Finance
Financial Competency
Its your Money It’s your business, which means its your money so you should understand how the finances or the flow of money works, how that is reported and what you will pay tax on, at least that would be Read more
Operations
Efficiency
Managing by the Numbers I know I go on about why numbers are important, in a previous article I talked about why the numbers are important in sales and marketing, and at some point I will cover the accounting requirements Read more
Leadership
Marketing is Maths
It’s in the numbers You may think it’s about creativity and award wining adverts, maybe you think it’s about brand awareness and social media, but ultimately its about the numbers. A good Marketing agency will tell you the same thing, Read more
Finance
Let’s Talk about Sex Baby
Let’s talk about you and me That got your attention didn’t it, If I had said let’s talk about numbers then 68% of you would have skipped to the next post, and that’s a pretty accurate number because, with enough Read more
Mindset
Have you done it yet?
If not now then when This is the question I find myself asking clients a lot, having a Strategic plan with agreed tactics and defined actions with a diary of when things should happen is a critical element in achieving Read more
Planning
When Will You Get it Done?
Actions & Tactics This is something that I feel is not covered enough, tactics are supposed to be the actions you take to achieve your objectives, so taking action or being busy is often confused with doing what needs to Read more
Leadership
The Road less Stupid
The Advice is Out There This is a great book by Keith Cunningham on how to make better decisions and minimise risk in business, I suggest every business owner should read it, and yet here’s the thing, most of you Read more
Planning
Strategy Vs Tactics
I often see businesses using the same tactics day in day out and complaining they don’t see the growth they would like, they do the same things and expect different results. There is a saying about that, I am sure. Read more
Focus
What’ Your Vision
Why Goals Don’t Work Why goals just don’t work. That’s a little unfair, goals do work when they are created, focused on and actioned in the right way, but it is fair to say that in my experience and in Read more
Focus
Ideal Outcomes
The Well Formed Outcome The starting point of all achievement is knowing what you are trying to achieve. I often say. “If you want to achieve ANYTHING you need to know what ANYTHING looks like”. There is a great technique Read more