Under-Cover with Tristan Webb
Disaster and contingency planning is something all business owners know they should be doing to ensure when a business tsunami is forecasted, the business can batten down the hatches to […]
Into the WIND (Ch#5 Just one thing)
What the hell is work-life balance? It’s like ‘peeing’ into the wind, Such nonsense, so it should be binned, Instead, make the most of your talents, Robustly, building, valiance, […]
Be In The Zoom – With Gavin Meikle
For most of us, keeping in touch with our clients, our bosses and team members has been a steep learning curve over the last few months. Moreover, it is likely […]
To Whom It May Concern – (TM speech)
“Having mentored for years, Laura has studied Catherine Kram, David Clutterbuck, and Norman Cohen’s works on the very subject. She has been trained by The Princes Trust and delivers workshops […]
Post-Pandemic People Planning with Debbie Cohen
An audience with Debbie Cohen the MD of Streetwise HR, who shares her thoughts on the challenges we face planning our future workforce especially when furlough support finishes. All sound […]
Tortoise (Discover Prompts #16 – SLOW)
I think I should have been born a tortoise. The ability to bite if provoked and a firm shell to protect me from predators. Plus the opportunity to hibernate for […]
Dynamic Duos (Discover prompt #9 – PAIRS)
I am a big fan of podcaster, Hrishikesh Hirway. I first got hooked on his work when he paired up with Joshua Malina. Together they commentated on episodes of the […]
Mentoring (Discover Prompts #4 STREET)
“Having mentored for years, Laura has studied Catherine Kram, David Clutterbuck and Norman Cohen’s works on the very subject. She has been trained by The Princes Trust, and delivers workshops […]
Making an Impact with Sharon Davies
An audience with Sharon Davies, the new CEO of Young Enterprise UK, who explains how her “No Time Like the Future” strategy will focus on collaboration between all the stakeholders, […]
The Accountability Dichotomy with Debbie Cohen
An audience with Debbie Cohen from Streetwise HR … Debbie explores the accountability dichotomy, the need to delegate responsibilities without creating a blame and shame culture. She explains how we […]
Making Tax Digital with Stephanie Pettitt
An audience with Stephanie Pettitt from Equation Accountancy … Stephanie explains the what, the why, the who, the when, and (more importantly) the how around the three-letter acronym MTD. Making […]
Four Crushing Complacencies
In this book Sur/petition, Edward de Bono asserts that complacency sets in when things seem normal to you because you are used to them. In business there are four types. Comfortable […]
Yuletide – The Longest Night
The title strikes to the deepest fear of any insomniac. Regardless of the varied reasons for sleep deprivation, the extra hour in bed that we get when the clocks go […]
The Chaos Crisis
Your entrepreneurial spirit is on overdrive and you have that many ideas for business growth that you don’t know where to start? Or perhaps your Mission is that big, that bold […]
The Tough Get Cash
When the going gets tough … the tough get cash! This is a blog post I wrote in 2008. Thought it was worth resurrecting in the event of the last […]
Robert’s Rules of Order
In the last 9 months I have been involved in a number of political (small p) meetings where Robert’s Rules of Order have been applied. Whilst I have been to […]
The Flip Side of Passion
Can you remember having to do your job with one hand tied behind your back? I bet it was one of the reasons you chose to ‘go it alone’? Run […]
The Perfect Storm – Storytelling #2
Christmas 1997, I helicoptered into the best year of Excel Clothing’s 10 year history. Full of excitement at taking on my new role as Managing Director of this successful ladies […]
Create Your Business Vision
The vision statement defines the longer term aspirations for your business. The aspirations should inspire the people you work with, whether that is staff or supplier or investors. It is […]
Business Network Meetings – What’s Your Strategy?
Just imagine if you had a phone call when you were still half asleep telling you the breakfast meeting you were planning to attend that morning was cancelled due to […]
Live Long and Prosper – Financing for Growth
As you get bigger, there are three key elements to managing business growth; the operations, the marketing and the finance. If finance isn’t your thing then recognise when you need […]
The Behaviour that Supports – Leadership
Can you remember the last time when you took off your shoes and socks and stood on the grass, or the beach or the rocks? Do you remember how it […]
Mind the Gap – Recruiting for Business Growth
If you and/or your staff are working long hours, turning down contracts, not following up opportunities, then it may be worth thinking about eliciting some additional help? I have been […]
Be Prepared to Exit – Strategies
At some point you are going to leave your business. Will you sell it and live on a yacht somewhere sunny? Will you retire graceful and leave it to your […]
Make Time for Passion – Management
You can’t make more time. There are only 1440 minutes in every day. Fact – no more, no less. It’s not what you’ve got … it’s what you do with […]
Outsourcing the Way Forward
As a business owners, incorporated or not, in the early growth years we wear many hats, in addition to the technical one that brings the money in and pays the […]
Be your own coach … I don’t think so.
Running a business can be a lonely job – so who do you turn to when you have issues? Do you toss and turn that problem in your head. Do […]
Flawed Boards or Sounding Boards
The credit crunch crisis … Should the directors of the banking institutions have seen it coming? Of course they should! Questioning and recording the question is the right and a […]
Generation WHY?
You can’t tell Generation Y to do something without explaining why. I had no idea how long this idea has been in the public domain but I had never come […]
Making a Millennial Smile – Leadership
Did you know that by 2025 there will be as many Millennials (those born after 2004) in the work place as Baby Boomers (those born between 1945 & 1964)? As […]
