Tag: Confidence

Despite achieving success, many business leaders doubt their skills. Here are four tips to help overcome impostor syndrome.

Press coverage can make a huge difference to your company. Here’s a few easy tips on how to conduct yourself like a media pro.

Many people don’t enjoy talking about themselves, which poses a dilemma because as business owners, the promotion of a business is often closely linked with the telling of a personal story. Here’s a look at the skills needed to promote your business and personal brand.

Australian small business owners are the least likely to expect business growth in the next 12 months with only 57 percent indicating a positive outlook, a CPA Australia survey showed.

I came to entrepreneurship on the birth of my first child. My corporate world didn’t look kindly at my first pregnancy 16 years ago and new to Australia, knowing a handful of people, I decided to start my own thing.

There has been a 41 percent drop in optimism among Australia’s privately held business owners over the last year, with falls in consumer spending and rising interest rates the cause according to Grant Thornton Australia’s International Business Report (IBR).

Australian businesses expect a strong December quarter, with Christmas trading to bring the growth many businesses have been waiting for, according to the latest Dun and Bradstreet Business Expectations Survey.

In the latest Dun and Bradstreet Business Expectations survey finds the confidence of Australia’s executives on the way up, with expectations for five of six key indicators of business strength rising significantly.

Dun & Bradstreet Corp has bought the privately held Dun & Bradstreet Australia Holdings Ltd in a deal worth $233 million ($AU).

National Australia Bank’s (NAB) SME Quarterly Survey (June 2010) found that business conditions, profit growth and the cash flow position of Australia’s small to medium-sized enterprises deteriorated for the second consecutive quarter in June.