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Have You Ever Wanted To Fire Your Client?
When you're in business and someone wants to pay you to do a job, you're usually going to take their money and do the job. Yet sometimes walking away from business makes more sense and is more profitable in the long run. We've all had nightmare clients. They demand...
Are You Making These 9 Business Mistakes?
Commonly made yet simple to fix, often overlooked with sad consequences .. here are 9 mistakes you can easily avoid. 1. Paying Scant Attention To Your Cashflow Keep your finger on the cashflow of your business at all times. Otherwise you run the very real risk of not...
9 Ways To Get The Best Out Of Your Professional Advisor
Do you ever leave your accountant's or solicitor's office feeling confused? Do you come away shaking your head and without all the answers you were looking for? More often than not you are paying for every minute you sit in front of your professional advisor. You...
Do You Have A Trusted Team Of Advisors?
Being a business owner can be a lonely job. You may have people around you, such as managers, employees etc. But at the end of the day the buck stops with you. You have to make the decisions. You're the one who is accountable for the effect of those decisions. This...
Have You Got Team Buy-In?
"People who love going to work are more productive and more creative. They go home happier and have happier families They treat their colleagues and clients and customers better. Inspired employees make for stronger companies and stronger economies" Start with...
Is Your Family Business Fraught With Conflict?
Many business owners think their particular family business conflict is unique. Usually, it's not. Conflict is particularly rife in family businesses. Handling The Conflict Dealing with any kind of conflict in your business is tough. It takes your mind off the game....
Is Your Professional Advisor The Right Fit?
Business owners can often feel frustrated and unsatisfied with their professional advisors. Every case has different issues to deal with. But there's usually one thing in common - they're all irritated at not getting the outcome they want. This causes angst and...
7 Key Steps For Effective Wealth Planning
Human beings are strange. We secure all our assets including our home, cars, and boats. We use banks and safes to protect our valuables. We insure our personal possessions against things such as fire, damage and theft. In the main, it's incomprehensible for us not...
Why Now’s The Right Time To Revolutionise Your Banking
Like many business owners, you might be running around right now chasing your tail. Making up for lost time. Making up for lost dollars. Doing your best to work through the Covid minefield. Striving to keep your business and your wellbeing intact. You might be coming...
How To Get Your Employees To Do What You Want Them To
Does it drive you crazy when your employees can’t follow instructions?You ask them to do one thing and they do something else. What you say (or think you’ve said) gets misinterpreted. Does the job often turn out nowhere near like you expected, or wanted? Most business...