Category Business Tips

Why Businesses Fail

Category: Organisational Success Sadly, many businesses either fail, don’t reach the levels the owners would like or don’t reach their potential. There is one fundamental reason that causes poor performance for privately owned and operated businesses … the owners! So many…

Teamwork Barriers and Remedies

CATEGORIES: Coaching, Leadership, People and Performance Everyone who runs a business wants their people to engage in high-level teamwork.  The problem is quite a few people don’t always have the same desire or may not have the skills to carry…

Management Styles

Coaching, Leadership, Organisational Success, People and Performance Here are the differences between them: Basement Manager:  This person manages for ‘today’.  They are good at organizing tasks and people, and at reacting to problems that occur.  They are predominantly reactive though…

Ask Key Questions

Organisational Success One of the greatest missed opportunities in business and in professional life is not asking key questions we don’t know the answers to or not re-asking the questions we don’t know the answers to …. have a look…

Agreed Expectations

Organisational Success, People and Performance Problem Causes Too many problems that arise for businesses are caused by a lack of agreed expectations.  Disgruntled employees, difficult suppliers, unhappy customers, disconnected advisers, ineffective alliances, etc. are often the result of this.  Too…

Recruit The Right People

How To Recruit The Right People Category: Organisational Success, People and Performance Is there anything sillier or less effective in business than to recruit people via an advertisement, two selection interviews, three referee checks and maybe a psych test/profile ……

Emotional Intelligence

In the dynamic landscape of modern business, technical skills and expertise are undoubtedly essential for success. However, there’s another crucial factor that often determines an individual’s effectiveness as a leader, collaborator, and decision-maker: emotional intelligence (EI). Emotional intelligence, often abbreviated…

Micromanagement is bullying

The Fair Work Commission recently ruled that a manager’s micromanaging behaviour of employees amounted to bullying and that such behaviour was a valid reason for terminating the manager’s employment. Background Mr Carroll was employed by Karingal in December 2013 as an…

Price Capability

Every business needs a strong ability to deal with the price question from the market. The steps below can be followed to check and improve this ability for your business: Set up a measurement that will tell you, over time,…