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You haven’t built a business. You’ve built yourself a job. I meet a certain kind of business owner more often than any other. By most measures, they're successful. There’s good revenue, decent margins, a team around them and a story [...]
The Gravity Principle: why your business feels heavier than it used to I've spent more than 30 years building businesses, buying businesses, selling businesses and sitting across the table from founders who all eventually ask me the same question, in [...]
Growth doesn't need more effort, it needs a different you. Let's start with a very uncomfortable question, one that I ask almost every founder at the start of our coaching journey. "If you went on holiday (completely off-grid) for 3 [...]

You're probably measuring the wrong thing If you're like every business owner, you probably know roughly what your house is worth. You probably check the property listings in your area every few months and you know if the market is [...]
"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 [...]
You’ve built a great business. You’ve carried the business through the early uncertainty, the cash-flow pressure, the staff issues, the sales grind and the constant decisions that land on your desk because everyone trusts you to sort them out. So [...]
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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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