Wow time certainly flies when you are having fun Like many businesses its been a fantastic year for Growthwise. We have had our 1st bunch of L Platers graduate, welcomed our Mother Hen Lynette and new superhero Andrew to the team, converted many of our clients to Xero, were named in the top 3 Xero [...]

The Growthwise team spent the weekend at a masterclass conference. We go to these twice per year to learn, brainstorm, set new targets and prepare our action plan. It’s always a great opportunity to look at how we can make improvements to our business. It’s also a great way to exercise the creative parts of [...]

Newcastle was lucky enough to have it’s first ever TEDx Newy event on Satruday. The speakers were diverse as were the topics. But by far the standout for me was Marcus Westbury (@unsungsongs). For those of you unfamiliar with Marcus work in Newcastle you can check out Renew Newcastle here http://renewnewcastle.org/. But back to why Marcus [...]

A lot of business owners look to someone for inspiration. knowldge, leadership and motivation. Quite a few of you take that motivation in the form of the big celebrities such as Tony Robbins, Donald Trump etc. Afterall these celebrities have the books and the audio published on a large scale for that very reason. For [...]

NLYZR By now for those who have been reading these posts for a while you will have worked out I am an advocate for things that make business life easier. I’m also an advocate for making sure you spend time working *on* your business and not just running the rat race of daily business owner [...]

How are you feeling about your business surviving if you were in an accident and unable to be there for 3 months? It’s quite a scary thought….. But who has time to get all of these things documented and systemised? Well the 1st thing to do is delegate! If you have a team get the [...]

Last week I asked the question……would your business survive if you were in a car accident and unable to communicate for 3 weeks or worse still 3 months. I hope over the past week you have had a chance to think about the things you need to change in your business in order to survive. [...]

What does it really mean to work “on” your business? – Part 1 So we have all heard the term working “on” vs working “in” your business but what exactly does this mean? Is networking to attract new customers working “on” your business? Is organising your cash flow working “on” your business? What about researching [...]

Imagine this……… You are driving home from work this afternoon and you have a car accident. (Of course no one wishes this on anyone however it is a possibility.) The car accident lands you in hospital unable to communicate for 3 weeks. What would happen to your business in this time? What if that timeframe [...]

KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) will completely change your business. How? You have all heard the old saying what you can measure you can manage. Well it tends to also ring true that what you measure therefore manage improves. Why? It’s called focus. Last week I talked about how Important your team is to your business. [...]