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What is your Hourly Rate?
The question of hourly rates is very relevant now. With costs increasing almost everywhere, business margins are being squeezed at a relentless rate. If you are in a service-based industry…
The Importance of Budgeting Every Year
The majority of business owners we work with do not like budgeting. Whether it is because of a lack of excel skills, understanding the construction of how Profit and Loss…
What’s in a margin?
Lately, most of us will have been dealing with rising costs in our businesses. In particular, the rising cost of materials. This is not a new phenomenon, but the frequency…
Business Ownership: The dreams we once had
One of the first questions we ask of our new business clients is, “when you started this business, what was your dream?” You would not believe the wonderful and exciting…
A Business Owner: Fixing those issues
One of the first questions we ask of our new business clients is, “if there was one thing we could fix for you right now, what would it be?” You…
The Business Advisor / Consultant Paradigm
What do The All Blacks, An Olympic Gold Medalist and Bill Gates have in common? They all employ a coach. They employ a coach to help them “Create the perfect…
Are you seeing what you need to see in your business?
Most people have heard the terms “Can’t see the woods for the trees” or “becoming store blind”, but do you actually know what they mean? It is a common issue…
Sew, Mow or Row
In your business, are you the: Sewer? (The clothing type – not wastewater!!) Mower? Rower? The Sewer They are the fixers. They spend an extraordinary amount of their time (perhaps…
Keeping it fresh!
What a lovely weekend it was weather wise! It was so nice that it inspired my partner and me to walk Orakei Basin as we do once a month on…
Cash Flow Management
One of the biggest reasons for business failure in New Zealand is not businesses not making a profit but would you believe bad cash flow management. This can be caused…
Thrive Before Five
This may take you by surprise – a blog article by a business advisor that is NOT about business. Nor about work, or management, or profitability, time management, productivity, efficiency…
Reflect to Achieve Business Success in 2022
Let’s face it, for business owners the last two year haven’t been easy. While some have consistently struggled to keep business going, managing through pivots and some hard choices, others…