How to take a 3 week holiday with no calls from the office
At my MSP Mastermind a few weeks ago, one of my clients was talking about the three week break he’d recently taken from his business. His trip abroad was a …
Do you employ any Sales Prevention Officers?
An extraordinary event happened to me last week. My car was low on diesel, so I popped into my local Esso garage on the way home. The woman behind the …
The warning signs your staff are disengaging
I’ve written previously about the three types of staff you have within your business: Engaged: Your very best staff who you can rely on whatever the circumstances. Not engaged: People …
When your business creates long-term stress
Slightly off-topic, but I’m having a hell of a stressful week. And it’s only Wednesday morning. Nothing to do with my work with IT support owners. I’m quite heavily into …
You have to DOA so you don’t end up DOA [updated for 2023]
You know what DOA means, don’t you? You hear cops talking about it in TV crime shows: “He was DOA”. Dead. On. Arrival. And it’s what you will be, as …
The most important figures to track (how much money you take home)
I’m reading a very entertaining business autobiography at the moment about the founder of Iceland (yes the supermarket): Best Served Cold by Malcolm Walker.
Here’s my vision board. Show me yours?
For years I was ignorant about the need to write down your goals. It look back on those times now as the dark ages (I’m not joking).
Victory loves preparation
Victory loves preperation. It’s a phrase I’ve been living by for a few years. And it was only when writing this article, that I looked up where it came from.
