It’s hard to get away from the concept of entrepreneurship this days. What was once written off by many as a niche, high-risk pursuit best avoided in favour of a nice, stable 9-to-5 existence, is now held up as an option for all to aim for. This is largely a good thing of course, there’s…
Read More3 Great Reasons To Make Your Next Meeting A Mobile One
Management and workplace fads come and go with every passing year but some truths remain eternal. No matter how comfy it may be to spend most of your day sitting, most people instinctively sense that too much time spent hunched over a desk simply can’t be that that good for you. Societal health problems such…
Read MoreHow To Break Free From Admin Tasks As A Small Business Owner
There are two types of people in this world: those whose hearts skip a beat at the thought of diving into a nice juicy pile of admin work and those who don’t. As a small business owner, there’s an excellent chance you’re firmly in the latter camp, but still forced to confront mountains of administrative…
Read MoreReasons Why Your Best Employees Leave
There is virtually nothing more important in business than hiring. Getting the right team in place will make or break a company of any size. Hiring is step one in building a great company but once the right people are in place, the subject of employee retention starts to assume equally critical importance. There are…
Read MoreFive Habits To Cultivate For Meaningful Long Term Success
In these days of omnipresent social media and dwindling online privacy, there is a growing, insidious pressure on us all to present a particular picture of success to the world on a daily basis. Even the briefest of visits to Facebook seems to show everyone you’ve ever met continually killing it – shiny white teeth,…
Read MoreWhy Business Stagnation Means Death For Small Businesses
Even a quick skim through the financial pages of any newspaper, or tuning into a financial channel, will show an almost fanatical focus on one aspect of business in particular – growth. Time and again, you’ll hear variations on the theme that if a business isn’t growing, it’s effectively dying. This can be a confusing…
Read More7 Secrets Of Business Success
If there’s one constant over the course of a business life, it’s that you have to remain continually open to new learning. Once you’ve hit a certain level in your career, it’s all too easy to keep relying on the same tried and true tactics and strategies which have fuelled your rise to date. This…
Read MoreThe Secret Of Small Business Success: Relationships
As anyone who’s ever had to do it can confirm, running a small business is no simple task. In many ways, you’re tasked with solving a very similar set of problems to that of a larger enterprise – just with less resources and personnel! Larger firms can afford to handle many operations themselves. They have…
Read MoreA Baker’s Dozen Best Habits On How To Build Rapport
Think of the most likeable person you know. What do you think it is that makes them so amenable to others, so easy to get along with? What’s the first thing that comes to mind? It can be a tricky question. We’re much more likely to be able to recognise and respond to likeability than…
Read More10 Things Great Bosses Provide Their Employees With
All bosses need to possess a similar set of core skills. Attention to detail, grace under fire, a keen eye for the bottom line, process-oriented and results driven – these are all qualities that even a mediocre manager could reasonably be expected to demonstrate every day. What sets the great bosses apart though is what…
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