Managing
Most people are committed to their role and want to do a good job. They are neither lazy nor un-willing, but many are not working efficiently – they work hard but not always smart. Here are some ideas for how to work more efficiently, from one of the founding fathers of effective organisational management.
Understanding the human reaction to change is vitally important when undergoing a change management process. Often there is a focus on the actual project management of the change, but it does not fully consider the psychology of the individuals facing the change, or the differing speeds and intensity of their emotions.
For many SMBs, Christmas is the time to put the business and the marketing of the business on hiatus. But in reality, slowing down the natural momentum of the markets, simply because it’s the holiday season, is a very dangerous attitude.
Making the move from home office to renting space can be a difficult one, but it can provide more opportunities than just offering a formal place to work. Here’s a look at 6 of them.
Are you focused on financial reward only or are you truly striving (as hard as this may be) to be the best in your space? Here’s how one business owner is ensuring his team of directors and employees are constantly working to achieve this.
Any employee who has been working in a company for even a few weeks will form opinions about the competency and daily workplace behaviour of their manager – and this opinion will have a very significant impact on the level of engagement, motivation and commitment of that employee.
Being terminally busy seems to be an affliction of the modern age. Do you have days where you find yourself rushing around like a mad thing, yet at the end of it can’t think of one useful thing you have done? This could be a sign that you are too busy and not productive enough.
Organisations need strong performers, working smarter and more productively, with competent leadership who will engage and motivate them to meet growth goals. Here are some strategies to keep your high potentials engaged, and with you for a long time.
In difficult economic times having accurate factual information to make informed decisions is critical for the boards of Australia. Working with ‘gut’ based decisions is no longer an option.
Admit it, we all have those days when it’s a struggle to focus on the task at hand, and you feel like you spend all day trying to switch between tasks and end up achieving nothing. If you need a little help with keeping on track, these 3 tools are for you.
Are you one of the majority of small business owners who’d like more work/life balance? Wouldn’t we all? Read on for tips on how to use ‘the third space’ to get you there.
Goal setting is still important to help you get started, plan out your strategy and keep you on track. But, maybe once you have decided on your goals, it might be worth your while to take the focus off the end result, and concentrate on the task at hand.
The sooner you begin thinking about life after your business, the better prepared you will be for that day and the more likely it will happen on your terms. Here’s what you need to consider when putting yours together.
There are so many apps that can help your business run more smoothly and free up some time for you to focus on what you do best. Here are a couple of essential ones to invest in if you’re looking to lessen your accounting and bookkeeping burden.
There’s something so satisfying about putting pen to paper and writing a to-do list, but according to one productivity and time management expert, sometimes they should come with a warning.
Ethical procurement practices and choices surrounding sourcing and distribution activities can have a dramatic effect on a company’s reputation and sales revenue. Here’s some expert advice for how to manage yours more effectively, for the sake of your brand.
Being a manager often isn’t easy, nor is finding the time to spend quality time discussing your team’s past, present and future activities with them. Here are some ideas for how to plan and run an efficient work in progress (WIP) meeting.
Changing the way you think can help you to approach old problems in new ways and be more innovative and customer-centric than your competitors. ‘Design Thinking’ is a different way of thinking that draws on the creative and intuitive as well as the analytical and rational mind.
Small businesses are doing it tough. The difficulty is many are time poor, and when there aren’t enough hours in the day, focusing on sales and clients seems more important than “back office” finance and accounting functions. This can be a mistake however, as the savings made through savvy financial management can often offset falling revenues.
When you spend 40 hours a week (or more) doing work in a repetitive manner it can become problematic to health, especially the work involves a computer. Here are some basic steps that act as preventative measures against office-induced injuries.
