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Quick Business Tip – Should you focus on your Strengths or Weaknesses?

November 22, 2017

Well, both. However, in different proportions. Remember, your weaknesses are the ones which are holding you back to achieving amazing things and you need to work out how to get them out of your way. This means upskilling yourself in the are...

Introducing ActionCOACH Business Coach Nick Ikonomou

Quick Business Tip – Having Fun? You better be.

November 2, 2017

Here's my quick observation across my wide experience with business owners. One major ingredient separates the successful ones from the struggling ones. It's the ability to have fun along the way. Are successful people void of challenges, s...

Quick Business Tip – To franchise or not to franchise

October 18, 2017

So, you're chugging along nicely and the business reached a level where it might make more sense to franchise than to keep growing the areas yourself. What would be the criteria for you to decide to franchise? You ...

Quick Business Tip – What are great KPIs for SMEs?

October 11, 2017

Why do you need to measure things in a small business? Because if you don't, you can't improve on it. So, what sort of things are useful to know for an SME? Well, that depends on the industry, so, I won't get industry specific, as that i...

Quick Business Tip – What is the Number 1 mistake SME business owners make?

October 5, 2017

Fearing of making a mistake. Why is that so important? I've discussed this often, that inaction creates procrastination and the result of this is far worse than those business owners who take action and get some form of results. Action take...

Quick Business Tip – What is YOUR elephant in the room?

September 26, 2017

Ever find that you are trying to avoid the most obvious of things when running your business? Is the cashflow bothering you? Are some of your employees grinding at you? Is the equipment you use frustrating you? Is your partnership nagging a...

Quick Business Tip – Just go for “It”

September 14, 2017

Simple one today. If think you want it, then, you know you want "It", whatever "It" is for you. The only one holding you back is you. ...

Quick Business Tip – Never underestimate how much money you need to start a business

September 5, 2017

Time is money. You have heard this before. However, most aspiring entrepreneurs totally underestimate how much it costs to start a business. The organic approach costs those people far more than they would accept to appreciate. That’s bec...

Quick Business Tip – Similarities between top sporting organisations and top SME businesses

August 30, 2017

Sport has great comparisons with business and here are some of those: Extremely committed people Goal focused KPI focussed Coaching structures Honesty in appraisals F...

Quick Business Tip – What happens to business owners after a business partnership ends

August 16, 2017

The most common thing I find when a business partnership ends is that the remaining business owner first takes a sigh of relief, but, very soon the feeling of isolation creeps in. Some of the habits acquired during the partnership were to ...