The daily prioritisation technique: an easy way to improve efficiency and...
You don’t need me to tell you that time is our most precious resource. But in business we often don’t safeguard it very well.
View ArticleThe secret of the most successful CEOs
In my work I get to see many entrepreneurs in action with their teams. Over the years I've noticed how the most successful ones are always reminding their teams about "why" they are in business. They...
View ArticleHow to grow profit by pruning waste
In our search for profitable growth we often focus on the exciting stuff such as innovation and strategy or big ticket wins such as a major operational overhaul. But there are lots of little things...
View ArticleHere's a way to make all your employees strategic thinkers
It's not uncommon for a management team to lock itself away, develop a new strategy, present it to the rest of the company (with a big fanfare), and then be frustrated when nothing deep within the...
View ArticleDo profit figures really motivate employees?
In the old days a company's numbers were kept secret from employees: Bosses not wanting the workers to know how much money was being made for fear of being tapped for a pay rise, and all that.
View ArticleHow can we get useful ideas from employees?
Years ago when I was a newbie in a big accounting firm I remember being asked for ideas on how to improve the business.
View ArticleHow to create goals for the future when you don't know what the future looks...
Jim Collins (uber guru and author of Built to Last, Good to Great, How the Mighty Fall and Great by Choice) has brought us many strategic concepts.
View Article"What gets measured gets done"– but could you be doing it too well?
Peter Drucker, the management guru and great sage, gave us the phrase, "What gets measured gets done". It's a neat little one liner that's trotted out at many a management meeting, but do we really pay...
View ArticleHow to make 2012-13 a happy and profitable new financial year
Businesses get two shots at New Year reinvigoration – the calendar year version and the financial year version.
View ArticlePlay to your obsession
Have you noticed how many well-known entrepreneurs have obsessions?
View ArticleHas your business lost its sparkle?
Cast your mind back to when you started your business. Can you remember why you did it? Did it happen to be because the doyens of the industry had become old-fashioned and you, the upstart, could see a...
View ArticleWhy do some of my management team never seem to have the time to get...
When you look at your management team, how is it that some people always manage to get their 'special projects' done while others just never seem to have the time?
View ArticleIt takes forever to read our monthly management reports. Do we really need...
There is a wonderful quote by Albert Einstein in which he says: "Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted."
View ArticleHow much Work that Matters do you really do each week?
Hmm, how much work do you do each week? Real work, that is. Work that Matters.
View ArticleStuff we know we should measure but don't
Peter Drucker gave us the famous phrase, "What gets measured gets done". And isn't it true?
View ArticleHow being forced to say 'no' can help you understand your business
I was having coffee with a CEO (let's call him James) the other day and he showed me his business's 'to-do' list. It was 35 pages long and each page had about 25 items on it.
View ArticleIt's time to get serious about your 2012 to-do list
With less than 100 days of 2012 to go, will you finish the year as you hoped when it started?
View ArticleHow to make working with big businesses more profitable
Having large businesses as clients can be great for a (relatively) small business. Not least because big business can give you a decent flow of regular work, can pay a good price and make a good...
View ArticleAre you upsetting your best customers?
Have you ever been tempted to lower your prices to win new customers? Go on, be honest, you have haven't you?
View ArticleGetting back to basics in the new year
Simple is easy to say, hard to do, but gets profitable results. What can you simplify today?
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