Lots of triathlon and sports metaphors to come. Triathlons, like running a business, are an endurance event. We’ve seen the Brownlee brothers and others helped across the finish line (there’s…
What’s so special about 30 days?
What are your payment terms? Do you even have stated payment terms? Most businesses seem to opt for 30 days from the end of the month of invoice which means…
Are you making progress?
I was talking to a client today who felt that she hadn’t made progress because she hadn’t actually achieved any of the goals that she had set herself. Sometimes business…
Making Tax Digital – ITSA
As we adapt to a post-Brexit world with Covid, accountants are also trying to look forward to the next phase of MTD (Making Tax Digital) for Income Tax and Self…
How do you want to spend your day?
When I first set up my business I had a vision of how I wanted to spend my days and you probably did too. I wrote mine down but you…
Periods and menopause – for the men
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…