learning from experience
Insights

Getting through the right doors.
Businesses that involve face-to-face meetings with their clients need to keep in mind that they might be knocking on the wrong doors, or that they’re

Productivity- what actually is it?
We often talk about making our businesses more productive. It is common in the media to hear things like “we need to be more productive”

Burning Goal
What is the burning goal for your business? In business, as in life, it is very easy to get caught by the trivia of the

This Is Not My Responsibility
“This is not my responsibility” is unfortunately a sentence which is heard more than it ever should be in businesses. One of the common factors

Sales & Marketing
Watch your revenue soar! What keeps your customers coming back? Do you know your unique market position? Are you happy with your sales results or

A New (and Better?) Philosophy
Business consultants spend a lot of time talking to clients about staff issues – and all too often it’s because someone on the team hasn’t

A Business Owner with too many hats
They call this a “Dashing Cavalier” hat: When you are at work as an SME Business owner, do you try and where one of these?

Improving Productivity 3 – the Fifty-Minute Block Principle
How much of your day is taken up by responding? Don’t get me wrong clearing your inbox, responding to colleague questions, or texting friends about

Improving Productivity 2 – the Five-Sentence Principle
How easy is it to sit at your computer, banging out reports, drafting emails or surfing the internet, but come 6 o’clock you wonder what