Late last year, I wrote a blog about using the Christmas Dinner Test as the measure of the true success of a succession plan. Two sons were committed to taking…
“Can you help my son take over my business?” The business owner was 60, looking to semi-retire. While his 23-year-old son was working in the business, he was showing little…
“How uncomfortable are you feeling right now?” As I slumped back in my chair struggling to come up with an answer. I had been walking my coach through my reflections…
She leaned forward, locked her eyes onto mine and said: “To make more money.” That was her answer when I asked why she wanted to change the way her business…
“I think we might be focusing on the wrong metric!” For the past hour I had been in conversation with two brothers mapping out their plan to take over the…
A business owner approached me to have a conversation about how to manage the growth of his business. He had a passion for sports management and was considering expanding into…
Can’t Do or Won’t Do? I raise this with my clients when they start talking about the performance of their team. The irony is that in the past week, I…
“I can’t grow the business here. Back in South Africa, I had connections. Here in Adelaide? I know no one.” The business owner lamented as he sat across from me….
On the scariest day of the year, here’s something truly scary: “All your clients will be just like you.” An experienced coach told me this years ago. I laughed it…
“I am in the valley of death. Help me get out!” This was the exclamation from a game developer five minutes into a conversation last week. As I explored this…
In my journey in business and life, one of the things I valued most along that journey was the input from the coaches I engaged with over that time. Given…
Over my years as a business coach and mentor, one pattern emerges repeatedly: business owners want to implement change but struggle to follow through. To try and explain why this…
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