Personal branding is not unlike corporate branding. Just like corporate brands succeed or fail based on how consumers perceive, think, and feel about them, so your personal brand on the job is based on how others perceive, think, and... read more
After many days of thinking; chewing it over; working it out with my hubby and kids; analysing the family’s favourites and their suggestions and views; reviewing my shelves (being a bit food-centric I determined to get past a few... 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
The Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN), a community of 20,000 women in business across Australia, has today released the latest results to a pre-election poll it conducted with members to identify key issues they would like the next government to... read more
The Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN), a community of 20,000 women in business across Australia, has today released the latest results to a pre-election poll it conducted with members to identify key issues they would like the next government to... read more
Thank you to those who participated in the Australian Businesswomen’s Network pre-election poll. We have analysed the results and written to all major political parties so that we can hear how they respond to issues that are important to... read more
It’s a new financial year. The first buds of spring are with us, so I’m ready to wake from winter’s coma and leap into the warm, new season. And what better way to start than to re-evaluate my thinking,... read more
Many of us have found ourselves in situations where we have had staff in our teams who, despite how much we like them as people, probably don’t make our business look good. You know who they are; they are... 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
Remember, every ingredient to creating a compelling connection with a prospect has just one purpose – to have them take the next step. Whether that step is to supply your organisation with ongoing referrals, add them to the database... 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
