Don’t Keep Your Business Story Secret
The end of the financial year is not just about making sure your taxes are in order; it’s also a good time to review the story you are telling your customers. We all start the New Year full of... read more
Financial New Year Planning – Budgeting for Leadership so You Can Bank on Results
With the end of the financial year around the corner, one’s mind naturally turns to updating strategies or business plans, budgets and forecasts, and end-of-financial-year planning in the run up to the following year’s success. A fair bit goes... read more
Planning is Guessing So Let’s Do Some Guessing for the New Financial Year
When was the last time you looked at your business plan? Do you even have one? How much benefit do you think are you getting from having that nice-looking business plan? Not much? And yet they say that every... read more
Want Sales Success? Have a Plan
Every sales person sets (and very often exceeds) big, hearty sales targets. The very act of setting goals helps to set your intention and starts you on the right track. Get cracking with these sales success planning... read more
Increasing productivity for the end of financial year
For many businesses, June is often a time that focuses largely on the tasks necessary for the EOFY, sometimes to the detriment of the bigger picture. But it doesn’t need to be that way. So where do we begin?... read more
3 Really Important (Yet Often Overlooked) Things to Do at EOFY
Now is as good a time as any to undertake these important “good business housekeeping” activities. Change your passwords. Create new passwords on critical or sensitive applications/accounts/systems. Passwords provide the first line of defence against unauthorised access to your... read more
What’s New from the Government at End of Financial Year?
With the end of financial year looming, we thought it is timely to remind you of the recent changes for small business announced in this year’s Federal Budget. Accelerated depreciation All small businesses are now eligible for an immediate... read more
Make your 30 June Exciting and Less Stressful
Hooray, it’s the end of the financial year! Not as excited as me? Well, here are my thoughts on how to make 30 June less stressful: 1. Get a bookkeeper. A good bookkeeper is an invaluable business tool. You... read more
Relive “A Christmas Carol” for a Successful 2015-2016 Financial Year
We have all seen “A Christmas Carol.” And if you have not, I strongly recommend watching it; but this time, view it as the lead driver for your business future success rather than the feel-good Christmas movie. Often in business,... read more
Looking Back to Move Forward: Why Reflection in Business is Essential to Success
There is a saying that an arrow can only be shot forward by pulling it backwards. Likewise, your business can only propel forward if you take the time to pull back and look at the year past. We are... read more
Relive “A Christmas Carol” for a Successful 2015-2016 Financial Year
We have all seen “A Christmas Carol.” And if you have not, I strongly recommend watching it; but this time, view it as the lead driver for your business future success rather than the feel-good Christmas movie. Often in business,... read more
Being flexible in business has never mattered more
In small business, flexibility is a key, contributing factor to making your business work. Flexibility allows you to shift focus to meet market demands. Whether flexibility means changing your business model, your pricing structure, your staffing policies or your... read more