Tag: business owners

As the old adage goes the one thing that we all have equally is time. I suppose the richer you are the more you can afford to pay people to do the things you don't like doing, but ultimately it doesn't matter how rich you are you can't buy more time itself. I don't know about you, but I have been on many time management courses, but it is so easy to slip back into the old ways. Read more »

Andy Scott, Tax Director at Reading accountants K&H, has prepared a summary of yesterday's Budget aimed at areas relevant to owner-managed businesses. Read more »

In the E-Myth video of Michael Gerber that we show at our Business Development Workshops Michael talks about the threat of hiring the wrong sort of people to work for you and how they may end up wanting to “steal your business”. You need to watch the video or read the E-Myth to fully understand [...] Read more »

One of the biggest challenges I face in working with business owners and their teams is trying to get the systemisation message across. In other words, trying to explain how every business (every thing?) can be improved by introducing consistently applied procedures. The objection I often hear is that “our business can’t be systemised because every [...] Read more »

Speaking as a vegetarian, I must first make it clear that I am speaking metaphorically, as I am sure you will have guessed anyway… The most common reason that clients give me for not working ON their businesses (eg not doing the strategic work, systemising etc) is that they are too busy. Too busy working IN [...] Read more »