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How to sift out the tyre kickers
I was a host on a podcast yesterday (watch this space for details when it is released) and was asked the question: “Is £199 the world’s most expensive coffee – tell me more!”. It is a blog I wrote some time ago and continues to divide opinion. We all get asked from time […]
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Business growth: what gets measured, gets managed
In the fast-paced world of SMEs, business growth is the usually the ultimate goal. But how can you achieve rapid expansion if you are not tracking the progress of the team and the business regularly. You can’t. The answer lies in a simple adage: “What gets measured, gets managed.” The power of measurement for business […]
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Ten reasons to avoid hiring a Business Mentor – part two
Following on from last week’s part one, where I gave you five reasons not to hire a Business Mentor, here are five more compelling reasons why having a Business Mentor should be avoided. 6. “I’ll just make my own mistakes; it’s how I learn!” Mistakes are an inevitable part of business; I am happy to […]
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Ten reasons to avoid hiring a Business Mentor – part one
Hiring a Business Mentor isn’t for everybody and in fact, only 15% of small business owners do or have tapped into such expertise. Here are the main reasons NOT to hire, with five this week and five to follow next week (read those here). Let’s have some fun and debunk these entertaining myths! “I’m a […]
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The importance of building a personal brand
To kick off their series of guest blogs, ‘Forward with Faith’, I was pleased to submit an article to Stefanie Hopkins of Faith Brand Communications sharing advice on the importance of building a personal brand. Within the blog, I look at how different generations might go about building a personal brand, whether they realise they […]
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Why you need to manage your expenditure
My Nan always had a saying – “Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves!” I never fully knew what this meant until I walked into a business that was losing money. A lot of money. This business had been making a lot of money previously and had started to be frivolous […]
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Do you value your time?
Time is the one commodity we can never get back. Yet I hear stories every day of small business owners wasting it like they have an abundance. Giving their time away for free or just not putting a value on it. I had a coffee with a lady a few months ago. She was struggling […]
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Why you need to chunk down your goals
We’ve all been there. We’ve set a goal and then reflect on it and realise it’s huge. Possibly unachievable. It could be losing weight, achieving a PB at the gym or hitting a revenue, profit or cash target in our business. “How the hell are we going to achieve that?” “That’s going to be tough!” […]
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Should I involve the team in the planning process?
A question I often get asked when a client wishes to develop their business plan. It’s a great question and one where there is a generic answer and perhaps an answer specific to each client. Let me tell you a short story… A few years back I attended a presentation by the Marketing Director of […]
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