Wine fuelled articles on business, leadership and building brands.

Do you hate salespeople? There's a reason for that. And, there's also a reason you might not be gaining as many customers as you could. The secret lies in finding out how to create value-based relationships.

On those days (or weeks) when you feel your leadership mojo is slipping away, there are plenty of things you can do to recharge and get your groove back. Here are some you can do right now.

As business owners, we often get wrapped up in the operations of our company. How to make things more efficient, how to keep costs down, how to get and keep better customers, how to make more of that enticing moula. In many cases, the outcome of those efforts will be because of the staff you have.

Somewhere along the way you've been given bad advice about what to do with your marketing budget, and not only that, you were not clearly informed what the difference was between branding and marketing.

Core values. Some call them bullshit. But around here we hire, fire, live and work by them, and we believe there is huge benefit in having core values. Here's how to create your own company core values, and some lessons we learned along the way.