Sarah’s Story. Is there an invisible line in your P&L statement?
Take a look at your own business. Could there be a hidden cost line in your P&L? One that represents the personal price you paid when you took on the client work yourself? When you knew you needed that new hire but decided to put extra pressure on existing teams instead?
The Seven Summits of My Neighborhood – Make Your Own Adventure
I absolutely love this video from Brendan Leonard, entitled The Seven Summits of My Neighborhood.
Brendan loves adventures, but not spending money. So he looked to his backyard of Missoula, to climb his own local version of the infamous Seven Summits.
The Meeting Effectiveness Diary – an exercise
I’m stating the obvious when I say that most leaders and founders find themselves overwhelmed by the sheer volume of meetings crowding their schedules. Often hitting ‘accept’ simply because that chunk of time isn’t currently filled with something else. And yet, time is our most precious commodity, bar none. Are you attending because you don’t […]
Embracing the Dance of ‘Do’ ‘Be’ ‘Do’ Be’ ‘Do’: A Key to Preventing Emotional Overdraft
It’s all too easy to become consumed by the constant cycle of doing. But I loved the brilliant thought from Matt Cooksey that it’s crucial to remember that there is a delicate dance between ‘do’ and ‘be’. This dance, beautifully described as a life lived in the rhythm of ‘do’ ‘be’ ‘do’ ‘be’ ‘do’, maintains […]
”JUST”ification – the sneakiest form of procrastination (and how to deal with it)
Finding time to think and focus on what truly matters can sometimes feel like a battle. This realisation struck me during a recent conversation with one of my clients. They confided that carving out dedicated time for thinking was a challenge they grappled with regularly. What caught my attention was the justification they used to […]
Could there be a hidden cost line in your P&L
Sarah is in her annual P&L meeting. She’s running a high growth business and in the last 12 months, she’s not only made a healthy profit, she’s also a full year ahead on where she’d planned to be on her 5-year growth plan. Cue fanfare. From afar, we’d surely expect Sarah to be ecstatic. This […]
