Coaches

By Craig Lourens There is so much in common between sports and Business. The world's best athletes have coaches. CEOs have mentors. Elite performers are surrounded by people who challenge their thinking and help them achieve more. But yet why [...]

If I had a rand for every business owner who told me their revenue has doubled yet they don't feel any better off, I would probably have bought an island next to Sir Richard Branson (ok, not quite...but you know [...]

By Craig Lourens. “If you don’t know where you’re going, every problem feels bigger than it really is.” The biggest misconception about business growth is that growth starts with marketing, sales, systems or hiring people. To put it simply, [...]

For most of my career, I believed what most entrepreneurs are taught to believe - that the goal of business is growth. More customers, more staff, more revenue, more locations. More everything! I chased it and for a long time [...]

I met with a CEO last week who was vibrating with nervous energy. He’s pulling 70-hour weeks, he’s the first one in, the last one out and he wears his "hustle" like a badge of honour. However, here’s the reality [...]

Have you ever found yourself wide awake at 3am, staring at the ceiling, or maybe your own reflection in the bathroom mirror and the weight of the world feels like it’s sitting heavily on your chest? You built this business [...]

By Brendon Saunders, ActionCOACH Most business owners do not have a business problem. They have a memory problem. The business lives in their head. The pricing logic. The client promises. The sales follow-up. The cash-flow assumptions. The supplier workarounds. The [...]

Your business doesn’t need a cash injection, it needs a 'capability' upgrade. I sat with a founder last week who has a superb business. Healthy revenue and a really solid product, but the moment he walked into our meeting, I [...]

You know that moment. That moment where something inside you just breaks a little, maybe mid-meeting, maybe on a Sunday night and a voice that says: 'I’m done. I can't keep doing this'. Then, almost immediately, you push it to [...]

You started this business for a reason, which was probably opportunity, freedom and the chance to build something that actually matters. For a while, especially in the early days, growth felt exactly like that. More clients, more revenue, more proof that [...]

Most business coaches probably won't say this to you, so here goes - that thing that made you a successful entrepreneur, that 'relentless, figure-it-out, never-quit grind', is the very same thing that's strangling the business you’re trying to build. Ok, to [...]

Your team isn’t lazy. It's your leadership that's creating an accountability vacuum. If deadlines are consistently missed, projects slowing down and your team lacks ownership, the real issue may not be your employees. It may be the systems, expectations and [...]

Time for a real conversation. Not the kind of surface-level chat you have at a networking event but the kind of honest check-in that happens behind closed doors when the stress levels are peaking. You’ve built something impressive. You have [...]

"It’s boring and something we as entrepreneurs and business owners really aren’t inspired by!" That's the line I hear, a lot! I get it...we love the thrill of the deal. We love the 'Aha!' moment of a new product launch. [...]

Are you seeing this, or at least feeling it? You wake up with a clear goal. You sit down at your desk, open a fresh browser tab and head straight for your AI tool of choice. You have one question. [...]

Are you here? You’ve built an incredible business. More impressively, you've survived the startup phase, fought for every client and crossed the R10m, R20m or R30 million mark. By most standards you’re successful but lately, it feels like the walls are [...]