Tag: Focus

A motivational psychology expert suggests strategies to put into play once your initial enthusiasm about your startup starts to waver.

Simple tips to help you work with your strengths, downplay your weaknesses and improve your focus and productivity.

If you want to be a successful entrepreneur, you’ve got to have a laser-like focus, something that’s harder to do now than ever before.

Keeping everyone on your team focused and motivated is not easy, especially if you fall into one or more of these common traps.

If you’re prone to distraction, these techniques can help you refocus in as little as 60 seconds.

In a five-part article series, we look at the 10 most common ways small business owners waste valuable time and offer some solutions for combating this damaging behaviour. Part one looks at tackling shifting priorities and interruptions.

You go away with your senior management team, spend two days with an external facilitator and come back with what you think is a great strategy.

If you’re a business owner or manager, your business’ credibility relies hugely on your personal reputation, so it’s vital to make it an important focus in running your business.

I see so many marketing consultants giving advice to small business owners that are focused purely on marketing tactics, without any thought to marketing strategy.

It’s not a new question but it’s an important one to ask. Theodore Levitt wrote an article for Harvard Business Review in 1960 entitled “Marketing Myopia”, where he encouraged businesses to switch their focus from selling to meeting customer needs. He asked an important question to the railroad industry: What business are you really in? Railroads or transportation?