Tag: Management

Don't look now but, I'm pretty sure that while you're reading this sentence you received some email. You did check, didn't you? No, I'm not...

There are a whole lot of businesses being started every single day across Australia. Most make it to revenue, many make good revenue, but...

Since 1999, Google has used a system to establish the objectives and key results (OKRs) for every individual and team within the company. The OKR...

Great results are achieved when talented people their invest energy in a focused manner and behave in ways that enable success, plain and simple. As...

Here’s something you’ve probably been suspecting for years that is not proven to be the case: The boss has a huge effect on whether that...

How often at work do you hear, "that won't be easy", "that won't be simple", "this will be really complicated and hard", "not sure...

When it comes to training staff, many businesses approach the process in a way similar to older, amateur sportsmen, when in fact they should...

In the words of Heidi Klum – in fashion one day you’re in and the next you’re out ... The same apply for businesses. One...

Are you an employee? Well, we are about to snitch you to your boss. A major survey recently released by the Australian Institute of...

Think of your organisation as a dress shop. Now, why are you in business? Are you out there to sell clothes? Run a supply chain?...

So you run that exit interview when a valued employee walks out the door. But then what? It is a question many bosses find hard...

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It’s easy to forget what the most important thing in your business is. And, it turns out that we can learn a lot from modern history about how to run a business at this exact moment in time.

Are you finding business tough? Is the struggle to get ahead becoming an uphill climb? Want to achieve more but have no idea where to start? Well, I have just what you need. Playing a bigger game in business is easier than you think. Put these five tips in your arsenal and you won’t miss a single target.

The move to a new role is a challenge for anyone, including your team, and there is often the temptation to continue doing the work you used to do as well as take on the new role. As much as you feel you want to follow what your boss is expecting from you it is your skill in managing yourself, as well as both up and down here that will set you free.

The weeks leading up to Christmas may be demanding for shoppers, but they’re even more so for business owners and their staff. Now is the perfect time to plan for this busy period to increase the likelihood of a successful and happy selling season.

Technical skills are essential to a job, be it IT-related or elsewhere. But, simply knowing how to perform a techie function is no longer the endgame for personal development in the modern world of business. The most effective people are the ones practicing sound management and excellent communication bolstered not only by experience, but by training as well.

This may sound like a broken record, but if you do not have a clear business plan, you are already setting yourself up for failure. A business plan could be just a couple pages long that describes what you would like to do and how you would want to do it. The important thing is that it will show how much you are willing to spend and how much profit you are planning to make and how long you plan on surviving before you break even. A business plan is like a road map not a prediction of the future.

54% of Australian workers admit to falsifying sick days in the last 12 months. 73% of those admit they do not feel guilty. Whilst 82% of employees who take sickie days say they will do it again. I bet many of you will be summoned to explain yourselves when your bosses read this.

With the prevalence of digital media and online sharing, an Australian company, Veridocx, has launched a cost effective way for people to protect their intellectual property and digital files.