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Business Resources10 Hacks for Simplifying Your Business.
"Complexity is your enemy. Any fool can make something complicated. It is Hard to keep things simple" Richard Branson Preparation v Poor Performance How true this is……Sometimes, we make our businesses so complex that after a few years the complexity...
Finding your Purpose and Getting Focus
Finding your Purpose and Getting Focus "A life without purpose is an early death" Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Finding that purpose can keep you going when...
7 Steps to Mastering 2021 – Mindset for Success
What is it about our mindset that we need or can master? What is my mindset telling me this year and, what can I tell my mindset to get right/sorted or to change? “Success in achieving our goals comes down to a 'success mindset'. Successful mindsets are those focused...
7 Steps to Mastering 2021 – Mindset for Success
What is it about our mindset that we need or can master? What is my mindset telling me this year and, what can I tell my mindset to get right/sorted or to change? “Success in achieving our goals comes down to a 'success mindset'. Successful mindsets are those focused...
Know Your Numbers
"Performance and Profitability" – Know your Numbers • Not moving forward in your performance and profitability? • Not understanding the way forward? Key performance indicators and business ratios are used by businesses of all sizes. KPI measurement uses data...
Customer Mapping
Lack of understanding in customer needs is a recipe for disaster. With the digital age, customers are becoming more versatile. Several factors need to be taken into consideration while trying to understand customers, gender, income, and demographics, to name few. It...
Make Your Brand Stand Out And Shine
How can I increase my business’s visibility is a question I hear over and over again? If you have been looking into ways of growing your business, then the word branding has probably come up on numerous occasions. Branding is a process of creating and maintaining the...
Test Your Business Growth Curve
Test Your Business Growth Curve Any business that is not growing is going backwards. Have a good look at your growth over the past few years and ask yourself the following questions. Am I still relevant to the market place How innovative am I? Where am I in the...
End of Year Profit Improvement
End Of Year Profit Improvement Has the end of the year been dismal for your business? I have had so many discussions over the last few months with many who have not had a great year. How can you change for next year if the economy for you is not great? If you want...