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 out’ from under [...]

As we’re all too patently aware, the current economic conditions are pretty dismal and, while we don’t have all the answers, we know that sticking our heads in the sand ostrich-style is not the solution.
As a business strategist and executive coach I also know that smart players prosper in times like these. The next two [...]

In my last post I reminded you of the importance, as a business owner and leader, of looking after your own personal future in order to help the business thrive. As an executive coach I know that, if your survival was put at risk, the chances are that would affect the survival of the business.
Now [...]

In these uncertain times the primary responsibility of the business owner and leader is to survive, because without you there is a very real possibility that the business will not survive – or at least in its current form. As a business strategist and executive coach I know that taking care of you is a [...]

As we toast and welcome in each New Year we then progress to making our list of New Year’s resolutions which invariably include a promise to work fewer hours and spend more time with the family.
In my experience as a business mentor and executive coach who boosts the effectiveness and profitability of owner managed businesses [...]

We only have ourselves to blame, says Matthew Parris in the London Times, for the economic trouble we now find ourselves in.  
We tried to get richer without working hard – and without increasing productivity.
According to Parris the answer is in our own hands, adjust our lifestyle, live within our means, borrow less, work harder and [...]

Relying on your gut instincts and intuitive decision making will be the key to success for business owners and leaders as western economies enter a sustained period of low or no growth.
Top economist and strategist Roger Martin-Fagg says that adopting these strategies is critical as banks work to restore the health of their balance sheets [...]

This powerful call to action from business mentor and executive coach Jack Daly has galvanized me to change tack on more than one occasion – with great success.
With so many businesses hunkering down, cutting costs, bemoaning a sales shortage – and allowing their sales teams to let prices and margins plummet – it’s little wonder [...]

Watching this year’s inspirational Great North Run – and the 50,000 plus entrants who prepared themselves for the arduous 13.1 mile marathon – reminded me of how frequently owner managers fail to plan and prepare their own business for the next period ahead.  
In the countdown to Quarter 4 – a critical time in my experience [...]

In tough times like these, it’s important that you as bosses and owner managers avoid being sucked into a pool of despondency amid reports of a double dip recession.
The latest edition of the Brand Yorkshire business to business magazine aimed at CEOs, MDs, professional services and owner managed businesses features my proven 10-step approach which [...]