Does business coaching work?

In 2003, The Economist Magazine reported that Business coaching was already a Billion-Dollar industry in the USA and two years later, Harvard Business School reported that those figures had doubled. That’s a lot of money… and for what? Laying part of the ground-work for an international recession that has seen millions of skilled people pushed out of work? Maybe… Read... Read More

The Art of Sales (with NLP) part 1

I’ve been asked via email to write about NLP sales principles. Something that many people feel is boring at best and highly manipulative at worse. In my experience, neither need be true. It has often struck me that everyone is a salesperson. Ouch, I can hear the screams already! You may not work directly in sales but, when it boils down to it, we’re all in the game of selling... Read More

How do I become a Millionaire?

I get asked this question at least once or twice a month by small business owners. The honest answer of course is that there are a million ways to make a million pounds. Read More  Read More

Great news, we’re in a recession!

I mentioned a little too loudly over dinner last night that i thought there were many positive outcomes from the UK being in a recession. I may as well have mentioned support for the BNP party (who seem like a bad practical joke now going dangerously wrong) based on the sudden reaction of my table mates. Read More  Read More