Brett Morris blogs how management can often act emotionally at times of financial instability, and how this impacts staff.
“When your finances aren’t stable, it’s easy to lose sight of priorities and act against the best interests of your team and the business.”
With the number of insolvencies continuing to rise among both small and large businesses, distressed companies must rethink their strategies towards banks and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) by conducting their negotiations in a conciliatory rather than a hostile or aggressive manner, according to PKF chartered accountants and business advisers.
The brightest and most innovative of Australia’s professional business mums will be named the winner of the 2011 Connect2Mums AusMumpreneur Awards in Sydney this August.
Plans to build Australia’s workforce, unveiled in last night’s Budget are a step in the right direction for private businesses.
Adrienne Unkovich of Workforce Guardian blogs about 7-Eleven and the franchise ordered to pay $150,000 in penalties.
“The employer’s conduct was described as a “systematic and significant exploitation of highly vulnerable workers”. And this from a company that is recognised for best practice in business franchising!”
Julian Smith blogs about managing your personal brand.
“It ceases to amaze me – what some folks will say in writing, in a blog post or in a tweet in their personal capacity. In the digital age, personal and business lines are blurred. Every ‘rant’ on Twitter is a very public, permanent and highly searchable record of your personal brand.”
Kellie Hill’s story lies at the very heart of Australia’s mining boom. Her business Kellie Hill Consulting (KHC) is a legal consultancy specialising in native title and heritage approvals for mining projects. Their job is to find the middle ground between the traditional owners and her clients, the mining companies.
To achieve a competitive edge blogger Rick Mapperson challenges business owners to think hard about what makes their business unique.
How do small businesses reduce staff churn if sixty percent of their admin team are currently thinking of moving on?
If the changes suggested in the Henry Tax Review are introduced by Government, what will it mean for small businesses? Blogger Julian Smith explains some key changes.
