Presume, like me, you looking to buy a new car. I prefer Toyotas. Why? They do the job I need. They are reliable. They are everywhere. My twenty-something kids will be safe in them, they can’t do too much damage to them, parts are not ridiculously priced, and...
There’s good success and bad success but all success comes with strings attached. For financial advisers, the biggest challenge with success is increased activity. Not only does success draw in new clients but existing client work typically also increases. The result...
It was a simple question and I knew I didn’t do it justice when it was asked. In fact, I didn’t realise it’s significant until afterwards. I blurted out a quick response which didn’t properly answer it. I’ve thought about it since. In fact, I’ve thought a lot about...
Got a call last week from an old client for whom we did benchmarking work fifteen years ago. His son joined him in business about five years ago. Sensibly at that time, they made the hard decisions required to setup a sustainable foundation for their future making the...
Finding it hard to get to those important but non-urgent projects? Happy with activity, but still hoping it will soon reflect on your bottom-line? Feeling lost as to how others seem to find time that you can’t? Blaming your software, systems, procedures or people for...
