Are you likely to find yourself in the same position as most when you are starting up your own business? Most new business starters make must make the transition from full time employed to full time business. The tricky part is the middle ground where you will juggle part time employed and part time business. […]
If you wait around trying to think up that one top small business idea that will transform your life and make you lots of money, then you will probably be still waiting around in 10 years time. Inventing a new mousetrap is not the way. However, becoming a mouse expert, and solving mouse related […]
One of the common complaints I hear from owners of small businesses is that employee dishonesty runs rampant. These complaints come most often from busy cash-based businesses like shops and cafes. Some owners learn to live with an ‘acceptable’ level of dishonesty, having come quite cynical about the possibility of total eradication. They treat the […]
The goal of leadership is to have people follow and support you. It is not to force obedience, although some days with some people, that appears to be the only option. The power of ‘positive influence’ is a much more valued attribute than the ability to simply ‘boss people around’. The development of people skills […]
If you are creating your own peaks then you really can’t spend too much time in the valleys. Here are 8 great ideas to help your thought process in generating happiness, interest and excitement in your business life. Reset your goals each year and ensure there are some short term milestones and thus reasons to […]
Forever replaying the losses of the past in an endless loop is energy draining. Loss of relationships, loss of customers, loss in negotiation, loss of money, loss of opportunity and loss of face are events that we would like to re-live and change the ending. Typical emotions are anger, frustration, vengeance, sadness and hollowness. All […]
You will waste a lot of time and energy trying to control everything and everyone around you. In fact, you can’t! The only thing you can really control is your self – your own attitude and behaviour. People can behave in any way they choose but all you can control is your own response. And […]
It is important to do whatever makes you happy. Building a business structure to please other people is a dog’s life and a draining existence. If you don’t like what you do for a living, then do something else. Build a new business direction. Upgrade technology. Take a holiday. Do whatever it takes. If you […]
For many people in business, expressing emotions is considered to be a sign of weakness. Traditionally, weakness is never shown to other business people because it is something that will be pounced upon and taken advantage of. Employers expect the same of their employees. Employees are hired for their skills and capacity for hard work, […]
Management is the art of guiding your business and allocating people and the resources of your business where needed. However, the concepts of management and leadership are not necessarily interchangeable. Not every manager is endowed with great leadership qualities. In fact many who are called managers are poor leaders. They are simply implementers, organisers or […]