Business regrets
What is your biggest regret in business? When I look back, my biggest regret in business was that I did not engage business advice when I bought my first business. Coming out of a high level corporate role and purchasing a small business was going…
Are you seeing what you need to see in your business?
Most people have heard the terms “Can’t see the woods for the trees” or “becoming store blind”, but do you actually know what they mean? It is a common issue with a lot of SME business owners, generally because they are too busy on fire…
Thrive Before Five
This may take you by surprise – a blog article by a business advisor that is NOT about business. Nor about work, or management, or profitability, time management, productivity, efficiency and so on. And especially not about a pandemic. No, I want to share a…
Reflect to Achieve Business Success in 2022
Let’s face it, for business owners the last two year haven’t been easy. While some have consistently struggled to keep business going, managing through pivots and some hard choices, others have seen their business stay on course—or even boom. Regardless of the situation, business owners…
The Torment of not Sleeping
So often we talk to business owners and they tell us of their personal issues. Some of those simple things that without thought, tend to just keep going on in your life, worrying you every day. Things like not sleeping at night. Struggling to get…
The reasons why SMEs succeed with a great Business Advisor
As our world starts to try and understand how to deal with Covid, we as Business owners start to try and understand a new way of going about our daily lives, and indeed how we run our respective businesses. Small to medium business enterprises (SMEs)…
Hospitality – how do we get back to making money?
Hopefully we are all soon moving to a position where we can go back to work and start making a dollar or two to make up for the recent difficulties here in New Zealand. Yes, you are right in your thinking, some businesses have done well during…
Lockdowns be gone….
Hopefully we are all moving to a position where we can go back to work and start making a dollar or two to make up for the recent difficulties here in New Zealand. Yes, you are right in your thinking, some businesses have done well…
SME Survival in a Covid environment
Some time ago I wrote about Covid and the Economy – here is an updated personal perspective looking to a new financial year. – John Cleghorn The government is talking a great deal about New Zealand getting vaccinated and staying on track from an economic…
11 Reasons to have a Business Coach/Advisor
As business owners there is only so much you can achieve on your own. You need a sounding board from time to time. Someone that keeps you in check and helps you and your business grow. Find out why taking on a business coach can…