What is a business model?
Your business model is the underlying structure of how your business creates value. But what does this really mean? And why is understanding your business model important? What is a ...
Read MoreStrategy and Planning
In order to lead your team and earn their support, you need to clarify what you want to achieve and how you propose to achieve it.
Having a clear strategy, supported by action plans is an effective way to engage and align your team. It also enables your team to understand and contribute to implementing your strategy.
“The thing to do with the future is not to forecast it, but to create it. The objective of planning should be to design a desirable future and to invent ways to bring it about”
Robert Ackoff
Strategy and Planning Tips
What your strategy must do for you
It is essential to have clear strategies, but they won't be any use unless they do these six things Your strategy must: Define, in general, how your business is going ...
Read MoreWhat do you want to achieve in your business?
We all have our reasons for being in business - what are yours? And more importantly, what do you want to achieve next with your business? Why what you want ...
Read MoreYour Business: a Great Wealth Creator
Harness the double wealth power of your business Building a business is an effective way to create wealth as it offers two ways to create wealth: 1. Providing an income to ...
Read MoreThe stages of business development
Businesses follow a common path of development as they grow. Each stage of business development has its own unique challenges to overcome and requires different management skills. There are three main ...
Read MoreWhat is strategy?
There is a lot of hoo-ha around 'strategy'. But is strategy really that complex to understand? Simply put, 'strategy' is how, in general, you intend to achieve your goals. As there are ...
Read MoreHow clear is your strategy?
Take the Test - how clear is your strategy? It is essential to have a clear strategy that everyone in your business understands and can contribute to. Take this simple test to ...
Read MoreWhat is even more important than strategy?
There is only one thing more important than strategy, but unfortunately it is often overlooked, or even forgotten. So what is more important than strategy? The results your strategy is designed ...
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