“Each time you double the size of a company, you break it…” My lessons on growing a startup too rapidly
It is not something that you would expect anyone to say about a startup – but sometimes you need to slow things down.
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How does your business feel? Here’s why we need to get in touch with our feelings to succeed in this new era of business
Like it or not, believe it or not, the new era of business is as much about feeling as it is about thinking. As much about trusting as it is about testing. As much about emotion, intuition and instinct as it is about listening, learning & leveraging.
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ANZ collaborates with start-up Employment Hero to help business customers manage their HR needs
Employment Hero Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Ben Thompson said: “By simplifying administrative processes we can help businesses be significantly more productive.
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13 tips every budding entrepreneur should keep in mind to build a successful start-up
Just about everybody has a good business idea so why don’t they always happen? It is the fear of failure that stops us from following through with our ideas.
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Engaged employees are key but how exactly do you measure employee engagement?
As businesses know very well, non-engagement leads to resignations, which leads to unnecessary cost and delays. When staff leave, a whole lot of talent and opportunity leaves with them.
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Are you recruiting for knowledge or potential? Here’s why it matters
Technology is disrupting business, changing traditional approaches. Finding employees that will help your business thrive amidst disruption also means being willing to take a fresh approach to how you hire.
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A new tech start-up is out to disrupt the $19 billion temp industry by cutting down costs and speeding up hiring
With Workfast, you would post your job at 7.05am, and then choose a suitable worker from those that are available and negotiate a price based on experience and ratings. Yes ratings – each temp is rated by previous employers, so you’ll have confidence in your decision.
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AU$56 billion – that’s how much ANZ businesses are losing to unnecessary admin
Kronos, the global leader in workforce management software launched its latest research paper, The $56billion Question which revealed the impact unnecessary administrative tasks has on Australian and New Zealand businesses.
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The tortoise and the rabbit: How to grow great leaders from within your business
Entrepreneurs always reach a stage where they have to bring in employees to help with the business. Here is how to nurture great leaders among them.
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12 challenges of hiring and keeping the right individuals and how to overcome them
In her new book, The VIP Principle, Michelle Pascoe talks about the 12 challenges of building a VIP team. She shared them with us along with solutions.
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Feedback vs feedforward: this is the most essential management skill you need to learn and apply in your business
“Here’s a list of all the things they need to do better.” As the owner of a fast growing start-up who was used to doing everything himself, my client was adjusting to the new reality of managing people. I took a quick look. It was a very long list. “Have you also got a list…
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Five things that should keep every business owner awake at night
A business’ most valuable asset, employees are the most difficult resource to replace. With 85 per cent of employees either actively looking for another job or open to speaking with a recruiter, business owners need to seriously thinking about how to engage employees. After all, employee engagement – not remuneration – is the key to…
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Get the best out of your employees… without having to bribe them with pizza!
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 a manager, your ability to develop and influence the capabilities of your team ultimately determines the level of performance they achieve. Now while there is no magic wand to make…
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Your boss must NOT read this or, you will have a lot of explaining to do!
Are you an employee? Well, we are about to snitch you to your boss. A major survey recently released by the Australian Institute of Management VT reveals that Australian executives are losing the respect and confidence of the people they lead. Yes, we have spilled your beans… or, something. More than one third (38 percent)…
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Should you take it personally when staff leave? Are exit interviews a chore or a charade?
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 to answer. That is because emotions run high with many taking an exit as a personal betrayal. So, the managers swiftly proceed into denial mode, dismissing what an exiting employee…
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Collabradabra – The magic of collaborating with staff
Yes, it’s true, it only takes one budding entrepreneur with a brilliant idea to start a business, but from that point on, it takes a collaboration of staff to turn that business into a success. The only thing more powerful than champion employees, are champion employees that know how to collaborate and work together.
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Stay Interviews vs Exit Interviews
Exist interviews can rapidly devolve into something similar to a post-breakup inquisition. The disillusioned employee provides an autopsy of their disillusionment before a chastened ex-manager. Why not conduct ‘stay interviews’ to gauge and, if necessary, mend the attitudes of still-engaged employees?
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