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Organizational Planning Recently I volunteered to present a short overview of Organisational Planning to a local business group. I love this type of analytical business stuff, but was looking for a worthy quote which would reflect the need to plan organisations. Well I found it reading the Peter ... Read More

Turning Goal Setting Upside Down!

Traditional Goal Setting is only part of the Journey! I have had the pleasure of working with some great people this week.  Part of this journey was working on Goal Setting and yes my mind immediately switched to SMART goals and how they have helped me along in life to achieve certain things.  But ... Read More

Money – The reason for getting into Business!

Most people think that business owners get into business for the money However, if you ask the owners why they originally started the business and what motivated them, money usually if very low on the list. Most will describe to you phrases similar to: I had an idea for a product and was so passionate about ... Read More

Business Planning – Platforming Systems for Growth Part II

Continuing on from the last blog post, Systemizing your Platform.  What are the advantages? My third image is to show the expected effect on your platform by way of systemizing your existing platform.  We are then achieving the maximum efficiency out of your current people, equipment, procedures etc.... Read More

Business Planning – Platforming Systems for Growth Part I

What is Business Platforming and why does it affect Business Systems? One of the most common queries regards when we start to talk with clients about what platform their business has and how they manage the business systems to get the most out of that platform. All too often there is a blank look and ... Read More

God in the Boardroom

Clarity about God's role in Business "The skyline of a city defines its identity the way physical appearance identifies humans.  Today skylines consist not so much of church spires, but of the buildings that house the corporations that breathe life into commercial arteries.  It is right there where the kingdom of God needs to ... Read More

Business Planning – Using Software

Using Business Planning Software for planning your business and organization. There are several business planning software packages out there and available for immediate download on the internet.  What you need to establish in researching them is what do you want from these packages? Doing a internet search on this term will reveal an array of ... Read More

Business Plan – It's all on scraps of paper!

On our previous post We discussed getting your idea out of your head and onto paper in a visual form. This is the first step to starting to organize and arrange all that information that is floating around in your brain.   Sometimes what happens next is that this generates a whole new drive on ... Read More