Hi, although relatively new to blogging, I find blogging quite a novel way of connecting, networking and sharing information, so much so that I decided to start my own – so here goes.

What I would like to achieve with this blog is to plug the gap I have found to exist for many business owners and managers alike. In my dealings with many businessmen/businesswomen I have found it truly is often lonely at the top!  As entrepreneurs especially, we are always contemplating new strategies, plans etc and often wish to discuss this with someone, as verbalising the concept, idea or even fear, helps to clarify it in our own minds. At the same time, we have to be careful that our ideas will not get to our competitors, be aware that staff (although they may be loyal) could react with all sorts of fears, pre-empting or positioning themselves, prior to us having even made up our minds, let alone formulated a plan of action.

One case springs to mind where a client once told me that he became so frustrated with this isolation, that he finally decided to start regular meetings with a competitor in the hope that as trust builds over time their respect for each other would preclude some of the negatives. Desperate, for sure!

Any way, that is what I would like to achieve with this blog, a place where the anonymity helps business owners and managers to express, comment and learn from each other, test new concepts etc etc without the fear that normally can be associated with such discussions. A place where we can connect, share, experiment and most importantly grow our businesses with innovation and yet implement new strategies that are well thought out and properly planned without spending too much time on ideas that may not have benefits to our businesses or organisations.

Another aspect of entrepreneurs and business owners is that often we are expected to be jacks of all trades, having to give leadership and direction in all the disciplines in the business.  This in itself is a mere impossible feat. To top it all, the business environment is rapidly changing all the time and to keep up is not that easy. Often a new buzzword, or technique is heard, sounds interesting and we often wonder “how can I use it in my business?” Does it have merit, has this been applied in a business like my own? What were the results? Do my competitors know about it? Are anyone of them doing it? Do I need to know about it? Yet, to go and find the time to go and study this new concept or just find out more about it, just eludes us. We just don’t have enough time!  This blog will attempt to address this with short articles on some of these concepts.

To this cause, I want to invite anyone with such questions, ideas etc to respond and we will post these to all readers to join in and give their comments, experience and knowledge to the betterment of our business community.

Looking forward to hear from you all!