Worst Recession Since The Great Depression

Is it just me or does our first recession in 30 years not actually feel like a recession? From my office in Best Street, Devonport, I am observing many of our clients experiencing record months, a building industry that can’t keep up with demand, house prices at record levels and lots of confidence from almost everyone I talk to.  ..

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The right information to the right people at the right time is enormously powerful

Information has never been more accessible, but too often we receive too much and we are unable or unwilling to filter through it to find the useful or necessary insights. Great things happen if we can develop filters that deliver the right information to the right people at the right time. In a business context this involves identifying the key..

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And that it is why it is important small business owners carefully allocate time between planning and action. We see lots of business owners working 60 hours per week without a plan and believe me, they are living a nightmare. We sometimes see business owners with a great plan sitting on the shelf.   Our answer: a strategic planning day..

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10 one hour sessions

Two weeks ago I gave away 10 one hour (face to face or video) sessions to discuss any business problem or opportunity that was keeping business owners awake at night. The key issues raised were generally frustrations from not being able to successfully implement an existing plan or frustrations from going around in circles due to lack of a plan..

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What do you wish you had done 20 years ago?

So, when are you going to do it?   If not now, then when?   I have worked with hundreds of small business owners as an accountant and over the last 20 years as a coach and business development consultant. Some have struggled to make wages and others have grown successful businesses and consistently made profits in the hundreds of..

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