We help business owners create a more profitable, more sustainable business ... working less time.

Our Clients are sole owners of professional service businesses or other micro businesses. Usually they have been in business for between 1 and 5 years and recognise that in order to have their business give them more of what they want, it would make sense for them to work with someone with the experience and expertise of helping small business owners have both a thriving business and a great work-life balance.

Do any of these statements reflect where you are now?

"Though I started this business to get more control over my life, I seem to be running around a bit like a headless chicken. Unfortunately I am not sure my busyness is reflected positively in the money we make, or whether, as I fear, it is losing us money."

"Gaining new clients is not a problem; however I am not sure that the business is being run as effectively as it might. I am worried that the right systems are not in place to ensure we are as profitable as we could be."

"I’ve put a lot of effort into marketing my practice; we advertise in Yellow Pages and the local press, I go to networking meetings and my local Chamber of Commerce regularly but we are not winning new business neither as fast as we would wish nor at the prices we want."

"It’s a real challenge managing the business when you are the sole owner. There really is no one I’d trust to share my innermost concerns with. So I tend to bottle up my fears that the business won’t succeed but sometimes it all gets too much and my relationships at home are suffering."

"I expected to put in the hours when I started my new business, and I knew it would take some time before we became profitable, but if something doesn’t happen soon I fear I’ll have to go and ‘get a proper job’. I really don’t want to give up on my dream business yet."

"The business is growing quite nicely but I just dare not take a holiday. How do you find staff that you can trust to do as good a job as I do?"

As a client, you are committed to providing the best possible service to your clients. Striving for excellence is part of your business culture and mission.

You operate in all things to the highest levels of honesty and integrity. Taking an ethical short cut is not acceptable.

You are, or are prepared to become, an action oriented person, motivated and disciplined enough to do what's needed to have your business and life the way you want it.

You are not 'spending your last penny' on this programme. Even if you are not yet profitable, you can afford to invest in this programme and in developing your business. We expect you to be open about your situation and the issues facing your business and to engage in actions that will take you and your business forward. We will never reveal information you share without your permission (unless required by law).

You are willing to commit to working with us for at least 6 months and ideally twelve. The Successful Solo Programme and the Outstanding Professional Programme  looks at all aspects of developing a more successful and more sustainable business and sets out to encourage you to develop new skills. All new skills take time to become ‘habitual’.

When you work with us......

Expect to spend fewer hours working in your business. Within 6 months you will create effective simple systems so you can have more time to develop plans for the future, get in the extra round of golf or whatever and enjoy that well deserved holiday with or without the family, all the time knowing that your business is in good hands.

You'll reconnect to the passion and enthusiasm you had when you started your business. We'll help you 'step back' and engage with the 'bigger picture' and a clear vision of the business and life you are creating. When you have a clear vision of where you are going, making good decisions and taking the next step become a natural and stress free process.

Expect to experience new business. We'll help you establish what is uniquely special about your business, and how to reach the clients that are looking for exactly what you offer.

You'll stop feeling alone. We'll show you how to build a trusted resource team. As employees if that suits your way of working, as a 'virtual team' if you prefer. Most of us solo business owners experience burnout and overwhelm because we try to do too much. Delegating meaningful work motivates others and they feel part of a team. And you'll end up doing less.

Profitability will increase, sometimes phenomenally. You'll learn how to price effectively, operate the business economically and we'll help you develop your sales effectiveness.