So often, we recruit new staff without role descriptions. This usually doesn’t cause too many issues to start with. But then you start thinking, “Why are they doing what they’re doing? Why aren’t they doing what I want them to be doing?” Often, the answer is because they don’t have clarity on their responsibilities. We […]
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This is a great question. As a business owner or CEO, is it your responsibility to ensure your advisory board suits your needs? Or is it the advisory board chair’s role to ensure you have the right board for you? The answer is, it’s both. When you create your advisory board, you should do a
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At some stage, our friends get sick of us asking them for advice. This is usually because when we get it, we do nothing with it! We also outgrow their advice. Our friends want to have our backs, they want to help us and see our businesses grow – but we reach a point when
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There are many HR challenges that will be faced by every business as they work their way out of lockdown, including: confidence and energy levels of owners and managers are down fatigue and anxiety levels are high for owners, managers and retained employees businesses need to re-build their business structure around their future plans businesses
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There are some significant business challenges that business owners now need to both understand and attempt to manage. Cash flow is king – and businesses need to operate within their existing cash flow forecasts (and assume at least a 20% decline in sales revenue). Government stimulus packages will provide some positive cashflow offsets in 2020.
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Finally, the engine room of every business is their people – and in many businesses the engine needs urgent maintenance. In March/April 2020 over 3 million Australasian’s either lost their jobs or had their hours and pay reduced. Fewer people are being asked to do more, and this may have negatively impacted quality, customer service
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The major internal factor is fatigue and exhaustion of business owners and managers. This group had little left in their emotional tank when lockdown was implemented, simply because of the challenging trading/business conditions in the previous 12 months. Owners and managers are normally in control of their decision making, and past history normally gives them
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In Australia, 2019/20 was characterised as a year of flat/little growth, tight margins, and a long drought followed by the worst bushfire season in Australia’s history. The arrival of the COVID-19 virus in 2020 has been followed by significant (and necessary) public health measures to reduce or eliminate the transmission and effect of the virus
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On an airplane, the flight attendant tells us in case of an emergency to put our own oxygen mask on before we help others with theirs. Thankfully, most of us never need to follow through with this instruction. But what about in real life? When we’re in a crisis, do we put our own oxygen
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At some stage, our friends get sick of us asking them for advice. This is usually because when we get it, we do nothing with it! We also outgrow their advice. Our friends want to have our backs, they want to help us and see our businesses grow – but we reach a point when
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