Are you feeling stuck in your business? Sometimes it can feel like an anchor that is holding your back from having the time and focus that you need to build your business.
Read moreIs Your Management Style Killing Your Business?
My client Greg was feeling totally overwhelmed with running his business; ensuring the quality of his products, managing his staff, keeping his clients happy, keeping up with the invoicing, admin, marketing and all the other essential things.
Learn how to maximise your team, with effective management
Read moreIs it weak to ask for help?
When you have a business challenge is your first thought, ‘How can I fix it?’ or ‘Who can help me fix it?’
I’ll bet you generally go into the solve-it mode, I used to do that too…and being totally transparent sometimes I still do!
As an entrepreneur, it can be difficult to release the reins and allow others to work on your ‘business baby’. You’ve put so much into building up your business you want everything to be perfect.
The whole idea of hiring and building a team is to free you up to do the high-value stuff, like speaking with potential clients and delivering excellence to your paying clients.
Get our tips for getting the help you need, so that you can focus on taking your business to the next level.
Read moreDo you want an overhead or an investment
One of the biggest myths that hold businesses back is seeing staff as a cost rather than an investment. A great team should be an investment in the growth and development of your business.
Do you see it that way?
Read moreWhat's on your bucket list?
Do you have a list of things that you want to achieve before you are 30 or 40 or 50 or ??
Once you have a list or plan for the things that you wish to achieve, like magic things start to come together - Its called a strategy. Do you have one?
Read moreRecruit in haste, repent at leisure
Hiring in a rush can lead to issues, check out our tips to ensure you get candidate you need to take your business to the next level
Read moreWhy HR?
In this week’s blog, we look at how you can avoid getting stuck when looking for the right person to fulfil a role in your organisation.
Read moreMy Management Story
Managing a team through change can be challenging, let's take the strain out of the process for you, read this week’s blog to find out how
Read moreShortlisting and Telephone Interviews
We will be taking a look at how to shortlist your candidates and why you should implement telephone interviewing into your process.
Read moreVariety Is The Spice Of… Amazing Teams
Finding the right candidate for your business is a skill, a skill every person involved in the hiring process needs to develop. Before you start shortlisting candidates and arranging interviews. Let get you and your team prepared.
Read moreThat’s not in my JD!
It is really hard to effectively, recruit, set objectives and monitor success without having an up to date job description as a foundation document. Get our key tips on what you should be including in your description to ensure that you have what you need to create a successful business.
Read moreDo you dread managing staff?
There are two distinct types of business owners, those who strive to build a business large enough to support or team and those who never want to manage a team ever. Like EVER.
Sometimes it is down to a traumatic past management experience or other times it’s the belief that no one will be able to do it as well as you.
Can you relate …
Read moreIs it Stay or Go?
The first six months of employment are a vital time for employer and employee. it establishes the relationship and whether or not it will be long and fruitful one. Its important to start things up right. We share some tips for how to get the most out of a probation period.
Read moreGiving new staff the best start
You invest a lot of time and resource recruiting the best candidate for your role but once your offer has been accepted there is often a gap of a month or more between getting that offer accepted and an individual starting with your organisation, so how do you keep them feeling warm and fuzzy, as well as helping them to settle in once they do start?
We share a few pointers to help you with pre and onboarding.
Read moreRetaining Top Talent
Losing valued staff can be a business owners worst nightmare. Here are some tips to help you retain your top talent
Read moreEmployment Legislation Update - April 2019
It’s time for the April HR Legislation update. Make sure you review and update your policies.
Read moreThree things NOT to do when Interviewing
There are some definite No No’s when it comes to interviewing. Make sure you don’t do the things listed in this weeks blog …
Read moreHow a lack of sight gave me insight
Sometimes in our rush to get things done, we only look at the surface and don’t look at the depth of an issue. We get carried away with what we assume an issue is and then wonder why the solution didn’t work.
We need to change our perception and take the time to understand the underlying issues.
Read moreReady for the Party Season?
The annual Christmas party is a great way to show your appreciation got your team, however they can also pose a risk. Typical tricky scenarios include fighting, drunkenness, offensive remarks, broken promises, inappropriate sexual behaviour and similar.
Learn how to take the risk out of your Christmas get together.
Read moreAre you always getting excuses?
Being able to trust your team to get on with things, while you get on with the CEO tasks that you have is vital. If you don’t have time to plan for growth, it won’t happen. And keeping track of what everybody is supposed to be working on, is time consuming and exhausting, not to mention the fact that most people don’t react well to micro management.
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