Telstra has just unveiled a $600 million, five-year investment to help Australian small businesses move to new digital communications, promising significant cost savings for businesses and more streamlined technology.
A fully engaged team is more productive. So how do you know if they are fully engaged? And what do you do if they aren’t?
It was day 273 (week 39) of what seemed like a never-ending second pregnancy, and Rebecca was trying to finish off the last of her client work before taking a few weeks off. Unfortunately, that was all she could manage with a growing client base and ever increasing ‘to do’ list.
The owners of small and medium sized businesses are being urged to take a hands-on approach to workplace safety and join their workers on the shop-floor to better understand safety risks. WorkSafe made the call after three leading Victorian CEOs took on the challenge to go undercover to see first hand the reality of workplace […]
Australian small businesses are dragging their feet when it comes to taking up new technology, with thousands still not using computers or mobile phones. That’s one of the findings from a comprehensive new tech survey of Australian businesses with 1 to 19 staff by analysts IDC.
Gerald Chait blogs about SBR and what it means for small business.
“An SBR-enabled application translates your information into a language the government agency systems instantly understand and analyse; meaning you get immediate validation and quick responses.”
Arndria Seymour blogs about learning support and skill development in SMEs.
“If you’re not scared yet about this organisational issue, then consider this – about 46% of the Australian population sits in the baby boomer demographic band and about one-third of them will retire within the next 3 – 5 years, yet many organisations have not yet stopped to think about the direct impact of this endogenous problem to their business.”
In our personal lives, we are increasingly cutting the manual element of day-to-day processes and moving towards quick, online transactions. Shopping, banking and paying bills can all be done with a click of the mouse and without ever having to leave home. The same can be said in the workplace where manual processes, that can often take huge amounts of time and money, are becoming automated.
Julian Smith blogs about the importance of taking a holiday.
“Welcome back from the Easter break! Not sure about you, but I took a short break and it gave me a little time for reflection (and perhaps overindulgence in chocolate!). It’s not until you’re on holiday or in the middle of taking a short break that you realise just how important it is to step out and switch off.”
Word-of-Mouth marketing is simply conversations about a brand, product or service. It is an unpaid form of promotion in which satisfied customers tell other people how much they like a business, product, service. Think about the last time you talked about a consumer experience with friends, family, or colleagues. Maybe it was how much they’d […]
