Are You Suffering from Business Burnout?

The last two years have been demanding and exhausting for many business owners. Are you one of them? The challenges have been relentless, and we know many small business owners have had to navigate unprecedented demands because of the pandemic and related government regulations. Burnout results from long-term stress and can manifest in emotional and […]

Are You Telling the Right Customer Stories?

With so many different marketing and sales channels to pursue in the digital world, it’s easy to think that your prospects and target customers know exactly what your business does. However, you need to consider whether you are getting the right messaging out there, and whether you are using the right channels to talk about […]

Your Critical Numbers

The Covid-19 crisis has created a “new normal” for businesses. Traditional ways of working are being challenged and we now need to innovate, adapt, re-engineer, and reinvent the way we work. Lockdown gave us time to consider our options, but two important questions often remain unanswered: How will we know if we are on track […]

Lessons Learned in Lockdown – for your Business and Life

Lockdown has been (and remains) a tough time for business. Having to shut your business at short notice, or switch to an entirely digital, remote-working model, was a stressful experience. But there are things we have taken out of lockdown. Whether it enabled us to explore new ideas or dive into some fresh thinking regarding […]

Dealing with Uncertainty – Tips for Business Owners

Whether you’re in full lockdown, restricted trading conditions or back to ‘business as usual’, there’s still real uncertainty for business owners. To state the obvious, we’re trading in challenging times at present, and knowing what step to take next is a key worry. We know that you invest more than simply time and money into […]

Business Sustainability in Uncertain Times

“Focus on becoming sustainable through a period of uncertain weakness, and building flexibility to respond quickly when your particular sustained upturn comes along.” Tony Alexander, Former BNZ chief economist. Tony’s View 16 April 2020 For business owners, it is hard to predict when things will return to normal. Even when lockdown measures ease, there is […]