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This Week@Work: Why do you do what you do?

This Week@Work, purpose is paramount. I visited a successful tea company who now proudly display their original tea sorter (a DIY modified cement mixer!) in their reception area to remind the business about their heritage. In tough times, go back to what you’ve been through and come through to motivate you to get through now, and focus on what needs to come next.

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This Week@Work: Get out of your head!

This Week@Work I’m taking us off the beaten track, and I’m not going alone. In a tough business environment we can’t tackle every single challenge alone. Surround yourself with trusted allies to get out of your head – it makes the climbs more manageable, interesting and rewarding.

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This Week@Work: Time runs out. What are you doing with yours?

This Week@Work my meetings with long-established business owners have left me concerned about their runway to an exit.

They have spent their careers focused on operational issues to generate income to sustain the business. Only now are they realising they should have been focused on growth and capital value to secure a profitable exit. W

hat are you spending your time on?.

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This Week@Work: The 5 levers of business valuation

There are 2 elements that go into valuation: The first involves the 5 technical levers of valuation which can be built into your business, and they make up around 60%, the other 40% is all about how you strategically exit your business.

I outline the process in a couple of minutes in the video below, and have created a 5-part series on each of the layers of valuation that goes into more detail on each, you can find those here.

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