Preparing your small business for 2023 starts with you! We expect 2023 will be a year of change, promise, and growth for all of us but it won’t be without challenges. The business landscape has been significantly altered by the COVID pandemic forever and businesses will need to constantly adapt. Businesses that successfully leverage change…
Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.” John Lennon Business is tough at the moment. Governments have imposed restrictions, shut down establishments and limited the opportunities for many businesses to interact with customers in-person. The flow-on impacts have been and will be exponential. The worst might be yet to…
Here are some things you should do before signing off on 2018 1. Celebrate your successes And to acknowledge your mistakes. What did you learn, what did you love? What are you going to do more of in 2018? Reflect on 2017 and plan your goals – business and personal. While they should be SMART…
I came into contact recently with an old student. He had a fantastic business idea selling a product that was growing in Europe and had enormous potential in the Australian market. He rang to say he had just finalised his business closure. He was a little bruised and battered, but thankful for the process to…
Hurry Sickness: a behavior pattern characterized by continual rushing and anxiousness; an overwhelming and continual sense of urgency. I know so many entrepreneurs and social activists who suffer from ‘hurry sickness’. They can’t wait. Their ideas need to be implemented now. There is no time to waste. Hurry sickness can get the job done. It…
Business PreNuptials Many people go into business with their life partners, friends or family members. Businesses can be inherited by children graciously or reluctantly. There can be guilt, loyalty or expectation tied up with inherent corporate knowledge or laziness. Not all of these partnerships work and can become complicated as the business grows, changes focus or…