Michael Goudie

Bite off more than you can chew and then learn to chew. That is the headline. You are standing at the front edge of a...

Lately in chats with business owners and managers around the Coast I’ve noticed how much leadership energy gets burned trying to guess what other people...

I was grabbing a coffee in Ōrewa last week when the owner laughed and said: “Everybody is reading the menu with their calculator out.” It...

Every conversation seems to end with the same sigh: “It’s hard out there.” Local owners feel they are inching across a tightrope. One wobble and...

Recently, I had the privilege of returning to my old stomping ground, Ōrewa College, to speak to a group of students celebrating excellence in last...

I’ve come to value the Christmas break as a time to take stock of what’s working, what could be better, and where we’re heading as...

When you ask business owners about their marketing efforts, many get defensive, scrambling to list off everything they’re doing to attract customers. But here’s the...

Recently, I was reminded of an old quote that serves as a good reset: “The pace of change has never been this fast, yet it...

Every business owner deals with self-doubt. Doing the actual work might be easy, but running the business is the hard part. It’s like raising a...

Engaging in business with friends can seem to be the perfect mash-up of professional collaboration and personal camaraderie. After all, who better to trust and...