On a scale of 1-10, how important to you is regular tracking of the numbers in your dashboard? When I work with clients to help them upscale from 7 to 8 figures, they already have good businesses [...]

Innovation post-Covid in hospitality… On a ‘crisp’ winter’s morning on the Peninsula I had the pleasure of meeting with Greg O’Donoghue of Green Olive at Red Hill. [...]

I had the pleasure of interviewing Chad Stephens the other day, co-founder of startups Fillr and 1Form.com. We talked about the shift in thinking to grow a company from 7 figures to 8. When most [...]

Do you think it’s difficult making the shift to leader rather than ‘doer of everything’ when you grow your business? When I inherited my very first team to manage – 5 [...]

Going hard is not the answer. The great paradox of small business is to ‘let go’ when you feel at your most inundated and overwhelmed, trying desperately to control everything, in [...]

I love working with clients who like and value reading – then I can recommend some business books I’ve really enjoyed and know they’ll get great snippets of value from them. [...]

What is it that we do that sets us up to fail with our business goals, and how can we avoid that this year? This is a good question for any size of business. There is a plethora of articles, [...]

Supply chain shortages and delays, rising transport costs, changing working arrangements with your team, softer sales results compared to more bullish times….is it time to recharge your business [...]

One of the greatest challenges for all businesses right now is retention of their people – and at costs the business can afford – and being able to attract new people. The pandemic has [...]

When the Pringle of Scotland brand of knitwear was prime for reinvention in 2000, the strategy was to win market share by positioning it as a high-end international luxury fashion brand. Its [...]