THERE’S AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT NO -ONE’S TALKING ABOUT The average man now lives until age 78 and women live an average 83 years*. About half of all Australians aged over 30 can, at some time, expect... read more
In yesterday’s world, “green” goods, services and marketing initiatives were hot. Businesses were tacking these on to their core business strategies simply to appeal to the new, environmentally aware consumer sector. Today, smart businesses with long term growth perspectives... read more
We ask and answer questions all day, every day. “How are you?” “How was your weekend?” “How’s business going?” Most of these questions call for superficial, polite answers – “Well thanks”; “Great, how was yours?” and my favourite “Really... read more
How do you keep track of your projects and tasks? How do you get to the end of your day and make sure that you have accomplished your goals for the day? How do you make sure you haven’t... read more
By Laura Thomas, Intern for the Australian Businesswomen’s Network If you would have asked me a year ago where I would be during my summer break 2010 (Northern Hemisphere summer is June – September), there’s absolutely no way I... read more
As service professionals most of us are tracking our time whether that is for the purpose of charging clients per billable hour or measuring our time spent on projects for which a client is paying. How can we... read more
I am often asked why business owners have a business plan. Why spend time planning rather than ‘just getting on with the business?’ My answer is simple … “So you know where you’re going, and you know how you’re... read more
Small business owners tend to be passionate. With our businesses forming such a significant part of our lives, it wasn’t surprising that passion was a recurring theme at July’s National Small Business Summit held in Brisbane. Opened by the... read more
Annie Crawford is the founder of Can Too, a charity organisation that trains non-athletes to compete in endurance events while raising millions of dollars for Cancer research Can Too supports people to breakthrough fears and limiting beliefs by taking... read more
Are you highly motivated, caring and curious? If so, you are part of a special breed of success-oriented small business owners, according to Mark D Wolf, director of the New York based Guardian Life Small Business Research Institute. And... read more
Where do you go for holidays when you already live in one of the world’s most divine locations? Recently in Tuscany on the first leg of a dreamy overseas trip, I couldn’t help but ask this question. How could... read more
Small business owners are suckers for punishment … at least that’s what I’ve decided after reading a few statistics on the ABS website. Did you know that almost half of us work at least an extra day a week... read more
