This is a bit of bugbear for me. I often see inadequately trained staff being blamed for poor performance simply because their boss is too cheap to pay for training. Read More…
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When Times Are Tough, Share the Load
Being in business means you will go through some challenging times, they simply go with the territory. The big problem is that most business owners tend to keep tough times Read More…
The One Quality That Every Entrepreneur Needs
One of the best skills that I have learned that has not only helped me to build better relationships but also to reduce stress in my life is how to Read More…
Respect Your Customers Time and They Will Respect You
The one topic sure to spark unanimous agreement in the modern business world is that we are all struggling to find enough time to get everything we need to do Read More…
What Business Bad Habits Have You Developed?
Businesses evolve over time, that’s kind of obvious right? Often the way things are done is based simply on habit–on the fact that this is the way they have always Read More…
Are you Struggling to Decide Whether or Not to Change Your Businesses Name?
Generally there comes a time when every business needs to either change their name or at least have a name refresh of some sort. This often goes hand in hand Read More…
What Can You do if You’ve Lost Your Sales Mojo
The greatest danger for a sales person is loss of confidence. Anyone who has spent any time selling anything will tell you that from time to time you will hit Read More…
Don’t Hide From Your Customers
If you want to keep your customers buying from you it is important that they can reach you easily. All too often I see sales people who start climbing the Read More…
We all Know About Up Selling – but Down Selling is Even More Important
No doubt you are well and truly familiar with the term ‘up selling’ but what is ‘down selling’ and why on earth would you want to do it? Well, it Read More…
Let’s Show Corporations What Trust Really Means
Every time I open my social media feeds I see another story about corporate corruption and greed at the highest levels from iconic Australian brands. I’m feeling let down because Read More…
Resolve Issues Quickly Before They Get Out of Hand
At a difficult time in my marriage, my wife and I had fights that would last for days. Both of us would dish out the silent treatment, long after we Read More…
Your Brand is More Important than Anything Else
Never before has our reputation been so vitally important and so vulnerable at the same time. I’ve spent so many years (and a lot of time and money) building my Read More…
We Need to Remove as Many Obstacles as we can
I talk about coffee shops a lot. There are two reasons: the first is that I spend a lot of time scribbling notes in coffee shops, and the second is Read More…
What Impact is Your Behavior Having on Your Business?
I was walking down the street the other day and as I crossed a driveway a car came speeding out, the driver didn’t slow down at all, missing me by Read More…
10 Lessons Learned From 35 Years as an Entrepreneur
I was recently being interviewed by an online media platform regarding what I’d learned in 35 years as an entrepreneur. It made me really stop and reflect on that question Read More…
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