Every entrepreneur feels the tension between what the business needs today and the vision they are trying to build for tomorrow. Business coach Alan Wick explores this push and pull honestly, and how to stop the present constantly consuming the future you are trying to create.

In his work as a business coach, Alan Wick has seen many founders trapped in patterns of drama that exhaust them and hold their businesses back. This post follows a real-life story of a founder who shifted from victim to empowered leader, and the difference that one mindset change made to their entire team.

Selling a business is one of the most significant events in an entrepreneur's life. It is not just a transaction but an emotional and strategic journey that requires careful preparation. Business coach Alan Wick draws on his own experience to share what the exit process really involves, and what founders need to think about long before they get to the negotiating table.

Alan Wick is often asked what love has to do with running a business. This post is his answer. It explores why building a business with love at its core is not soft or sentimental, but one of the most practical and commercially sound decisions a founder can make.

The OODA Loop, Observe, Orient, Decide, Act, is a decision-making framework originally developed for military strategy but powerfully applicable to business. Business coach Alan Wick explores why so many entrepreneurs get stuck in the loop, and what to do when your decision-making feels slow, reactive or disconnected from reality.

Made a pig's ear of a customer interaction? How to recover and build stronger loyalty than getting it right first time. From business coach Alan Wick.

Client acquisition fills many business owners with dread, but it does not have to. Business coach Alan Wick breaks down what actually works when it comes to winning more clients, and why the most effective approach has less to do with sales technique and more to do with how deeply you understand who you are trying to serve.

Scaling a business successfully requires more than ambition. Business coach Alan Wick identifies seven key areas every founder must address to grow sustainably, from building the right capability and culture through to deciding whether you are still the right person to be running the business you have built.

This Is It is Alan Wick's manifesto for business. It is a direct, personal statement of his perspective, his passion and his purpose as a business coach. If you want to understand what Alan stands for and why he does what he does, this is the place to start.

Business coach Alan Wick on the stroke that changed everything, and what every founder should learn before they're forced to. A personal story.

Pricing and charging sound the same. They're not. Business coach Alan Wick on the difference, and why getting it wrong costs you margin.

Let’s hear it for the Quadruple Bottom Line! Explore implementing the QBL concept in your business.

Businesses are increasingly held accountable for more than just financial returns, but what exactly is the Quadruple Bottom Line (QBL)?

My question to you is: looking from the outside in, does your company’s Positioning strategy suit your agenda or your customers’ agenda?

Selling a business is a rare event in most founders’ business journey. One that can be daunting, emotional, and fraught with risk.

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