Business Strategies
As your business grows, so does the complexity. More people, more systems, more moving parts and before you know it, everything starts to feel harder than it should. You’re not imagining it, you’re not alone and you’re definitely not failing. [...]
If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, or leader in a fast-growing company, chances are you're always on the lookout for the next breakthrough idea. The next big product. The next new strategy. That's great, but consider this: Your next big [...]
Are you choosing loyalty over performance in your leadership team? If you're like most successful business owners, CEOs, or senior leaders, your journey has been built with a close team around you. The people who were there in the early [...]
No' Is the key to growing your business! If you’re a business owner, CEO, or entrepreneur who’s already achieved success, you probably know what it means to say “yes” a lot. In the early days, saying yes helped you grow. [...]
Struggling with Inconsistent Sales? Don't fix your Sales Team! If you’re a business owner, entrepreneur, CEO, or leader of a team, you’ve probably had this moment many times - sales drop, panic sets in, and the first instinct is to [...]
If you’re a business owner, CEO, or leader trying to grow your business, you’ve probably asked yourself: “Why aren’t we moving faster?” It might not be a strategy problem, you probably have an execution problem. Here's what often happens: There’s [...]
Silence in your Leadership Team could be holding your business back! If you're moving fast in business, that's usually a good sign. It means you’re growing, expanding, pushing forward. However, if your Leadership Team isn’t speaking up while things are [...]
If you’re like most successful business owners, CEOs, and entrepreneurs, you didn’t get to where you are by sitting on the sidelines. You built something from the ground up. You showed up, worked hard, made tough calls, and pushed through [...]
Debt can feel like a shadow looming over every aspect of our lives, from the personal to the professional. It's that unwelcome guest at the dinner table, the constant nagging at the back of our minds. We label our experiences [...]
When Your Executive Team Stops Being the Engine: Most businesses never stall because of the market or the strategy. They stall because the same leaders who once powered the business, now cap its potential This is a quick read on [...]

As an entrepreneur, you're often told it's not about the money—until there is none. That's when you realise that while money isn't everything, it certainly becomes the only thing when it's missing. This stark reality is something I've come to [...]
As we emerge from the shadow of the pandemic, I find myself reflecting on the conversations I've had with entrepreneurs and business leaders who are striving to adapt and thrive in a world that has been irrevocably changed. The challenges [...]
If you're like most business owners or leaders, your week is packed with back-to-back meetings. Yet, your team still walks away unclear, decisions are delayed and progress feels slower than it should be. Sound familiar? Here’s the reality: You don’t [...]
Stop Profit Bleed! The overlooked business costs that are silently draining your bottom line. If you want to increase profit in your business, you don’t always need to sell more, you need to stop the hidden profit bleed that’s slowly [...]
Busy is not the goal, Profit is! Stop Being Your Business's Busiest Employee. Tired of being “busy” but not profitable? Shift your mindset, focus on what truly drives revenue, and build a business that sets you free, not one that [...]
Why Weekly Profit Tracking Is the Secret to Business Growth and Financial Control If you’re not tracking profit weekly, you’re not leading, you’re reacting. As one of my mentors once told me: “You’re leaving a lot of chocolate on the [...]
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John Creighton
Having spent more than 30 years in various Executive Leadership roles and in a number of entrepreneurial ventures, John is a seasoned & highly regarded Business Executive, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Speaker and Internationally Certified Business Coach.
Known as the ‘Get more Guy’, John guides Business Leaders to ‘get more’ from their Business – more revenue, more profit, a more focused Team, more personal time and to build their Business into an asset of real value.
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