Tag: Business Growth

December 19, 2022

Surviving the Storm: Why Cash Reserves Matter

A note to young business owners. Until you’ve got sufficient cash reserves to survive a sudden or severe downturn, you’re…

November 30, 2022

Great Culture Starts with Hiring the Right People

A note to young leaders. I was recently asked: what is the single most important thing a leader can do…

October 17, 2022

The Power of Self-Belief for Entrepreneurs

A note to aspiring entrepreneurs. Talent without self-belief is useless. Self-belief sets the speed limit of your success. It is…

September 26, 2022

Keep Your Strategy Simple and Execute Relentlessly

A note to small business owners. In 2000-2002, I worked with the late, great John R Caldon looking at private…

August 29, 2022

How a Dog Helped Close a Deal

Meet “Rosie” – the dog that sealed a multi-million dollar deal. Late last year, I negotiated a deal to acquire…

July 4, 2022

The Advantage of Speed in Startups

A note to young entrepreneurs. Startups have many disadvantages. They have only one advantage – speed. Squander this advantage, and…

June 29, 2022

The Strength in Apology

It’s a telltale sign of dysfunctional cultures that they can never apologise for anything. Where ego rules, apology is construed…

March 28, 2022

How to Create Impactful Blogs and Presentations

Recently, a friend asked me for advice on blogging. Here’s what I told her. Blogging is in the eyebrows of…

March 21, 2022

The Power of Asking for Help

Every human being is a walking universe of possibilities – a rich mosaic of relationships, experiences and expertise. So never…

February 11, 2022

The Importance of Long-Term Relationships

If the majority of your key relationships are people you’ve met in the past five years, this tells me two…

December 13, 2021

Relationships Are Like Wine

My father used to often say: “Relationships are like wine, they get better with time.” Value greatly those relationships that…

September 22, 2021

Work on Your Strengths, Not Just Your Weaknesses

A note to young entrepreneurs “heading out on their own”. If you work alone, you are condemned to work on…