Building Better Businesses - The Escape Plan
This week’s theme: slow down to move forward.
It’s been a big few weeks – hosting workshops, helping business owners prepare for the upcoming Christmas rush (so that they’re not stressed in December!), and carving out time to step back myself.
Sometimes, the smartest thing we can do isn’t another task – it’s to pause, zoom out, and make sure the next move actually matters.
Below you’ll find a few topics – hopefully one of them is exactly what you need right now:
🧭 Building Better Businesses – The Escape Plan
A full video of a workshop to help you finish the year with intent — swap “time management” for self-management, and design a real break without dropping the ball.
🪨 Big Rocks Day
No deadlines. No noise. How focusing on ‘quiet’ work can be what moves things forward.
💡 A Better Process
The one shift that changed how I begin with new prospective clients — bringing clarity, numbers, and confidence to that initial meeting.
And if you haven’t tried it yet, you’ll also find a link to my Bottleneck Scorecard — a 90-second quiz to see where things might be getting stuck.
Take care, plan well, and remember — sometimes the quiet work counts the most.
Cheers,
Jon Randles
Want To Try The Bottleneck Scorecard? Click here
Most business owners don’t realise they’ve become the bottleneck… until they’re overwhelmed, disconnected from their team, and quietly resenting the business they built.
Building Better Businesses – The Escape Plan
Get off the hamster wheel and finish the year with intent. In this session we map a clear 90-day focus, build an “escape plan” for a proper summer break, and swap “time management” for self-management using urgent/important prioritising, delegation, and simple habits (like 10-by-10 follow-ups). Capture your wins, learn from the challenges, and set boundaries so you can actually switch off—then come back swinging.
MRI: Most Respectful Interpretation
“Hands up – who here can read minds?” (No one raised their hand.)
Then I asked: “Okay… but who sometimes acts like they can?”
And that’s when the penny dropped…
So recently, I ran a team workshop on communication styles using DISC profiles.
The DISC workshop helps the group understand how they each behave and communicate… Read More
The Question That Sparked a Better Process
Recently at BNI Brilliance, the question was:
“What’s the one thing you’ve implemented that’s had the biggest impact?”
For me, it’s introducing my Business Optimiser tool into my first meeting with business owners who want more out of their business.
I used to start with a big-picture planning session: set the vision, clarify the short term goals, and then build a roadmap.
It’s a great session, and very powerful… but…it missed one crucial thing… Read More