By actively supporting flexible and remote work, businesses can position themselves as employers of choice in the ever-more-ruthless war for talent. Plus, if they’re seeking to be national or even global in scope, enabling ‘distributed collaboration’ – i.e. the ability for people to work together as a team, albeit remotely – isn’t just a strategy […]
If your employees are like most Australians, they work fairly long hours. But you can’t assume that just because they’ re working more, more work is getting done. Long hours might mean they love what they do and want to give it their all . Or it could mean their day is full of productivity […]
Small business owners are increasingly embracing the 80:20 travel trend, whereby 80% of their holidays are reserved for leisure with the remaining 20% dedicated to work, according to Xero’s Travel Habits Report. Key findings from the report, which compares the travel habits of 400 working Australians and 400 small business owners, include: 48% of business […]
In organisations where flexible working is permitted but its parameters are ill-defined, the full benefits won’t be reaped, according to Tony Simonsen, Managing Director of Polycom Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). A global study by the video collaboration company found that Australia is one of the most flexible countries to work in, with nine in ten companies (90%) […]
Not a single day goes by without a new technology being available in the market to help organisations perform more efficiently. Many organisations are in a race against time to embrace new technologies for a variety of reasons including compliance, legislation, the activity of competitors or perceived business opportunity. The choice of technology deployed is […]
Starting any business can be a daunting prospect, let alone in the competitive creative industries and when I decided I wanted to start my own creative business, and later move it to Port Macquarie, there were many hurdles to overcome. In need of a sea change, we decided to move our boutique design and marketing […]
The benefits of outsourcing a creative project to a specialist freelancer are endless for business owners. Firstly, you don’t have to delegate the task to a staff member who might not be the most skilled person for the job. You’re also freeing up internal resources to focus on their own role. And outsourcing to a creative freelancer […]
With all the uncertainty in the air, businesses might be forgiven for wanting to pull back a little and just keep things on a slow boil over the next year. The fallout from the British exit from the European Union is still unclear, and with political turmoil back here at home not doing anyone any […]
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