11 tips to making better decisions

Making better decisions is probably the #1 thing business owners wish they could do. The truth is, short of having a crystal ball, we’ll never really know what the future holds – the last 15 months has shown us that.  But that’s definitely not a reason to resist making decisions. Most human beings (that includes […]

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6 Tips to make Recruitment Easier

Most Business owners would say they know the value of good employees.  The quality of people you have in your Team is without doubt the most important component to business growth.    But the recruitment process can be arduous; and finding the right people is not always easy.  Particularly when you only start recruiting when you […]

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Stop being busy

There are a lot of business owners who are probably sick of saying, “I’m really busy”.    We all hear it so often – it becomes a little meaningless.  Generally speaking, if business leaders are super busy, they’re doing it wrong. Particularly, since there’s really no direct link between BEING BUSY AS A BUSINESS OWNER and […]

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13 tips to being effective with your time in 2020

The challenge for most business owners isn’t keeping busy hour by hour, day by day – that’s easy.  It’s actually doing things that give real results and grow their business.   Generally speaking if you’re busy as a leader, you’re doing it wrong. When you’re busy, you’re more likely to make poor time-management choices — taking on commitments […]

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Having an Open Mind

A super-critical ingredient for business success is having an open mind. Over many years of dealing with small to medium privately owned businesses, one of the key differences I’ve found between successful businesses and unsuccessful ones, is that successful business owners understand that they do not know everything, and therefore seek advice from whoever they […]

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A Business Plan

This is not a matter of Life or Death – it’s much more important than that!  A well thought out Strategic Business Plan is often the missing ingredient that a business needs to be successful.  Statistics currently show that 82% of Australian companies go out of business in their first 10 years.  In my opinion, […]

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Cashflow is King

Cash is King!  We’ve all heard this before, but most small-medium business owners know that cash flow is their most important metric.  Unfortunately, poor cash flow is also the number one reason why SME’s go into liquidation. A business can go a long time without being profitable.  However, a highly profitable company with poor cash […]

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