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Let’s Talk: Degree or experience? Deciding what to look for when hiring newcomers
How do you balance formal qualifications, experience and personal attributes, in order to choose the best candidate for a job?
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Let’s Talk: Toxic employees – how to deal with troublesome staff
Our experts weigh in on how to manage and lead employees whose behaviour is damaging your team’s cohesion.
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Let’s Talk: How to plan for an uncertain financial year
Let’s Talk: Tips from our panel of experts on how to best plan for an uncertain year ahead.
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Let’s Talk – If you can’t beat them: Can partnering up with rivals help business?
Are there benefits to holding back a business rivalry in favour of a partnership? Perhaps a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’ angle could play a strong hand in boosting your business growth?
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Let’s Talk: Gifts for staff and clients – is it worth it?
Should you give staff members gifts? How about clients and colleagues? Is there value in gifting a little something, to show someone they mean something to you and your organisation?
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Let’s Talk – Time is money: how & where should business owners spend their time?
Focus too much on one area and another can be neglected. Focus too much on the process or the product and you risk neglecting a customer or business partner. So, how and where can your time be well spent? Let’s Talk…
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Let’s Talk: Making the hard business choices – admitting & cracking down on what doesn’t work
It can be a challenge to admit when something isn’t working, particularly when it’s something that we’ve put our blood, sweat and tears into.
Leadership
Let’s Talk: “They posted what?!” Should businesses keep an eye on staff social media posts?
Seeing as public social media platforms are, well… public, does a company have the right to not only keep an eye on what an employee posts, but take action if it’s something they deem offensive or highly disagreeable?
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Let’s Talk: Outsourcing overseas for your business
Oracle Netsuite General Manager ANZ Jason Toshak and beshore Co-Founder and Technical Director Andrew Cornale give us their two cents…
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Let’s Talk: Bringing in investors – How much to give vs. how much to take?
Investors can bring in much-needed funds and expertise; if you’re not careful, they can also take control of more than you bargained for.
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Let’s Talk: Going viral – what social media tactics can bring your business attention?
Trying to pick what social media platform is right for your business is one thing, but once you’re there, what kind of activity can get your business the attention it needs?
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Let’s Talk: The end of JobKeeper and what it could mean for your business
With JobKeeper reaching its end, Let’s Talk about what this big change could mean for businesses around Australia…
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Let’s Talk: How can you drive motivation and teamwork among staff?
How do you keep staff motivated and ensure you have a thriving workplace? We talk to various business leaders and find out…
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Let’s Talk: When is the right time for your business to grow? Balancing risk & opportunity
There’s always risk when it comes to pushing your business to the next level. When, how and why should you take the leap? Let’s talk…
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Let’s Talk: Build value and avoid competing on price
Judging how to price your service or product can be challenging, particularly in areas where rivals are pushing competitive prices. So, how do you keep your business out of a pricing competition? Let’s talk…
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Let’s Talk: International Women’s Day Edition – Strategies to become a successful female entrepreneur
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we gathered a number of women in business to discuss strategies for successful female entrepreneurship…
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Let’s Talk: Automation – To be or not to be for your business?
Automation, what is it good for? Is automation a good idea for all businesses? What limitations are there? Let’s talk..
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Let’s Talk: The office vs. working from home?
Working from home is now a viable option for many businesses. So, this far into the pandemic, what do we think? Work office vs. Home? Let’s talk…
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Let’s Talk: Cost cutting in business and what you can do to save
Running a business is a challenge at the best of times, but throw in a pandemic and the associated economic woes – and cost cutting has never been more important.
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Let’s Talk: Top tips for consistent sales
Increasing the sales of your business is more important now than ever. As Australia declines into the coronacession, businesses are being forced to adapt and pivot their sales strategies to ensure they maximise revenue. Take a look at this week’s Let’s Talk, where industry leaders share their top tips to increase sales. Kylie Gleeson-Long, Managing […]
