Business owners seeking to kick start growth during these austere times need to develop an effective strategy to increase profits. The best place to start is by looking in your own backyard and question what you can do with what you’ve already got? How can you trim the fat and cut costs to ensure the [...]
Do you wake up in the early hours worrying about your business? Do you question how you will steer your way out of the current economic problems? Are you concerned that working even longer hours is impacting on your health? As a master strategist who helps business leaders and heads of family-owned firms to ‘get [...]
‘Lean Thinking is only for production people’ is one of the most common self-limiting beliefs I hear as a business strategist and executive coach. Nothing could be farther from the truth – especially in these tough times when generating profitable sales is more costly and time consuming. How good are your sales people? – do [...]
Having the right organisational structure is one of the keys to achieving predictable success. When did you last take a fresh look at the organisational structure of your business? In his recent Steve’s 3-Minute Coaching blog, people coach Steve Struas tackles this issue – aptly pointing out to leaders that: “You may not be the [...]
How more effective would your business be with a powerful ‘Go Forward’ plan charting your course in critical areas? The Go Forward’ plan for Jeff Smisek President and CEO of United Airlines and United Continental Holdings Inc – enabled him to turnaround Continental from near death, merge it with United (another lame duck which went [...]
