Welcome to the Owners' Network

My first 20-years of working life were within retail, starting as a Sales Assistant, and over the years progressing to Manager, onto HR Manager, and the final nine years of corporate life as a Field Manager. I worked for companies like Iceland, Morrisons, Texaco, and my final 5 years at Lloyds Pharmacy, with 28 Stores, a Team of 350 and turnover of £35 million.

After 18 years, I, along with my colleagues, were all working up to 80 hours a week!  Out of desperation, I completely changed the way I worked, and within a month got my hours down to about 40, and went on to have the two most successful years of my 20-year career.

Since leaping off the corporate cliff in 2010 and setting up TimeSmart, I have since been helping Business Owners, Managers and Teams do exactly what I did, to simply achieve more by doing less, and in less Time!

Hiring your first marketer is daunting, especially if you’re not sure how to measure their effectiveness. The alternatives are expensive agencies or generic AI-made content which won’t set you apart from the competition. Learn how to run a positive, results-driven relationship with your first marketing hires, even if you know nothing about marketing yourself. You’ll get a step-by-step playbook for building a successful marketing function that drives growth. This will give you the confidence to pursue ambitious marketing goals – whether you already have a marketing team or you’re planning to make your first hire.

Key takeaways:
– How to decide when to make your first marketing hire
– What responsibilities to give them
– Equipping them with the tools and expectations they need to succeed
– Aligning their activity to your commercial priorities
– Tying it all together to pursue lean, customer-led growth

With over a decade of experience consulting global B2B tech businesses on brand and content strategy, Stuart has a proven track record of driving growth. Following the creation of an award-winning herbal tea business, Stuart has also coached and mentored over 300 start-ups to develop successful marketing launch plans.

In Steve’s keynote, he’ll explain the number one tool that all high achievers use to succeed the GOLD in their life. Steve will also encourage everyone in the room to consider who is in their ‘Golden Gang’ but more importantly who do they want in their ‘Golden Gang’ going forward.

Steve is an award-winning, professional speaker, author and transformational coach. From a near fatal accident, his inspiring journey led him through an arduous rehabilitation, ultimately propelling him to become Twice World Champion in the challenging realm of Paratriathlon.

Steve also volunteers his time to the scout Association as a leader and county president. He is a father of two and owner of a cute but cheeky cat and keeps himself fit with swimming, cycling and running.