I didn’t set out to become an author. I wrote the book because the challenges, stresses and frustrations I saw in business owners kept pointing to the same need: practical help to build a stronger business and take back control.
The book is a practical, step-by-step guide for owners
who have discovered that running the business is not as much fun as it used to be.
It is built around real-world experience, case studies, tools, exercises and templates to help you move from a business that feels hard work to one with more structure, strength and endurance.
“If you run a business, then buy this book. Not tomorrow, today!”
~ Sam Carpenter Work The System
I didn’t set out to be an author, but I became one on November 4th 2014 when The Grown-Up Business was published.
I wrote it for business owners who’ve found that running their business wasn’t fun anymore.
It’s a step-by-step guide to turn a business from 7-stone weakling into one with real muscle and endurance. It packs a punch; 47 real-life case studies and almost 200 how to tips, exercises & templates to help you every step of the way.
I couldn’t have written this book without my clients and to them a big thank you.
It was their challenges, problems, issues and stresses that persuaded me to write the book to help even more small business owners.
There is a paperback version, and e-versions available via Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, i-tunes, Waterstones and Overdrive.com
I’m absolutely thrilled that Sam Carpenter – Author of Work The System has written the foreword to the book. Sam’s book is a fabulous read especially if you need to implement processes and procedures.
If you’d like to hear me talking about my book you can listen to my interview with Paul Andrews on Business Bunker Radio. Alternatively you can read the reviews for The Grown-Up Business book.
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Practical tools, ideas and experience for owners who want a stronger, more profitable and more manageable business. The Grown-Up Business: Amazon.co.uk
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