Leadership Advice

There are many ways an employer can source the right hire, but there are some simple strategies to make this process easier and increase the chances of finding the right fit.

From Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great and Ghandi to Henry Ford, Richard Branson, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Oprah Winfrey; qualities of leaders have inspired us to pursue our dreams and achieve greatness.

Since when does working hard solely mean one should be cooped up in their office, chained to that desk and computer, focused like crazy on the business at hand?

The biggest and potentially most damaging things business owners fail to do is understand their target market and understand them intimately.

You’ve put in the hours, you’ve watched your business grow and thrive. Now you’re ready to reap the well-earned rewards. But is your business ready?

We’re going to start this piece off with a rather uncomfortable truth: sooner or later, you’re going to fail. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do.

While it’s true that the hard work we’ve put in to get our business off the ground warrants monetary appreciation, it’s important to find that limit of self-pay that stops you from eating into the business itself.

We see systems, structures and tools but not the culture developed by leaders in the organization. Here is what you must do to develop the culture you need…

Raising fire awareness is an awareness that benefits everyone – a life skill, that can be implemented at any time regardless of whether you’re at work or not.

Those tedious nine-to-five working hours, brick-like office equipment and endless piles of paper are now confined to the archives of history.

You’ve probably heard that your employees are the key to your business success. In actual fact, success depends on your ability to lead and motivate your team as much as it depends on their capabilities.

On a daily basis, an average worker will spend more time with their workmates than with their family. In order to keep a workforce running effectively, and keep the morale high, it’s vital that every worker gets along with, appreciates and respects the people they are in a team with. This is where team-building comes […]

The secret to success may be simpler than you think. Sleep well, eat healthy, learn to be an effective time manager and stay engaged.

Supermarket giant Coles has agreed to fork-out more than $200,000 in back-pay for ten trolley collectors, conceding its employment practices were vulnerable to exploitation and underpayment.

Communication amongst colleagues is said to be the biggest issue with anytime-anywhere work, according to a new study released.

Does Australia need a small business party? One man believes the answer to this question is yes and he is aiming to secure a presence in the Senate at the 2016 election. John Codrington is the National President of the Small Business Party of Australia Inc. (SBPA), a non-profit association that does not yet have […]

Despite people from Asian backgrounds being well represented in entry level and mid-level jobs – new stats show the staggering under-representation of Asians in leadership roles in Australian businesses.

In my 21 years of presenting, facilitating and observing many other speakers, I’ve learnt some very powerful distinctions about what works and what doesn’t when it comes to speaking to any audience.

You don’t want the last question you ask a valued team member to be “Why are you leaving?”

It’s almost a rite of passage, that every generation laments the demise and failings of the next.