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Whilst multitasking is a great skill, it can hinder our ability to be mentally present in one place and to think clearly, deeply and with focus abo...
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Cora Lynn Heimer Rathbone
Wellbeing
The most admired and highest performing companies have consistently invested to become great places to work and create environments where staff fee...
Scale Up
The OECD definition of scale-up (or high growth) is growing turnover by more than 20% a year over a period of three years, with at least 10 employe...
Jim Rathbone
Profitability
Whether you are selling a service, a product or a combination of both - from the day you start your company and throughout its existence, you will ...
José Lehmani
Leadership
I recently came across the story of a remarkable man. He first went into business, but his venture flopped. He switched to politics, but also flop...
Strategy
Entrepreneurs have many reasons for creating a business – ranging from ‘funding a lifestyle’ to ‘industry domination’. Whatever the initial opportu...
How can we increase profits – especially when facing decreasing sales due to COVID lockdowns? How can we strengthen cash flow whilst being consider...
Recurring Income
Every service business is full of detail. The most important should be measured across the 3 dimensions of service growth, service quality and serv...
For working together to get the work done Through this period of social distancing and remote working, we have had to reinvent how we work togethe...
Marketing
Clients asked through this COVID period: Help us grow our business – to existing and new clients. Our answer: Take a fresh look at your markets, p...
3 questions to sharpen your value proposition:Why are you in business? The pain-points you address and value you add to customers and markets – exi...
I hear you ask in return: Why is strategic planning important at a time of such uncertainty? How can strategic planning help my business when I can...
