I'm often asked what is the difference between a business coach and mentor? In many respects they are very similar, they both focus on improvement in the business or the person. But they are different in the way that they are delivered, how the solution is delivered and by whom.

Do you have down days? No energy, zero personal productivity, low drive or enthusiasm?

Well, you're not alone; everyone I know has just such periods. But somehow we all manage to eventually shake them off but it’s so frustrating to look back on that wasted time?

I'll bet a penny to a pound that you don't have a job description – you’ll have a job title – and your team will call you the boss. As a small business owner I know that you'll end up doing everything in the business.

As a business leader it is your responsibility to solve, or to make sure that, problems are solved. Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.

Problem solving is challenging but it’s critical to business success. But too many businesses spend far too much time, money and energy putting up with problems in their businesses rather than solving them.

I've always been puzzled as to why internal communications always comes at the bottom of the to-do list. I found that many businesses are great at communicating externally but when it comes to internal communications it's just a mess.

ID&C Ltd Case Study - Business Coaching As a 20 year old business we had done well, very well; good growth, good profit, innovative products that customers wanted to buy, a successful business. So why did we engage business coach? Well, we didn't know that we really needed business coaching until we met Shirley Mansfield […]

Whilst  the UK is gripped (or paralysed) by I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! I have been mulling over the escape options and exit strategies for business owners. Whether you have planned your exit or not. So, with this very tenuous link let's look at how you might want, or have to, exit a business.

You've spent  a lot of time and money on your recruitment and finding that perfect new team member. Here are 9 tips to help get the best out of your new recruit in the first three months.