The success of every business is underpinned by the strengths of its staff and by how well it can keep those staff happy, engaged and productive. Attracting good talent and keeping staff happy, motivated, challenged, engaged and productive is... read more
Big milestone – you have your first few permanent or casual employees and work is starting to get done. You’re no longer doing BD, programming, marketing, secretarial work, accounts and being the ‘chief bottle washer’ – phew! But hey…... read more
Do you have a way of setting and measuring employee goals? Is it working well for you and your business? Good investment in time? Increasing morale? Achieving business results? No, no, no? It is a rare person who enjoys... read more
As a solopreneur, you are juggling many balls – customers, marketing, finances, legal obligations, products and services. To be flexible to suit your customer’s needs, scale your business, and still do what you love; you will need help. This... read more
Stress is such a common part of running a business today, whether big or small. It affects business owners, managers, supervisors and individuals at all levels in the workplace. The good news is that there are ways of better-managing... read more
You may have recently heard about the 7-Eleven debacle where a store owner was fined more than $400k (the largest penalty to date) for systematically exploiting his workers. He paid his workers as little as only $13 per hour... read more
Recently, a client shared with me something that was happening with one of her valued team members that just seemed so unfair and my client was at a loss as to how she could help. Her employee had recently... read more
Confucius once said, “Find a job you love, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” A truer statement could never be said. Everyone has something they love doing, and getting rewarded for it is the best feeling... read more
Extract from my book, The CEO Secret Guide to Managing and Motivating Employees As a business leader, you have a tremendous amount of power: you hold in your hands your employees’ prosperity and wellbeing. We spend so much of our... read more
They say, and I believe, that “giving is better than receiving”. Today, I was able to do this. I was lucky enough to win a competition for a prize of flowers, thanks to #RubyConnection – the reason I won... read more
There is a war on and everyone is fighting to get the best talent – here’s how you can win. You might laugh or think I’m mad – but I’m talking about always hiring the best and brightest for... read more
Your business is going ‘gangbusters’ as you always knew it would do. You are working at a hundred miles an hour and things need to get done, but you can only be in so many places and do so... read more
