Business owners I salute you. If you run a trading business, then I congratulate you. Running a business can be exhilarating, fun, and profitable, but sadly it is not all plain sailing,

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....

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:

When I am coaching a business, this is my third most used phrase. The first is "businesses go bust because they run out of cash" and the second is "business would be easy without customers and staff". But the "don't ask don't get" phrase can be the difference between added success and staying just where you are.

Debbie is the MD of a successful and very busy business but is continually battling the in-tray because she has found it difficult to delegate. She started the business and knows how to do everything and most of the time she does!

Now as I pen the final chapters of my book; The Grown-Up Business, I can once again reflect on what I've learnt.

I've heard this so many times but strangely enough there are exactly the same number of minutes in every hour of every day. But it seems we're just not productive. My mother has saying, "if you want something done, give it to a busy person", and in my experience it always works.

I don’t have time! How many time have you said that phrase – too many times, but it’s so easy to say – a great excuse for not doing. We are all guilty of the ‘I’m too busy’ syndrome. Businesses are fixated about losing money but in most cases it is lost time that is […]