What Do You Do It For?
You’re in business, why, you run events, why, your start new projects, why… In business you can have a range of reasons as to why you do things… To make a profit and get rich (yeah right…) to be my own...
View ArticleBusiness Failure 101…
It’s been a while since I looked at what makes a business fail but today I felt really inspired to explore the issue, some research gave me a few clues as to what I should focus on. I hate seeing...
View ArticleYour Business is Failing
Your business started out as a thrill ride, perhaps now it’s got the death rattles. You look in despair not really sure of what will happen next. Do you try to revive it or walk away… You have learned...
View ArticleJangled Nerves and Your Team
Your people mean everything to your business, your customers and profitability, of course you look after them (you know better than to treat them badly) but sometimes things slip. You have been...
View ArticleDid You ‘Value’ Your Business?
In the past set of nine articles I have outlined some ways to look at the values your business operates with. Now it’s up to you to take each and develop some guidelines around each for how you want...
View ArticleThe Stuck State Business
Stuck state business, a business where they are “stuck in the same state” this allows for little if any growth and comes from the idea called Homeo Stasis – Where things are held as they are – “Don’t...
View ArticleWanted!
A great business to work for… A great person to work in our business… I find it rather strange that businesses will say “You can’t get good people these days” and people will say “You can’t find a good...
View ArticleMeditation in Business
I recently saw some information on Mediation being used in schools. Where it’s been trialled they suggest the outcomes are very favourable, lower anxiety, less stress and calmer students. They go on to...
View ArticleUsing a Facebook Page for Business
Facebook pages for business are about conversations and sharing, so there are some things that need to be considered, avoided etc. Be SQUEAKY clean – No swearing, no denigrating anyone or anything be...
View ArticleDoes Your Business Kick?
Perhaps it doesn’t kick in the way you want it to. Perhaps it kicks you, hard, in ways that hurt. When what you really want is a business that kicks goals and provides enough interest so you want to...
View ArticleCultural fit, it’s what makes your business successful
You have a new idea for the business, you try it it doesn’t work… oops you try something else, oops. You start to get wary of trying new things (understandable). Others come up with ideas, you are...
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Helping a new recruit start right
Image courtesy of Ambro FreeDigitalPhotos.net You hired a new recruit, you want them to do well, simply because the process so far has cost you money and you don’t want the whole thing to mess up....
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Does Your Business Squeak?
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles from http://www.freedigitalphotos.net Recently a person I know was offered what looked like a great deal which involved some vouchers, and what seemed like an easy to...
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Beyond Values
Image courtesy of Stuart Miles www.freedigitalphotos.net Regular readers will know I love talking about values. It came to mind recently that I should provide some more depth on the subject. For the...
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Workplace bullying, stop doing it.
Image courtesy of David Castillo Dominici from freedigitalphotos.net I love it when I find a fabulous new resource. Flipping about on You Tube I found a bunch of workplace bullying videos, which led me...
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Assessing your Workplace for First Aid Compliance
There is an imminent need for assessing workplace safety among many establishments in Australia. Accidents are inevitable, and as such, a proactive approach is needed to minimise if not eradicate...
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How to be Emergency Ready in a Construction Workplace
One of the riskiest professions is that of a construction worker. With every thinkable hazard lurking from every corner and aspect of work, construction sites are considered as a health and safety...
View ArticleBullying in a Warehouse Environment and How to Deal With It
Bullies are, sadly, part of life. Some people derive a great deal of pleasure from making others feel bad. This can be done physically, emotionally and with social media. Unfortunately, many of these...
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Buy that business!
You have seen a business you want to buy… all good, you like what they do, you have the skills to do it, you want to know more, you get the financials and have a chat to the current owner. “Profits are...
View ArticleThey left, so what…
A current saying that is so true, “People leave because of the Manager, not because of the company”. Basically you can have a good company, but a bad department in that company can account for most of...
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