Hi Chris I’m reading Deep Work and The E-Myth Revisited again. I’m also realising that I need long periods of uninterrupted time to...

But before that – CB here – I’m frequently contacted by people who have products and services to sell to my clients. For over 20 years I...

A frequently heard lament from Principals is: I’m drowning in routine maintenance and don’t have the time to focus on higher value...

Good grief! We are entering the second quarter of the year – where did the first quarter go? Time to share a couple of self-coaching...

Before commenting on how NOT to tell them (and offer some insights on how to tell them) let’s establish some ground rules. I accept that...

Occasionally we all get so wrapped up in the execution of what we do that we forget about the difference that we make. That’s why...

In amongst the emails I’m ploughing through this week (catch up mode). Trend 1 CB – here is a prospectus for a 2-chair practice with a...

Set some goals. Individual and/or team. How else will you know where you are going and whether you are on target? How else will your...

What exactly is the economic value of a patient in your practice? In business that’s called the LTV – lifetime value. Let’s take the...

Today will be the last of 6 days in The Barrow Bunker over the Christmas and New Year period – time invested in working ON my business. I...

Many is the time a client has said to me: No matter how many times I ask, things just don’t seem to get done Things don’t NOT get done...

It takes longer than you think: to build an ethical business with a really valuable proposition to build a superb management/support team...

Monday’s post was about The Message and The Method. On Tuesday we considered The Money (and I gave you a simple spreadsheet to design a...

By pure coincidence I caught the first evening off-peak train from Euston to Stockport last Friday and the first morning off-peak back...

I’ve been an early bird since the age of 15, influenced by my father, Charlie Barrow, a constable in the Greater Manchester Police who...

Looking back to 20th September 2008 I had just started working 4 days a week as Director of Private Sector Development with Integrated...

I’m especially grateful to Hannah Rhodes and the team at Genesis Dental Care for creating the document that I’m sharing with you here. We...

Chatting to a Principal last night about her 3-year business strategy (a former client), she asked me “Chris are you just dealing with...

Today I’ll be working with a former client who has asked me back in (after a break of some years) to work on a business and personal...

in spite of the time invested in domestic paperwork yesterday, the day starts off with a bang – urgent phone calls and emails from people...