How to Protect Your Mental Health as a Business Owner
Running a business is exciting — until it’s not. When revenue is strong, the team’s humming, and customers are happy, business ownership feels amazing. But…
Diary of a CEO: Relevance for Leaders and SME Owners
Proactive leaders and SME owners constantly seek practical, actionable advice to drive success. Steven Bartlett’s “The Diary of a CEO” should be a must-read for you as it…
Driving SME Excellence: Lessons Inspired by the Trillion Dollar Coach
I consciously have an addiction to certain aspects of my life, which I believe we all should have. In this context, my addiction is to…
Learnings Retention: The Power of Intentions and Reflections
There is Learning and then there is Learning Effectiveness. At face value, this differentiation may seem inconsequential. Maybe it is? Specifically, as a business owner,…
360 Reviews: Ignite Growth or Risk Culture Collapse
The three elements you need to focus on for your 360s to NOT Sabotage your Culture. WHAT ARE 360 REVIEWS? 360 reviews are a powerful management tool for developing effective leaders…
An Introduction to Open Book Management
Open Book Management (OBM) is a management approach that emphasizes transparency within a business. This transparency generally involves most aspects of the business including information related to the business strategy, planning, and the financials.
360 Surveys: What are They and Why Your Business Needs Them
Do you know what 360 surveys are? If not, you’re missing out on a powerful tool that can help improve your business. 360 surveys are questionnaires that allow employees to provide feedback on the company culture, management, and more.
Manage your Time Right: Top 4 Essential Tools for SME Owners
“I don’t have enough time.” The #1 feedback that I get from SME business owners is that they do not have enough time in the…
Building Resilience in 7 days
Business owners can learn the 7 skills to develop resilience. Knowing how to develop resilience is half the game of mastering this essential mindset and behaviour, but as a behaviour, this only come through practice and finetuning. This is why this should be developed over 7 or more days and not as a casual read of the literature.
Productivity: Time Blocking
A few weeks ago I published an article regarding Task Management, one of the most life changing practices that you can implement. I look forward to…
Productivity: How Is Your Decision Making?
So how do you rate your decision making? I have been mulling over this for some time and came to the following conclusion. So why…
Dealing With Negatively Minded Customers
Success begets success, positivity begets positivity and negativity begets negativity. Recently I was coaching a client who was dealing with an extremely negatively minded prospect. He…