Dear Aunty B, My brother started a business just over one year ago, and had absolutely no idea what he was doing (he’s a technician and lef…
Dear Aunty B, My brother started a business just over one year ago, and had absolutely no idea what he was doing (he’s a technician and lef…
Dear Aunty B, We have to cut our costs but honestly I have no idea how. We have been running hard for years and have been watching our cost…
Dear Aunty B, I am exhausted from working to midnight for the past eight years. I want to focus on strategy, so I have restructured my team…
Dear Aunty B, A few weeks ago I gave the responsibility of organising the office Christmas party to two of my staff and it’s turned out to …
Dear Aunty B, I have a colleague who never sees his kids because he is too busy avoiding hell hour and trying to impress the boss by stayin…
Dear Aunty B, We had a good year last year and my business partner and I are in two minds about what to do. We would both like to upgrade o…
Dear Aunty B, I have been asked to sign a personal guarantee in order to buy some stock from a client. I know I can pay the money so the pe…
Dear Aunty B, I have a senior member of staff who is okay at his job but thinks he is fantastic. He always big notes himself, claims credit…
Dear Aunty B, I have a promising young staff member in her early 30s, who is doing a good job and is part of our fast track “leaders” progr…
Dear Aunty B, I keep reading about Asia but don’t know the first thing about whether our products would sell well there. I am also so flat …
Dear Aunty, I have been brought in to run the marketing section at a software company full of nerds who are brilliant at technology but hav…
This article first appeared February 10, 2010. Dear Aunty, We are a Victorian printing firm which employs 22 people. Our 40 year staff…