I’ve spoken to enough people to realise that defining operations is a bit like agreeing on the best formation and players for the England football team – there are as many opinions as people you ask. Part of the challenge is that ‘operations’ is both a function (the...
Business Planning
Using the Golden Triangle for Consistent Delivery
The everyday revenue-generating business machine is widely known as operations. Whilst we as consumers generally hear about products and services, the activities that get those products to our door or services delivered on time, and in line with expectations, are...
Why appoint a Virtual Non-Executive Director or Strategic Advisor?
If you run a business that has strategic challenges to address, or if you are looking to raise it to the next level, where can you turn for advice? The answer may be appointing a Non-Executive Director or Strategic Advisor. Even very successful businesses can benefit...
4 Elements of a Strategic Business Plan
planning can be compared to building a table.
Combine a Better Outlook with Small Business Coaching
It looks like small businesses are rebounding after suffering a significant loss of optimism during the last half of 2016.
How Size Affects Strategic Business Planning
Strategic planning in business is a matter of aligning a company’s mission, vision, and goals with proven strategies that will guarantee that company achieves what it sets out to do.
The Value of Customer Retention vs Customer Acquisition
Do you work with a small business mentor whose opinion you value?
The Smallest Businesses Still Need Strategic Planning
Across the UK, and right here in the Thames Valley, there are small businesses with five or fewer employees.
Small Business Coaching, Slow Second Quarters Can Cause Growth
Second-quarter numbers are starting to roll in and they don’t look good to anyone who was hoping for robust growth in 2017.