Mentoris writes: The right tools for the job

At the weekend I was up on my ladder cleaning out the guttering, the kind of job many of us will be doing during the lockdown. One of the downpipes was secured with four screws, three flatheads and one crosshead. After getting the first three out with the correct screwdriver, I proceeded to use the same screwdriver to leverage out the fourth screw. After a few minutes the words ‘the right tools for the job’ rang through my ears. I popped down the ladder, got the correct screwdriver, went back up and out came the screw.

I tell this story because part of my day job, as you might imagine, is mentoring business owners. I have clients from the optical profession, but also marketing agencies, roofing businesses, software businesses and engineering businesses. As well as mentoring them I help them to use the right tools for the job – the job of running their business.