It’s common for companies to make significant investments in products and services expecting an even more significant return. Disaster recovery, however, is a rare exception: It’s perhaps the only service in which businesses invest hoping it never has to be used. By not planning for the worst-case scenario, SMBs accept an unnecessary risk of losing […]
“It’s not worth delegating because no one does it as well as I do.” This is just one of the excuses I hear from managers when I ask why they haven’t delegated low value work to someone else in their team. Alternatively they’ll say, “It takes three times as long to delegate then it does […]
From humble beginnings, Dean Ramler has turned his startup, Milan Direct, into Australia’s number one online furniture retailer. He shares his expert opinion and advice around starting, growing and staying competitive in the market. When you start a business, you’re so focused on the day to day that it’s difficult to step back and look […]
Week 5 of Citrix’s Business Bootcamp will empower you to build a secure IT environment without compromising workforce mobility As you move to the cloud and rollout your subsequent enterprise mobility strategy, there is one critical area you must not overlook – IT security. Enabling employees to access data and work on the move from […]
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Although profit is measured by dollars on the bottom line, the size of that profit can be a measure of how you treat people. Sometimes it is the processes we put in place that damage people.
Fortunately for large scale corporates, although key person risk can be nominally substantial, companies are well capitalised to weather the loss. The same cannot always be said for SMEs.
When the words artificial intelligence are floated about many of us instantly think of self-aware and highly intelligent machines intent on the destruction of the human race, not small business advantages.
Everyone has the same frustrations – it’s always about being exhausted with no time, having no team or a dysfunctional one, and seeing no profit. But did you know that turning your business around starts with you?
Underperforming employees, passive aggression and too much bureaucracy can all contribute to a negative working environment.
