What’s the score? How to build a scoreboard for business success
The great thing about sport is that there is some sort of scoring system that lets you know who is winning and who is losing. Of course with having a score you also get the anguish, excitement, ...
View ArticleYou want to grow your business, but where do you start?
One of the first things that business owners tell us is that they want to 'grow their business'. They have lots of ideas, they have tried many different marketing activities but at the same time ...
View ArticleBeing an entrepreneur is all in the mind
As the creator and producer of a television series on business success, I was fortunate to have the opportunity to interview over 120 of Australia’s leading entrepreneurs.One of ...
View ArticleWhy won't you change? Perhaps you haven't suffered enough
About a year ago I was at a barbecue with a group of friends and one of them announced he was going into business and wanted a few words of advice. For the sake of this article let’s call ...
View ArticleHow to become a better leader...anyone can do it!
One of the most important roles a business owner can play is that of a leader. Yet as a business coach, I hear many business owners say they are not good at that role, don’t believe ...
View ArticleGet organised, get successful
We recently ran a survey with small business owners and discovered that more than 90 per cent of business owners don’t keep a record of the day-to-day running of their business or use a ...
View ArticleWhy can’t my employees just do things the way I want?
Are you frustrated by employees who won’t consistently do what you want, when you want or how you want?It is one of the most common frustrations that I hear as a business coach. It ...
View ArticleWant your business to thrive? Build a network
One of the great things about running your own business is that feeling of independence. You don’t report to anybody, you can run the business however you want and as they say ‘the ...
View ArticleIs it time to sack some customers?
A conversation I often have with clients is what to do with difficult customers, especially ones that don’t pay on time. My advice is usually to get as much money owing as possible and then ...
View ArticleWhat's your dream?
The movie Pretty Woman followed the formula of the most popular fairy tales. I always remember the cool dude strutting down the street in the final scene yelling out as Julia Roberts ...
View ArticleGet your business working without you
One of the frustrations many business owners have is that they have way too much to do and it doesn’t matter how hard they try, everything always seems to come back to them – ...
View ArticleHow to make sure you get things done!
Every day most business owners are faced with list of things to do. Where do you start? Do you do the easy things, take on that big project that you have been meaning to do for ages or just go for ...
View ArticleWhen to admit defeat
People have a dream to go into business for a whole range of reasons. For some it is about lifestyle, for others it is about earning more money than they can as an employee. For others it’s ...
View ArticleRecruiting the right people
Picking the right staff can make a massive difference to your business. Here's some tips on getting the best possible team together.Have you got the right people on your ...
View ArticleHow to audit your brand
How is your brand looking? Conduct your own auditI recently visited a business after reading the signage and while I was waiting I picked up a brochure about their ...
View ArticleIs it time to pass your business on to your kids?
Many small businesses are run by husband-and-wife teams, and their children usually become involved in the business at some stage. Usually it starts as a part-time job during school holidays or ...
View ArticleGrow your business through exporting
Leanne Preston, the founder of Wild Child, started her company around a prototype of a product for head lice (subsequently called Quit Nits), which used ...
View ArticleA squeaky clean navy man
It’s always interesting to speak to people a year or two after they have started their business to find out what it has been like and what they have learnt. I spoke to a client of ours ...
View ArticleLost confidence? It's time to act
What do you do when a series of events puncture your balloon of confidence; a slow leak to start with and then a big bang when your business goes from being a great success to a near failure ...
View ArticleLost confidence? It's time to act
What do you do when a series of events puncture your balloon of confidence; a slow leak to start with and then a big bang when your business goes from being a great success to a near failure ...
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