About Peter Thomson
Achieve More.
Earn More.
Live More.
More than 50 years of business experience, distilled into practical ideas for coaches, consultants and fellow professionals.
There's a considerable difference between knowing about business…
…and having actually built businesses, grown businesses, sold businesses and spent decades helping other people do the same.
I'm Peter Thomson.
Since starting in business in 1972, I've devoted much of my life to discovering, testing and sharing the ideas that help people achieve more from their businesses, and more from their lives.
Not theory for theory's sake.
Tried. Tested. And Proven Ideas.
Ideas you can take away, put to work and benefit from.
Because I've always believed something very simple:
When you create genuine value for other people, you deserve to be richly rewarded for it.
The turning point
From Business Owner to Business Teacher
I built three successful companies during my business career.
The last was sold to a public company for £4.2 million after only five years of trading, enabling me to retire from that business at the age of 42.
But retirement, I discovered, wasn't particularly interesting.
Sharing what I'd learned was.
So rather than simply enjoying what I'd achieved, I began asking a different question:
How could I help other people achieve more too?
That question has shaped much of my work ever since. Through books, audio programmes, videos, seminars, conference presentations, mentoring and training, I've spent decades turning experience into ideas that other business owners and professionals can use.
What actually helps
Turning Experience Into Something Useful
There's no shortage of information in the world. The problem is rarely a lack of information. It's knowing:
- What matters?
- What actually works?
- What should I do next?
And perhaps most importantly:
How do I turn what I know into something valuable and profitable for my clients.
That has become one of the central themes of my work. Especially for coaches and consultants.
You already have knowledge. You already have experience. You already have expertise. And over the years, you've developed something even more valuable: judgement.
My work is about helping you make more of it.
The body of work
A Lifetime of Creating and Sharing Ideas
But numbers are only interesting when they represent something useful. For me, they represent thousands of hours spent asking: how can this idea be made clearer? How can it be made more practical? How can somebody actually use it?
That's still the test I apply today.
Recognition
Recognition Along the Way
- Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Letters, 1999Awarded by the American InterContinental University in London, for work in communication skills and helping others succeed in life.
- Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017Presented by the Institute of Sales Management.
I'm delighted and grateful for both. But the achievement I value most is simpler: someone taking one of my ideas, using it and getting a better result because of it.
That's what the work is for.
The idea behind everything
The Profitable Business Coach!
One idea runs through virtually everything I teach. I call it, The Profitable Business Coach.
It's based on the belief that professionals shouldn't simply be paid for the hours they spend. They should be rewarded for the value they create.
- Your knowledge
- Your experience
- Your expertise
- Your judgement
- Your ideas
- Your influence
Your ability to make something better for another person. Those things have value.
The challenge is learning how to position, package, communicate and charge appropriately for that value.
Yes, I'd like to read the book
Three ideas behind everything I do
Achieve More. Earn More. Live More.
Achieve More
Not simply by working harder. By thinking differently, focusing on what matters and implementing ideas that create meaningful progress.
Earn More
Not by charging people more for the sake of it. By increasing the value you deliver, and becoming more confident about being properly rewarded for that value.
Live More
Because the purpose of building a successful business isn't simply to create another job for yourself. It's to create greater choice. More freedom. More experiences. More contribution. And more time for the people and things that matter.
That's a pretty good definition of success, isn't it?
And now, the next chapter…
Join The BBCCA: Your First Month Is FREE
Much of my work today is focused on the people I particularly enjoy working with: business coaches and consultants. Professionals who make their living from what they know and the difference they can make.
That's why I created The British Business Coaches and Consultants Academy, The BBCCA. It's a place for fellow coaches and consultants who want practical ideas, fresh thinking and ongoing support as they build better businesses and deliver greater value to their clients.
And rather than asking you to make some grand commitment, your first month is free. Come inside. Have a look around. Use the resources. Join us. And then decide whether you'd like to stay.
Yes, I'd like to experience being a memberYour first month is completely free. It's then £97 a month (+ VAT if applicable), and you can stay as long or as short as you like.
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