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Staff retention is not an exact science and different employees will respond to different incentives. But losing good staff is sometimes a reality and that’s where succession planning is key.

Australian organisations are suffering from significant gaps in workforce skills, an Australian Institute of Management VT survey has found, due largely to high levels of employee stress.

Designing a powerful sales meeting is not an easy task, but it is one of the most important aspects of building and maintaining a high-velocity sales organisation. The objective of all sales meetings should be to increase sales—period. That’s why we call them sales meetings. Entertaining the participants and having them leave full of enthusiasm is a good thing, but it should never overshadow the need to produce sales.

Is it possible to model the success of one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time? How is it that one man can succeed with 300 companies while most fail to do so with one?

Data breaches are becoming a major concern for businesses, with a recent survey by Check Point Technologies and Ponemon Institute finding 77 percent of organisations have experienced data loss in the last 12 months.

Over 145,000 businesses experienced a risk downgrade in the March quarter, according to Dun & Bradstreet, as rising payment terms and bleak expectations for sales and profits put pressure on cash flow.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has expanded its entrepreneur program and introduced better technology solutions to help small and medium businesses grow, improve employee productivity and protect assets.

Median superannuation fund growth retreated 0.2 percent due to faltering share markets in May this year, but the news isn’t all bad with the return to date for the financial year reaching 10 percent.

Business owners will face an added end of financial year compliance burden when the Federal Flood Levy is installed on 1 July, according to leading accounting software provider MYOB.

Servcorp is offering a 50 percent discount on its Virtual Office package to travellers affected by the disruption of flights in and out of various Australian cities, caused by the volcanic ash cloud.