International volatility, geopolitical division, wars, the impact of ai and supply chain blockages are just some of challenges facing the world economy.

Domestically we are experiencing a cost-of-living crisis, high interest/inflation, negative GDP, poor productivity, crime, political instability and significant changes to tax policy which are all headwinds for private business.

In this blog, I share my thoughts on what business owners should do to navigate through these dangerous seas of uncertainty?

In my last blog, titled Don’t Get Stuck in Ops Land, I challenged business owners not to get lost in operations.

But knowing isn’t doing.

In this blog, I provide some proven tactics to break free of operations.

Operations feels familiar. Sometimes even comforting.

We often don’t even consciously think about it. Autopilot mode takes over as we cycle through well-worn tasks, without even contemplating our actions.

But getting stuck in operations can be a dangerous mirage for business owners.

In this blog, I turn the spotlight on business owners getting stuck in operations – or Ops Land as I call it.

In business, there is a saying that if you’re standing still, you’re going backwards.

It is a reminder to keep evolving as we progress forward with our endeavours.

In today’s blog, I want to explore the concept of updating your playbook. Your playbook is your strategy – your game plan.

In this blog, I explore the three impressions to create sustainable relationships. This epiphany came to me last year after meeting an individual I envisaged would become a future member of my network.

Here is the story.

In this blog, I introduce Showtime. Showtime is what you bring to every interaction with another person.

Bruce Springsteen was once asked how he created the biggest and best three hour shows every night. His answer was simple, yet elegant. He noted that while he had performed thousands of times, tonight for some people in the audience, this will be the only time they ever see him. Springsteen then confided that he plays each night for that person.