John Hutchinson

Alexander Construction was founded in 1949 by two Hawke’s Bay brothers, Ralph and Cedric Alexander. For 70 years the company has played a major role in shaping the commercial and residential building industry in Hawke's Bay. 

During March and April we’ve been looking at how good Governance, Management & Structure contributes to business success.

Through the PlanA Consulting Linkedin and Youtube channels we've covered many aspects of governance, management and business structure with insightful videos, informative industry articles, and a great case study profiling one of our successful clients, Nutrisearch.

Nutrisearch is a natural health business supporting professional integrative practitioners with clinically effective solutions to enable better patient outcomes.

In August & September I will be holding a business Roadmap Review aimed at the small to medium business owner We all know the benefits of taking time to review our business – but when did you last do it? 

Business can be hard at times, especially if you are in that SME space.
I get it, I’ve being self employed for close to 20 years (crikey where has that gone!). In that time I’ve had businesses that have gone from no staff (just me) to 40 odd staff with a senior leadership structure in place.

For the month of May I set myself a goal of doing a vlog every day. There was no reason or structure behind each for the vlogs, just what came to mind each day – also for me the discipline to record & edit on a daily basis. No pre recording, just a case of do it!

In earlier posts I’ve talked about managing time. In reality you can’t manage time, only manage what you do!

All too often we feel stretched & don’t have enough time in the day to get things done. Sound familiar? Here is a simple tip that I’ve used for years. Create a Power Hour & you’ll be amazed at what you can achieve. It’s all about setting time aside to be project focused, remove distractions & just do stuff!