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Strategy is a waste of time
What happens if all your staff are inspired, feel proud to be working for you, love the place they work and what it represents (its’ strategy and vision?)? Have you ever worked somewhere that you...
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The habits you need, to get what you want
When did you last review your firm’s strategy, discuss it with those who will help you deliver it or even think about why you’re doing it? If it’s time to quickly review your strategy, and focus on...
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The escape from hell.
A thought for all my Accountant friends, how was your January? “Tax doesn’t have to be taxing”, but dealing with client’s tax returns and getting the data turned round in time can be. I always thought...
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KPMG take on the SME market?
When your strategy aligns with your capabilities and what the market perceives you can deliver, you do well. How can you get your market to perceive you differently, so you stand out from your...
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When Strategic decision making comes unstuck
How many firms have you seen that don’t appear to act in a coherent way, apparently changing direction and not achieving all they should? Is it simply their strategic decision making that is faulty?...
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6 things lawyers need to do differently in their business planning process to...
Some small law firms seem to regard the environment as so challenging the idea of planning is more like a game, so they don’t bother with a business planning process. Here are the key things I think...
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A budget is NOT a business plan!
Watching the Chancellor strut his stuff recently sparked several debates about the tax implications and impact of growing a small professional firm and potential impacts on small businesses. It also...
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Why you’re not getting what you want from your firm.
One of the important steps that many professionals don’t take as they develop their business is to have a powerful vision of their success (no, not a series of numbers) and to “start with the end in...
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Stagnant strategies smell
Do you suffer from the same strategic failing that most small firms do, stagnant strategy? You may have a carefully thought out strategy and vision, but left alone your strategy will go stagnant; at...
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Are you suffering the Aldi effect?
This year’s Christmas dinner discussion was about the supermarket phenomenon that’s swept the UK recently. Have you noticed it? The impact of “discounters” entering the UK market and decimating the...
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