These are often seen as women’s issues but, as about half the workforce are female, they’re things that employers need to know, whether they are male or female. By the…
Is your business working for you or are you working for your business?
When I started up each of my businesses I had a dream. Not a huge, Martin Luther King type of dream that would change the world, but a smaller dream…
What to say when somebody asks for a discount
You spend ages working out the right prices for your business and then somebody asks for a discount! Before saying yes you need to work out what you get in…
Chairing effective meetings
We’ve all been stuck in ineffective meetings. They overrun on time, one person dominate the conversation and the wander off topic. Whilst we can’t always control other people’s meetings (other…
Hurdling through Covid
I’m an athletics coach as well as a business coach. This means that I often get called in to make up the numbers for track and field events. I’m not…
Are you a procrastinator?
I don’t know about you but I’m terrible at this. It’s not the same as being lazy as I’m usually doing something; just not the thing that I’m supposed to…
Will you return to the office?
There’s still a big debate over returning to the office. Personally I was remote before Covid and I intend to remain so as I coach accountants and business owners around…
AC12 efficiency
I’m a Line of Duty fan and one of the things that really impresses me is their evidence packs. It’s like an enhanced audit file where everything they say has…
Welcome to the minimum wage club
I recently did a wholly unscientific survey on Twitter to find out what hourly rate people were earning working for themselves and taking payment as drawings or salary plus dividends.…
Measure once, cut twice (why you need a business plan)
Anyone who has done any level of carpentry or even DIY will understand the benefits of measuring more than once in order to make the cut right first time. The…