Working ON the business: what it actually means in practice
Everyone quotes the phrase. Almost nobody can name the five activities it refers to. Here is the unglamorous, specific list.
Insights
Straight talk, written down.
No listicles, no hustle-culture, no journeys. Field notes from six coaches who have run businesses, on the specific mechanics of running yours better.
The Weekly Helm: anatomy of a 45-minute meeting that actually works
Most leadership meetings are status theatre. Here is the exact agenda our clients run, minute by minute, and why each piece is there.
Why your best people wait for you (and how to make them stop)
You hired adults. They behave like adults everywhere except in your business. The problem is almost never the people.
The real cost of being the bottleneck: a worked example
An owner, a £1.8m business and a 58-hour week. We do the arithmetic most owners never do on themselves — line by line.
A process that lives in your head is a rumour
Why "everyone knows how we do it" is the most expensive sentence in an owner-managed business, and the 20-minute writing habit that fixes it.
Pricing for profit: the uncomfortable maths of a £2m business
Most owners would rather hire, market or move premises than raise a price. The spreadsheet respectfully disagrees with all of them.
Free discovery call
Talk it through with someone who has carried it.
A free 45-minute discovery call. You talk, we ask questions, you leave with an honest read — whether or not that involves us.
No slides. No pressure. No cold calls afterwards.