How you start your day, and how you start your week, can make a huge difference to what you achieve. Do you have intentional habits to start each day and each week, to set you up for success? These don't have to be time consuming or difficult,...
As we enter the second quarter of 2026, and Spring has fully arrived, now is a great time to undertake a ‘Spring clean’ in your business. The four areas I’d recommend you focus on cleaning up and sorting out in your business are: Finances - are...
When you're running a business, often friends and family simply don't get it. Though well-meaning, their advice can come from a place of wanting to keep you safe and protect you, or occasionally there may even be some jealously, as you've done something they've always wanted...
A lot of my business coaching clients have this as an area they want to improve when they start working with me. It's a commonly used phrase, and I'm not against it, BUT...
Lots of business owners believe they have a lack of time. They're overwhelmed with everything that needs doing, and starting to feel out of control. They're making lists left, right and centre, of everything they need to remember, and occasionally something is forgotten: a missed meeting, a...
Focus on getting the basics right, before trying to implement complicated strategies to grow your business. They may seem obvious, but it surprises me how many small businesses don't deliver on all, or some of them. People may not tell you, but it leaves a bad impression...
Setting up a high level dashboard to track the key numbers in your business can be a really simple, yet hugely effective way to improve your results. The knack comes in identifying the 'right' numbers to track. Often business owners focus just on the headline financials such...
One of my first ever jobs was in credit control. I was in my early 20s and had to ring up people who hadn't paid their mobile phone bill. After being pretty terrified at first, I ended up really enjoying it, and it was a great experience...
The truth is that working for yourself and running a business is hard work. You start out with lots of energy and time to dedicate to building it but then, without even realising it, you’re putting in more hours than you ever did in a ‘job’...
When is the right time? When you've got your ducks lined up in a row? When you've got some time available? When you've got some help in place? The hard truth is, there is never a 'right' time. There will always be something else that needs doing. But, the...