New Blog – Aileen Gallagher

What’s really stopping business owners getting to where they want to be financially?

So, I’ve been a business coach for over 15 years, but I haven’t coached ‘businesses’, I’ve coached business owners…it’s not the business I’m coaching…it’s the owner…the person. From the hundreds of initial conversations that I’ve had when deciding if I can help the business owner, the conversation is always initially about the strategy, the market, […]

How to reclaim at least 10 hours a week to work ON your business…

Are you the owner of a small business who right now feels that you have absolutely NO spare time to work ON improving your personal and business performance? You know that there’s things you should be doing to work ON your business…and you’d love to be making more profit and everything that that would allow […]

How to stay focused…and get things done!!

How to stay focused…one of the most common challenges that everyone who’s striving to achieve anything in life has to deal with… Whether it’s growing your business, learning a new skill, training for a sports event or losing weight, everyone wants to know how to stay focused. I have to be honest here, and admit that this […]

4 Reasons to take action now…and stop procrastinating

I speak with business owners every day…business owners who know that their business could be performing better…Business owners who know that there is definite room for improvement with their team member’s performance and attitude to their work. They know that they probably need to tighten up on the management accounts, and that if they could […]

How do you manage the ‘family’ in your family business?

The term ‘family business’ – to those not directly involved – denotes romantic images of generations of family members working harmoniously together building a thriving and sustainable empire that will be successful for decades to come. The reality can be very different. Truthfully, unevenly shared responsibilities, muted definitions of roles, sibling rivalry, controlling parents, lack […]

The Power of the Daily Huddle

Those clients who are actively and consistently conducting their daily huddles are reaping the rewards. However, isn’t it interesting that every time I introduce them, I am met with huge resistance. All the usual excuses – I’m too busy, the team won’t like it, what will we say?, it will become monotonous, there are only […]