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Do you need a co-pilot in your business?
As a business owner, you have the dual responsibility of deciding where your business is going, and making sure you get there. Much like the pilot of a plane, you need to know your destination, plot your course and then get your aircraft from A to B. A business...
Even billionaire CEOs have a business adviser – but why?
Mark Zuckerberg was mentored by Steve Jobs during the early days of Facebook. Twitter CEO and cofounder Jack Dorsey turns to Disney CEO Bob Iger when he needs business advice. PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi says of business coaching, ‘If I hadn’t had mentors, I wouldn’t...
Make way for your successor
The art of letting go: how to find (and keep) your successor Whilst starting and growing a business can be tough, letting go is harder still. Yet, it’s something all business owners must face one day. Letting go is the logical, successful conclusion of all your...
What makes a business attractive to buyers?
Think about what you might want from a new car. Do you want nothing but great fuel economy? Or do you want the whole package – something that delivers good fuel performance, has a strong safety record, is reliable, is fun to drive, and looks nice enough to make the...
7 benefits of exit planning
Previously, we explored how exit planning doesn’t necessarily mean selling your business. Rather, a good exit plan is an important business planning tool, helping you build a more valuable, efficient (and, yes, sellable) business. Here are seven reasons to start...
Why do I need an exit plan if I’m nowhere near ready to sell?
Picture an ‘exit’ sign. Visualise those four letters above a doorway. What’s the first thing you think of? Chances are you think of something being over, finished and done with; ‘exit’ means there’s nothing more to see or do. Your work here is done. When you have...
Strictly business: partnering with another company to drive growth
Even if sequins and Paso Dobles aren’t your thing, there’s no escaping the Strictly Come Dancing partnerships at this time of year. As business owners, we often think of ourselves as soloists, dancing to our own tune if you like. But why go it alone when a...
In it together: When your life partner is also your business partner
In the past few years, a high proportion of our clients’ businesses have been owned and run by wife-and-husband teams or life partners. The relative degree of day-to-day involvement for each partner may vary, but both are typically equal owners and directors of the...
5 things to stop doing to accelerate growth
How busy are you? Do you have so much on your plate that the list of things to do never gets any smaller, yet your business isn’t growing at the rate you expect? Are you suffering the fate of the ‘busy fool’? If you’re looking to accelerate business growth,...
How do you create, manage and deliver a high-performance culture?
As Peter Drucker once wrote, leadership is ‘the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard’. For business owners who want to foster a high-performance culture, this ability to raise performance, individual by individual and team by team, is absolutely...
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