#Business Challenges
The Darwinian approach to business survival
“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change.” This insight, attributed to Charles Darwin, could easily be the most important business management mantra for the decade – here’s why.
The consultant who couldn’t speak for a year
Loren Downing has faced more as a small business owner than most. After discovering tumours in her lungs and on her voicebox, the consultant couldn’t speak for a year. Despite this inauspicious start, Downing has created a successful consultancy for small business.
Against the odds: Taking on the GFC
When the GFC hit, businesses everywhere were struck by the sudden and intense impact that the worldwide collapse had. But for Paris Cutler and her custom cake business, things hit particularly hard when she had no back up in place.
Against the odds: ‘I didn’t let hearing loss slow me down’
Each Tuesday we’ll feature a business that’s endured an incredible challenge. This week, Lisa Mills explains how the loss of her hearing aids meant she had to discover a new way to communicate with clients.
Against the odds: How I came back after being defrauded
Damien James faced the ultimate challenge: bringing his business back from the brink. Here’ he reveals how when a serial fraudster stole money from him, he was forced to rebuild his podiatry company from the ground up.
Against the odds: ‘How I retained staff during the GFC’
Each Tuesday we’ll feature a business that’s endured an incredible challenge. This week CEO of Carrera Partners Michael Floyd reveals how some quick-thinking during the GFC saw his business come out the other side with all staff and a profitable new division.
Skills shortage ranks among SMBs biggest concerns
A shortage of skilled labour is the biggest challenge facing small and medium businesses, according to a poll of state and territory winners and finalists in the 2011 Telstra Business Awards.
Servcorp finds the top challenges facing small business
Servcorp’s My Biggest Small Business Challenge competition has revealed task delegation, time management, work/life balance and isolation are the biggest challenges facing SMBs.
Plan for business challenges
With increasing interest rates, fluctuating petrol prices, drought, lagging trade payments, and the credit crunch, planning for business challenges is a must for SME survival. Here’s your guide to expected business hardships, together with some expert advice to ease business conditions. Blow after blow has been dealt to SMEs, everything from a strengthening Aussie dollar, […]