business idea’s

Legacy, what does that mean anyway? Why does it matter what people think of you after you are gone? You will be dead; why does it matter?  “It is about the richness of the individual's life, including what that person [...]

It's no secret that women have had to fight harder than men to become a legitimate presence in virtually every aspect of business. Thankfully, the gender gap is slowly shrinking on the corporate side, with more female executives in the [...]

The past two weeks, in particular, only perhaps equaled by a two-week period after the looting and rioting of last year, I’ve found myself at the center of conversations with negative, depressed, stressed and very emotional people.  With the very [...]

Having had the opportunity to explore the concept of legacy, specifically from a business perspective, one of the ever-present themes I’ve come across is this: Legacies are created, designed, developed, nurtured, and consciously worked on over a period of time. [...]

There are thousands of business leaders in the working world today, each wanting desperately to create and build a lasting "legacy," but very few are remembered after their last day on the job. This is most often a result of [...]

We’ve all heard it before: Summer bodies are built in winter! So what? What does that mean? Well simply put; if I want the fit, toned and sculpted beach body for the December holidays, I need to be putting in [...]

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there."  This oft-cited but not-quite-accurate quote is from Lewis Carroll's classic children's tale, Alice in Wonderland. In Carroll's altered reality, the conversation between the disoriented Alice and the [...]

With record levels of unemployment in South Africa, entrepreneurship is often touted as the solution to bring the Youth into the economy. But how does one create a platform and road map to ensure that today's youth become tomorrow's successful [...]

Youth. How is the word and concept of youth defined? I loved the United Nations definition: Youth is best understood as a period of transition from the dependence of childhood to adulthood’s independence. Basically, it is when a person leaves [...]

We’ve recently celebrated our 15th anniversary in South Africa. On the 3rd of May 2007, Pieter Scholtz and I launched ActionCOACH Business Coaching at the International Franchise Expo at the Sandton Convention Centre. Fast track 15 years and we’ve arguably [...]

You’ve spent years building a business, now it’s time to monetise. But you’re not sure how to get your business to the next stage, maybe give it a fresh look or bring some youthfulness into the mix? How do you [...]

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The stats read that only 6% of South Africans are able to retire financially free. This is a scary statistic that sends shivers down my spine.  What is financial freedom I hear you ask? Financial freedom means you have enough money saved [...]

Some salespeople have a tendency to think that giving a discount is the easiest, quickest way to make a sale. Of course, they may be right, but what about the profit they’re giving away? If a product has a profit [...]

One of the most valuable systems you can implement in an organisation is a steady rhythm. This creates the pulse that your team works to, which in turn creates the steady pulse your organisation needs to thrive. How do you [...]

As we find ourselves in the month of Freedom, it is only apt that we reflect on what Freedom means for us in our businesses. To start with, a reminder that ActionCOACH's definition of a successful business is: “A Commercial [...]