Having helped hundreds of businesses create business plans at our workshops over the past few years, I’ve gotten a pretty good idea of how to make an effective plan – and the common mistakes people make. Here’s a brief round-up of what NOT to do when
Business strategy
How to forecast in a pandemic
If you know me, you know I love a good business plan — I think it’s your best chance of success, figuring out where you want to be and how to get there. However, what happens when something comes from left-field that renders your plan next to
Let’s talk numbers: budgets, forecasts and profit targets
One of the biggest things first-time clients struggle with is their numbers. Everyone knows that to really know your business you need to know your numbers but many business owners have never been taught exactly what to look for and what they mean.
What the All Blacks can learn from the fundamentals of business
As seen in the NZ Herald which you can read HERE. Two losses in a row. This is déjà vu. The same thing happened about 51 weeks ago. A year ago, I was feeling a general malaise after we’d lost two games in a row (vs Australia and Argentina) as I
If the government were a great business, this is how they’d react to Covid…
As published in Stuff on October 18, 2021 Every day we hear opinions on how the Government is handling this pandemic and it got me thinking — if the Government approached this like a successful business would (I’m thinking Mainfreight, Spark or
Employee experience IS customer experience
Have you heard the saying that employee experience is customer experience? As in, the experience your employee is having at your workplace will be the experience they give your customers — good, bad, or downright dangerous… If they're happy at