One of the most common things I see in coaching is an owner who works long hours but never gets to the work that would actually grow the business. The day fills up with other people’s urgent requests, and the important work slides into the evening or the weekend. The
The Eisenhower Matrix for Business Owners: How to Use It (With Examples) Read More »
As a business owner, you’re probably used to keeping the firmest possible grasp on every aspect of your organisation. Yet this is a problem – or several problems – when it’s time to grow. How can you expand without losing control of essential functions? Who do you trust to take
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There’s nothing more important to a growing business than the quality and timeliness of decision-making. Yet how do you know if you are making optimum decisions? Who is actually making them? How do you decide who decides? When you drill down into your business decision-making process, it may be murkier
Who is (or Should be) Making Key Decisions in Your Business? Read More »
There’s a vast gap between having a vision and making it real. Many businesses get trapped in this critical space, pursuing aimless ideas instead of identifying achievable outcomes, then making them happen. Here lies the beauty of Objectives and Key Results, or OKRs. They take the stress out of business
Why Medium-Sized Businesses Should Implement OKRs Read More »
It is bad to fail, yeah? Especially at work or in your business? Should we feel that failure is shameful, demonstrates you, your team or your organisation aren’t good enough? Well what if I told you that we can use failure to be much more successful than you have ever
What exactly is “failure” and how can we use it to succeed in Business? Read More »
By Charlie Winn, leadership coach at Orchard Coaching. Updated November 2026. Most of the business owners I work with aren’t short of leadership ideas. They’re short of time to sit with any of them and work out which one matters for their business right now. So the book gets bought,
The Best Leadership Books for Business Owners (2026 Picks) Read More »
The age old question: how to deliver the product or service that your customer needs or wants at the right time? I’ll respond by asking a further question: Is your team on the front lines empowered to make decisions? I mean the decisions that will genuinely meet the needs of
How can you embrace the constantly changing needs of your customers? Read More »
A leadership team doesn’t become high performing by putting your best people in a room once a week. It needs the right conditions in place first: who’s on the team, what it’s for, and how it works. Get those right and good teamwork becomes much more likely. Leave them unclear
How to Improve Leadership Team Performance: The 6 Team Conditions Read More »
Leaders almost always also lead a team, whether that is an Executive Leadership team, a Management team or or a team of workers. So what do you do if you absolutely know or have a good feeling that your team isn’t working together, they are pulling in different directions or
I know my team isn’t performing, what can I do? Read More »
Ever wondered why you keep hearing about coaching and what all the fuss is about? This article in Business News outlines what it is about Coaching that is driving the huge demand for Business, Executive, Team, Career or Life Coaches. Firstly the article defines what is a professional coach: “an
Article: What is driving the Coaching Boom? Read More »
To quote Chanel Cumberbatch “A coach is like a partner, while a consultant is more like an advisor.” This is something to keep in mind when you’re deciding where you should start your search for someone to help and guide you to make your business exceptional. When you are doing
Business Coach Vs Consultant? Which is for you? Read More »
Do you agree that your employee’s are your business’ key asset? Your employees are also likely to be your largest cost base. So focusing on improving that asset in your business makes sense when you think of it that way. So how can you assist your key asset to meet
How can you improve the performance of your key business asset? Read More »
Your dominant leadership style is the way you naturally lead when you’re not thinking about it, especially under pressure. Most of us pick it up from the leaders we grew up around, like a parent or an early manager we looked up to. It’s not good or bad on its
What Is Your Dominant Leadership Style? (And What to Do If It’s Not Working) Read More »
“Life changing, completely life changing” – that is what I was thinking after finishing this book. It was recommended by my Executive Coach Jill Livesey My key take-aways were: To change habits we need to focus on our identity. If you identify as a non-smoker then you will be a
Book Review: “Atomic Habits” by James Clear Read More »
As a business or in life we grow and develop ourselves over time, sometimes quickly during a spurt or slower at other times. Do we know, without some guidance, how to improve ourselves or our business at the speed which is sustainable for ourselves, our clients and the planet? Also
Do you know what is your Business’ Potential? Read More »
It may come as no surprise that a business with 5 employees has to be led differently to a business with 350 employees. Not only is the complexity of the number of relationships vastly different but also the design of the business has a lot more clients plus usually a
Has your business’ leadership changed as your business grows? Read More »
This is the book that kicked me off on my next phase of learning. It is inspirational to people like me who had spent a lot of time in traditional universities or large corporations. This was an awakening, thankfully 7 years ago which has lead me to where I am
Book Review: ‘The Lean Startup’ by Eric Ries Read More »
Orchard Coaching’s owner Charlie Winn has achieved his Coaching certification by IECL. Charlie has been coaching Agile teams, coaching Executives and business owners for over a number of years and already has his certification as an Agile Coach (SAFe SPC) and certification as a Rugby Coach (Rugby Australia Level 2)
Announcing IECL Coaching Certification – Orchard Coaching’s owner Charlie Winn Read More »
You don’t have an accountability problem. You have a system problem.
✓ Test whether you have the right people
✓ Know when someone is genuinely the wrong fit
✓ Get work off your desk and keep it off
✓ Give the feedback you’ve been avoiding
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