Huge chunks of time are spent in meetings – professionals are estimated to waste 43% of that time, so this book is dedicated to making them more efficient and effective.  Meetings are important to identify and solve real problems and to provide good consistent and regular communication channels. I really enjoyed the ideas in this book and if meetings are taking over your life, (and you’re not alone) – this book is for you....

A couple of weeks ago I started talking about knowing your numbers and promised to get back to you with more… and I’ll be keen to hear what you have learned from the last posting based on your Financial reporting. Today I will focus on KPI, or Key Performance Indicators and there are many of them to look at in any business. Do you measure where your new enquiries come from, your leads and which of your marketing sources...

As a sequel to his best selling Getting Things Done…David Allen in Making It All Work focuses more on actually doing things, helping us with prioritization of the many items on our action lists. Probably not as simple a book to read as GTD with more complex issues to address, he spends a considerable amount of time explaining the “horizons” of focus. The clarity that comes of working from a trusted system rather than in our heads...

Sitting here watching the V8s in Adelaide my attention wandered to my baby… a Soobie 4 paw STi… a Turbo, and wandered further to thinking of this in relationship to business sizes… many of us don’t have a big V8 business… but we could all undoubtedly turbocharge it. You’ve heard the word “turbo” tossed around a lot, especially by performance car enthusiasts. But all that most of us know is that...

It surprises many business owners to learn that the most profitable piece of equipment in their office is not necessarily their expensive computer system. It is in fact the humble telephone! The most fundamental skill a business must perfect is answering the telephone. Great telephone skills are the building blocks of every business and it is easy to see why. Many of the important experiences that your existing, new, and potential...

Those of you who know me – especially my clients – will know that an important cog in the machinery for building a business that works for you is the need to put in place Systems!!. A number of clients have recently had short breaks from their businesses and found that things still went well having implemented some basic systems.  Systems are a simple acronym for – Saving Yourself Time Energy & Money. Most people in...

How often do you hear the cry, “You can’t get good people” or “Why can’t I get my people to do as I tell them?”. Most people go into business for themselves with the aim of having financial freedom as well as more time. How many business owners do you know who have several people working in the business, yet they seem to be doing all the work? What is the point? Hopefully this is not you! However if it...