Summer in Australia is associated with beach holidays, fun and Christmas, but it’s also the season when the risk of bushfire is greatest. Bushfire season is fast approaching, so now’s…
Month: November 2018
How to Address Weaknesses in Performance Reviews
When it comes to doing performance reviews, you might at times need to address shortfalls in a worker’s performance. Ideally this should be done in a way that is encouraging…
What Makes a Business ‘Ethical’?
Making money and having ethics are often seen as mutually exclusive, but the good news is they needn’t be. In fact, making your business more about people than about profits…
Tips for Entrepreneurs: How Perfectionism Can Impact Productivity
Could perfectionism in your business be holding back your progress? Perfectionism is the desire to have everything exactly right before taking action, or seeing anything less than perfection as a…
Top Tips for Preventing Fraud in Your Business
The Australian Institute of Criminology describes fraud as “dishonestly obtaining a benefit, or causing a loss, by deception or other means”. Secrecy is the key to fraud. Rather than an…
Credit Insurance Explained
Businesses that offer trade credit to their customers need to consider the risks associated with that – such as the potential for bad debts, slow payments or insolvency. These occurrences…