I was asked some questions for Kirsty Dunphey’s newsletter so I thought I’d share some of them here too. What five pieces of advice woul…

I was asked some questions for Kirsty Dunphey’s newsletter so I thought I’d share some of them here too. What five pieces of advice woul…
Family businesses in Australia have grown at a lesser rate than the global average over the past year, a new report from PwC has warned, wit…
I sat in a seminar last week on team development and it’s prompted me to think about how behavioural economics can be used to improve team p…
There was a time when we could start a business and run it for generations. Father trained son and so forth. The local blacksmith was a grea…
Have you ever been tempted to lower your prices to win new customers? Go on, be honest, you have haven’t you? And why not? It’s a popular…
Respect is a hot topic at work and in politics! Mainly this is because we have such an array of disrespectful behaviours that get into the m…
It’s obvious when a company doesn’t have a good culture – you can see it on the showroom floor, hear it in the voice of a salesperson and …
There’s a much better understanding of the hard bottom line benefits of actively managing an organisation’s culture today than in the past. …
Under-resourced IT systems are not a new problem for many businesses yet many of us fail to see the point of the investment. Clearly the cos…
I got a call today from someone looking to sell me something. Something expensive. Something I may have wanted to buy. Something I would hav…
Having large businesses as clients can be great for a (relatively) small business. Not least because big business can give you a decent flow…
Before we start, let’s make something clear. We’re very aware that in too many businesses, HR doesn’t have the best reputation. When you…