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At first, Sam told me, he was reluctant to let go of things, not believing anyone could do a job as well as he could (sound familiar?). But he began to ask himself a question, which enabled him to get his ego out of the way. It’s a question I now share with my mentoring clients and once asked, y Read More

Recently I interviewed Shane Bradley – former owner of GrabOne. Shane’s top tip for small business owners was this: “if you’re not making mistakes, you’re not trying hard enough”. He told me about his first business, which went under due to bad debts. It was humiliating and humbling he said. Read More

I love great business models. Here’s a simple one, yet technically so right on many different levels.

It’s Nespresso, maker of coffee machines. My mum in UK has one and I fell in love with the taste of the coffee and the simplicity of the making of said coffee every morning when staying with Read More

After one hour with him I had committed to spending the next two years and over $20,000 with him, travelling from Wellington to Auckland to do so. When all I had wanted was advice on one dodgy tooth.
How did this happen?
Quite simply, Dr Loy told me the truth. And was the first dentist in my ne Read More

This one is a goodie and absolutely crucial if you have a team of people around you.

Rituals are the glue that holds the culture of an organisation together. They are the things that you do together as a team on a regular basis. The rituals of your company become the elements that gi Read More

My lovely client Bridgette (from Village PR in Tauranga) told me the funniest story about a tennis game she played in Fiji recently. The parallels to and lessons about business were clearly apparent to us both so I just have to share it…

Bridgette it turns out is a bit of a gun tennis Read More