been straightforward. However, as we step into the new year, it’s evident that business owners are navigating through an unprecedented array of challenges. The lingering economic impacts of the pandemic, along with the evolving dynamics of hybrid work environments, have created a landscape characterized by economic instability and financial pressures. Key […]... Read More

07/12/2023 No Comments

How To Run An Effective Annual Planning Session


As we near the end of another challenging year, it’s a good time to develop your plan for the upcoming 12 months so that you hit the ground running in the new year. However, as the old saying goes, “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything”. It’s really the process that is important in annual […]... Read More