Belinda Bow

Business can be a funny beast. One minute you’re hard at work running your business a certain way and then, seemingly out of the blue, a potential new direction presents itself. A number of incidental circumstances can lead to these turning points. It could be that a customer need sparks the idea for a new […]

We celebrate the start-ups that grow their businesses to great success, and we recognise the visionary business owners who inspire us with their dream and do things differently. But what about the business owners who did not start the business and are running with a vision set by someone else? I’m talking about the franchise […]

If you ask people who have their own business if they love it, many will tell you that they have a love/hate relationship. They might love what they do in terms of the product or service that they deliver but they don’t love the bits and pieces that they need to do in order to […]

Focus can be a tough gig for anyone. Even the most experienced CEOs will tell you that they have not always had the laser focus skills that they possess now. What I’ve learned is that focus is a skill that is honed over a long period of time. I have also learned that even though […]

  Let’s set the record straight, work/life balance is a myth. The idea that we can balance our working career with the rest of our life is just nuts. What I strive for is to create my own mix of career, family, relationships and ‘me time’. I have chosen my own path, with my own […]