New year is when lots of you will be thinking about your business goals for the year ahead and making changes in your business and possibly personal life too. Earlier this week I saw Dr Rangan Chatterjee being interviewed on BBC News about how to make...
December is a great time to reflect back on the year and recognise your achievements and lessons learnt BUT it is also a month where work gets done and sales take place. I see lots of business owners switch off around now, with the assumption that...
One of my marketing strategies is networking and, if you've ever done networking before, you'll know that usually you have to give a quick, concise, overview of your business in around a minute. I've been doing this for a number of years so have quite a...
I know this is a super busy time of year for you, as you try and get on top of all the work so that you can take a well deserved break over Christmas. It can also be a time for reflection, as you look back...
I first heard this quote from one of my own coaches a few years ago: 'You've got to get comfortable being uncomfortable' It may sound a bit weird and contradictory at first, but read it again: 'You've got to get comfortable being uncomfortable' In business (and life!) you may...
I often think September has the feel of being like a kick in the butt. August can be a month to slow down and take a break, then you hit September and suddenly realise you're heading for the last quarter of the year. It's time to get...
Are you always coming up with new ideas and love creative time? Or, do you sometimes struggle to get new inspiration and being creative can feel a bit like pushing a rock uphill? If you're in the first camp, you probably need some tips on how...
How has the past year or so changed your business? In my last blog post, I wrote about how we can't blame Covid for everything, however, it's definitely changed the business landscape and, I keep going on (some may say like a broken record!) about how...
This weekend I took a trip to Birmingham, and it was sad to see lots of shutters down for those stores not re-opening: Debenhams, John Lewis, TopShop, Gap, Warehouse, Oasis, Carluccios, to name a few. I guess it's the same in your local town / city? Some...
When I’m helping my clients to improve their productivity, one of the concepts I share is about uphill and downhill work. Uphill work is the stuff that feels a bit harder and requires more brainpower – often the more strategic working ON your business stuff. Whereas downhill...