Business coaching insights

Your team may be saving time with AI while the business sees little benefit. Learn where to focus your attention, how to tackle your biggest constraint and what only you can lead.

I was chatting to Steve Sharp , CEO and founder of Nuvo, on the pod this week. An accountancy firm in Derby, 400 people, built by buying up the practices whose partners wanted to retire. He left school at 16, qualified at 20, the youngest in the country that year, and set the firm up […]

James Ashford explains why weak founder beliefs, principles and standards make every visible business layer wobble.

Six one-to-ones a week is a working day spent keeping your executives apart. Here is why Huang, Chesky and Zuckerberg stopped, and what to do instead.

Happy wife, happy life. The business runs better on it too, I’ve found. So you’d think I’d have got this one right. Geri wanted the neighbours screened off. Something about sunbathing, and the peeping toms next door getting an eyeful. Said it was a man’s job.I said leave it with me. 240 bare-root whips, in […]

Stop being the bottleneck. Build leaders who run the business without you. And finally get your life back.

Executive teams fail at goal-setting due to discomfort with accountability, lack of A-Players, and poor prioritisation.

You can be considerate, well liked and still let a problem run a year too long. Level 5 leadership is what you do with the decision you have been postponing.

Momentum comes from habits. Nail the basics, build the flywheel, and let growth gather speed.

A BHAG is your bold North Star. A long-term, inspiring moonshot that guides strategy, energises teams, and outpaces daily noise.

In the fast-paced world of business, complexity often clouds judgment, leading us astray from our primary objectives.

Your strategy dies when your calendar leaves no time, money or ownership for execution.