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Much is written about South African’s high level of resilience, our never-say-die attitude or as they say in Afrikaans – ‘n boer maak ‘n plan. Research has shown that we have a higher level of resilience than many nations around [...]

Like it or not, there are very few ‘secrets’ left in the world.  Google has already, for free, provided us with all the answers human beings know.  So why then are some people a lot more productive, and dare I [...]

Recently a colleague and I were discussing client retention, during which he lamented the fact that he had recently lost some long-standing clients.  Several key points came out of the discussions which I would like to summarise below:   Focusing [...]

Selling is the lifeblood of any business, and mastering the art of selling is crucial for entrepreneurs, salespeople, and anyone who wants to succeed in business. Whether you are selling products or services, effective selling skills can make all the [...]

Motivation is a great driving factor in productivity. It takes a lot to slow down a motivated individual. It is therefore important to ask: what motivates people to work? Motivation to work is much more than the pay offered to [...]

Are you fired up to make 2023 your best Business year yet? The chances are, when you first started your business, you were incredibly passionate about it. Everything was new and exciting. You could do things your own way, set [...]

Are you fired up to make 2023 your best Business year yet? The chances are, when you first started your business, you were incredibly passionate about it. Everything was new and exciting. You could do things your own way, set [...]

"You guys are too busy to make money"​ This statement took the wind out of my sails when our financial director said it to my partners and I in another business over a decade ago. He was 100% right, we [...]

Recent research has highlighted several critical traits of successful entrepreneurs and business owners. Growth mindset is one such trait, which is the belief that personal qualities and abilities can be developed through effort and learning. Entrepreneurs with a growth mindset [...]

It’s finally happened.  The 1st of January has finally polarised society. One half is over the moon with excitement of what a new year may bring.  They’ve got exciting goals, or at least some New Year’s resolutions, and they can’t [...]

What a difference a year can make! One year ago, my family and I were just getting back to ‘normal’ after COVID-19. Then the riots in certain areas of South Africa occurred. This knocked our confidence and our security and [...]

Have you rated your company against the 6 P’s of marketing? Do you know the significant influence this can have on your entire business? It goes far further into the organisation make up than just in the marketing department. What [...]

For the last two years, we have lived through a pandemic that literally halted and shifted our ways of life and threatened to change the course of humanity, Russia invaded Ukraine and exacerbated the challenges that Covid-19 seemly had laid [...]

Do you know what the key strategies are that your business must achieve in these economic times to realise its full potential? Effective Critical Success Factors are vital to the organisation’s success, it must benefit the company and should be [...]

I grew up thinking that it is wrong to aspire to be wealthy. Being wealthy meant for me that you earned and accumulated more than you need. Later in life I did some serious introspection and realised that this mindset [...]

I love it when people say to me: "but Harry, it's not about the money." Really?!  Do you actually believe that? Now I'm the first to support that money isn't everything. There are a lot of things that are important. [...]