Tag: Confidence

Australian businesses owners are optimistic about out-performing the economy, with technology helping to boost their productivity, a new survey has found.

The financial services industry has well and truly shrugged off the global financial crisis, with employer confidence at its highest level in close to a decade.

While over half of Australia’s small to medium sized business owners expect to see economic recovery in the next twelve months, the level of confidence in the recovery has fallen since November.

Australian executives are confident of a strong finish to the 2010 financial year, with expectations at their highest level in seven years according to Dun & Bradstreet.

A new survey commissioned by Westpac and conducted by TNS, has found that business women are less optimistic about the economic downturn that their male counterparts. The survey of financial decision makers in small and medium sized businesses found that 60 percent of women are less confident in their ability to successfully manage their business […]

Business owners often dread having to have difficult conversations with staff or customers. Liz Cassidy of Third Sigma International provides a step by step analysis on achieving effective communication. Often in executive coaching, clients ask for assistance with having tricky conversations because they are dreading an upcoming interview. I see difficult conversations as a cause […]