Goals

It is that time of year again, you start thinking about your New Year’s resolutions, your goals for 2023, and reflect on your 2022 results. Some of us even do the New Year’s planning ahead, so that we can wrap [...]

Many people go through life thinking that setting goals are either old-fashioned or a waste of time. Who achieves them in any case? Just the successful people, they say! Well, isn’t that exactly the motivation to set those goals? Consciously [...]

The forces at play here are those well known, often spoken about, and heard of – you guessed it – GOALS!  We should always be reflecting on, visualising, and planning our ideal future. December tends to bring the reality home [...]

The past year, 2021, has been an interesting ‘ride’… that is, depending on one’s perspective! For many, this year has been an uphill struggle to stay afloat with pressures on sales, cash flow, team morale and business in general. Some [...]

Goal setting is one of the easiest ways to achieve success and your dreams but most of us shy away from setting goals because we do not know where to start, what to include and we fear failure if we [...]

As we enter the last month of 2021, many of you may be asking – “Where has the year gone to?” We have certainly experienced a very interesting 18-24 months, where some have thrived, others have struggled and others are [...]

As we approach the end of the year, we will rush forward at full speed. With holiday turmoil and different tasks that should be finished before the year's end, who has the opportunity to suitably tie a ribbon around the [...]

With less than 60 days to go until the end of the year, there is no doubt the temptation to “give up” on this year and get into festive mode. Whilst this seems like an appealing option considering the tough [...]

Two months left in 2021 (fortunately four months for the financial year which is then still a third of the financial year). Worse yet, 32 working days before we close our office for the December break. If your life is [...]

It’s a well-known fact that only 3 percent of businesses that get started, get sold. Most business owners who start businesses fail to capitalize on the time and effort they invested in building them. So, what can business owners do [...]

As an ActionCOACH Business Coach, I have found that many of the businesses I engage with bemoan the fact that they have to do most of the operational work because their team is not up to the standard they need. [...]

As business owners, we have to wear many "hats". The quality of leadership and management are two aspects that will have a profound impact on the results of the business.   What is the difference between leadership and management? A [...]

Spring Day most certainly crept up on me and all of a sudden there it was. I had to rush to buy some ‘Spring-ish’ flowers (as the friendly cashier put it) and organised a last-minute Spring breakfast at a nearby [...]

From my point of view, management must always aim to find a strong balance between, what I would like to term, “Telescope Work” and “Microscope Work”.   The “Telescope Work” entails the longer-term view where the focus is on the [...]

August is Women’s Month. We just celebrated Women's Day this past Monday – this day is dedicated and mainly designed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women, and to create awareness for women’s rights and gender [...]

An article in this morning’s Business Day caught my attention. Headlined – “Capitec eyes bigger market share and hints at offshore expansion”. In the article CEO, Gerrie Fourie, was quoted as saying – “We need to get to 20%-30% of [...]