Disappointed with business performance this year? If so then you need to ask some tough questions about you and your business. Do it now before next year drifts past without any change.

Here are 15 questions to ask yourself as your reflect on the past year and start your business planning for next year.

Find out how your potential buyers identify and learn about the service providers they hire. When you know this you won't waste time, money and energy on marketing methods that don't have any impact on your prospects buying decisions. This blog tells what they are looking for....

If running a successful, grown-up and profitable business was easy, everyone would be doing it.
I know that managing a business is lonely. No one to share your fears or concerns with or to help you solve problems.
Asking for help is not a sign of weakness; it’s a strength. Everyone needs help.

My 30 year apprenticeship continues unabated but now I have a role I love; as a business coach working with business owners who are going places and have recognised that they need a little help.

As the Internet has flourished, we have witnessed the growing demand for ‘free’ content. I share hints, tips and thought provoking comment, I also have a couple of e-books - Its all free.
This is my marketing collateral, but others had a different idea....

I wrote The Grown-Up Business™ book for business owners just like you who've found that running their business just wasn’t fun anymore; a chore not a pleasure, stressful instead of fun, standing still treading water instead of growing income and profit.

When we work in corporate life we are usually bold enough to ask for a pay rise. So, why are we hell bent on charging as little as possible when we start working for ourselves?

How many times do you say sorry every day? It seems to me that sorry is a word being used more and more but with less meaning every time. Let me explain:

How many times do you suddenly realise that the whole morning has gone and you don’t seem to have made the most of it? It’s too easy to waste such a precious resource and one that we can never get back. If you lose money you can try to re-coup it another way, but time lost, is gone for ever.