If we view entrepreneurship and owning and running a business as a means of delivering value to our customers and our staff, we also need to realise that all starts and ends with self-improvement. Your growth and the growth of your business are directly aligned. Understanding and developing yourself is…
Many business owners are determined to overcome barriers of their business to make it grow, yet there is only a small percentage of people who achieve it, successfully. The growth of your business can be a major challenge for business owners. I’ve met many business owners who think that growth…
“ Documenting efficient processes is like weeding a garden: it can be hard work, but there’s a real pleasure to be derived from knowing you’re improving everything.” As small business owners whilst we are in the startup phase of business we tend to try and do everything ourselves. Which works…
“Maintaining an effective culture is so important that it, in fact, trumps even strategy.”- Howard Stevenson It doesn’t matter what your business is or what size it is, business owners I meet who employ staff all tell me that company or business culture and the culture of their staff is…
“Social media is not about the exploitation of technology but service to the community.”_ Simon Mainwaring Online platforms that everyone can use freely gives us the opportunity to share information with others. Social Media allows us to connect with people in parts of the world, we otherwise couldn’t easily access…
Are you guilty of taking on a task that you think should only take you a short period of time, and it’s wound up taking a good thirty? (Guilty!) What about writing yourself a ‘to do’ list for the day and only checking off four of the seven things you…
To be successful, my advice would be to find a mentor or a coach who has a bigger vision for you than you have for yourself, and let them guide you! A few weeks ago I decided to take the plunge and go back to training at the gym. Over…
Is there a routine or situation that regularly causes stress or frustration in your day? These frustrations can actually be a significant indicator that a bottleneck exists somewhere in your business processes and that should not be ignored. When I first started running my Nando’s restaurant (many moons ago), not…
The 5 P’s: A key to taking back control of your Business and Life. It’s easy to look at where your life is going, and what you’re working on, but you feel as though there’s a disconnect. Where does it come from? Someone asked me the other day what I…
I don’t want to alarm you, but the end of financial year is upon us (and there are only 184 days until Christmas!) This means its review time! Or as I like to call it, ‘checkpoint!’, yes I have spent many hours of my life listening to my husband and…
