Firstly I try not to target my Blogs, but this one is coming from a very personal experience. This week alone, I've got a friend who runs his own Mid size Bricklaying business, 54 and has had a stroke. A funeral for someone I worked with, aged 52, who died of a spontaneous heart attack. And another friend who is blogging about his MS flare-ups and progressive decline. A friend is remembering her Dad, who passed from a Stroke at 51 and never got to meet her 2 boys. Whilst Easter seems to be a...

This blog hits a bit different, It comes after I have finally learnt that there is 1 word that defines when the workload is just wrong, and HR covers over that bullshite. In many organisations, there is a strong belief that success lies in structure—policies, procedures, and standard operating frameworks designed to guide behaviour and ensure consistency. On paper, this makes perfect sense. Clear rules should create clarity, reduce risk, and improve efficiency. But in practice, something...

Running a small or medium‑sized business is often portrayed as liberating, entrepreneurial, and even glamorous. But anyone who has ever sat in the director’s chair knows the truth: it’s a pressure cooker with no off switch. You’re expected to be the strategist, the financial forecaster, the HR department, the motivator, the problem‑solver, the crisis‑manager, and—on a bad day—the unofficial therapist for your team. You’re pulled in every direction, juggling responsibilities that would...