WHAT’S DRIVING YOUR BUSINESS? It’s absolutely necessary to ensure that the forces driving your business are the ‘right’ forces. So it’s necessary to step back and objectively analyse what’s at play. Some forces should NOT be allowed to drive a business…
Following the article “Deadly Sins of Owners” we now turn to the deadly sins of managers. Trying to be like the owner(s). Emulating successful people is a good trait to have … but copying owners is an impure approach to professional…
CATEGORIES: People and Performance, Organisational Success We posted an article previously titled “Why Businesses Fail … It’s The Owner(s)!”. This article lists some deadly sins owners of private businesses make too often, to their own and business detriment. Every rule may…
CATEGORY: Organisational Success, People and Performance Trust is “being able to have a confident expectation of something”. Trust is at the core of success, giving people the ability to rely on others, what they say and what they are likely…
CATEGORY: Organisational Success There are many components to becoming a quality organisation. This article covers some of them. What’s the Purpose of the organisation? Why does the organisation fundamentally exist? An insurance company exists to cover the risks of the community; the…
CATEGORY: Financial Management, Organisational Success, People & Performance, Planning, Sales & Marketing With broad and rapid change affecting industries and business more than ever before, one crucial aspect to be aware of is the changing roles in business. Some roles…
With all the current hype of software companies promoting that a business owner can do their own bookkeeping or that accountants can do a business owner’s bookkeeping, engaging a well-qualified bookkeeper may seem like an unnecessary expense, but is that…
GST on low value imported goods will apply to sales from the 1st July 2018. This will only be relevant to those businesses that provide goods valued at $1,000AUD or lower. The items that are relevant include: Clothing Cosmetics Books…
Category: Coaching, People & performance Sound career management is paramount to professional success. This article provides ways to do so. People are changing careers, jobs and job roles a lot more often today. Sometimes these changes are being chosen but…