Tag: Management

Employee theft is a big issue for small business owners, with 49.4 percent of small business owners saying that employees had stolen from them in the past.

Personal assistants are for big corporate types, right? Wrong! A personal concierge, like Day 2 Day Lifestyle PA Debbie Alford, can make life simpler – and give back leisure time to enjoy what we so work hard for. Calling herself a Lifestyle PA or Personal Concierge, Debbie takes care of all the mundane tasks others […]

New research has found that employees choose to work for an organisation based on the job description, but leave because of poor relationships with management. Over a million employees participated in the survey conducted by Gallop on behalf of the Chartered Management Institute. Coach trainer and communication expert, Maureen Pound of Performance Toolkit anticipates that […]

Almost all businesses owners will need to take a stab at event management at some stage, whether it’s an intimate lunch with clients, a product launch, or large-scale charity event. Rebecca Spicer asks experts what makes the difference between wow and woe factor in event management and planning. No matter how big the event you’re […]

As every smart business owner will tell you, your business is only as good as your team. So how do you lead and manage a productive team? We sit down with John Buchanan, former coach of Australia’s most successful cricket team, for his team management tips. Hailed as a coaching legend, John Buchanan led the […]

With no formal degrees, Dorry Kordahi became the founder and managing director of Dorry Kordahi Management (DKM). Since beginning his marketing and branding business in 2002, out of a shed, DKM has come to operate in Sydney, Melbourne and Shanghai and generates more than $4,000,000 in revenue. DB: What helped you most when trying to […]

Succession planning is often surrounded by a cloud of confusion. Bill Hovey, CEO of Linchpin Group Australia, tries to help SMEs in understanding succession planning. In my daily work with clients a number of issues about succession planning arise continuously. The first is confusion around what succession actually entails. Succession is best described as the […]

What started as a little side business between friends, Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, has turned into one of Australia’s favourite fashion stories—sass & bide. When Sarah-Jane Clarke (nicknamed sass) and Heidi Middleton (nicknamed bide) became lifelong friends, the duo could hardly imagine that friendship was going produce one of Australia’s iconic fashion labels—sass & bide.  Clarke […]

Heading Pow Wow Events and Rich Dad Australia, alongside chairing the Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN), is a breeze for Suzi Dafnis. But it wasn’t always so easy for Dafnis, the serial entrepreneur, who says the road to growing niche businesses is full of steep learning curves. In the early 90s, Suzi Dafnis and partner, Peter […]

Travelling the world to write about it sounds like a dream job, but Tony and Maureen Wheeler insist it is hard work. After printing more than sixty million Lonely Planet Guides, the Wheelers reveal their brand building secrets. Few serious travellers would set out for an overseas adventure without a Lonely Planet visitor guide. But […]