Growth Newsletter

It’s been a very sad week in our home this past week as we said goodbye to our 12 year old King Charles Cavalier, Prince, on Monday.

I was thinking about my paternal grandmother recently. The tall, thin elegant woman, who started out life as Ortencia Martinez and who was led to believe she was born in Barcelona, but I’ve since found out it was Liverpool in the UK, passed away in 2006 at the age of 93. The body that once was a model for the Farmer’s Department store in Sydney in the 1930’s, finally gave out.

It’s mid morning in early March. The rain is torrential. A scheduled Zoom call with some great clients is put on hold as I rush out to check the noise of the gutters overflowing, only to find the floodwaters rushing towards our back door. It was panic stations as we dived out into the downpour to do what we could to move the water away.

We’re through the first quarter of the calendar year. Easter is knocking on the door and we’re not too far off the end of the financial year. It’s a good time to reflect on what I’ve observed is working in small and family businesses in 2022, to date:

It’s early Saturday morning. I’m waking from my slumber and Trish has brought a cup of tea back to bed after putting Prince the King Charles Cavalier out for his morning yard sniff.

Let’s talk numbers today!

Whether your business is in construction, manufacturing or professional services, Work in Progress (WIP) is a number that most owners and managers of small and family business groan about – for all the wrong reasons!

Two recent experiences of the quality of food at boutique accommodation had me thinking about the repercussions for the business as a whole and the impact on the business’ reputation, overall.

Business is good for plenty at the moment – almost too good.

One business owner remarked to me recently that he has too much work. Consequently, there’s little time to think, plan and forecast.

We’ve all seen the images of utter devastation that have occurred across the East Coast of Australia over the past two weeks. Torrential rain and huge floods have impacted thousands of people and the insurance bill is surely going to mount to amongst one of the largest ever in Australian history.

It’s all through the news – “We can’t find staff”.
Business owners I’m meeting, talking and working with are saying it – “There’s just no one around”.