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 [...]

Business strategies often fail because things don’t happen as planned.
A common cause of failure – drawing on my decades of expertise in performance coaching – is the absence of a plan that ensures the correct flow of goods, services, and whatever else is needed to deliver the strategic goals.  In an increasingly competitive market place [...]

Do your sales people regard your customers as adversaries?
Do they invest time with customers who can boost your growth and profits?
Do they share expertise and ‘know-how’ with customers to collectively solve problems? 

My performance coaching with CEOs and business owners can transform your sales employees from acting like one of string of suppliers conducting clinical transactions [...]

Here’s your leadership coach’s quick and easy way to discover whether your senior management team are singing in perfect harmony or marching to different drums.
This experienced business mentor calls it the Five Key Priorities approach:

Take your three-year vision and, if you haven’t already done so, break it down into 12 quarterly targets/objectives.
For the next quarter, [...]

Are you among the CEOs and business owners who spend too long in the business achieving too little?
Do you focus on what you want to do instead of what you need to do?

In part 1 of this post on achieving a 30 hour working week, [...]