5 Reasons Small Businesses Fail Introduction The statistics don’t lie. Small businesses fail at an astounding rate. It’s scary and it causes many businesses to stop before they’ve even started. But you don’t have to be one of those statistics! If you can survive the first five years of business, your chances of bouncing back […]
Help! Gen Z needs you to get involved As we’ve discussed in our previous post, Gen Z is a third of South Africa’s population but they’re not yet equipped to be effective workers. And they need us to get involved. But, if we act intentionally now, we can equip them and enhance their futures. And
Mandela Day Diaries “Take action, inspire change” In 2009, the United Nations declared the 18th July as Nelson Mandela International Day. The late hero’s birthday. On this day, everyone volunteers 67 minutes of their time. Each minute commemorates one of the years Nelson Mandela spent in service towards bringing justice to South Africa. Mandela Day
15 Digital Resources to Improve Productivity Introduction Our Productivity series ends by equipping small business owners with digital resources. To manage your assets, human resources (including yourself), time and energy. But with so many productivity apps and software available, how do you know which will improve productivity for your business? Instead of trying out numerous ones,
Managing Time and Energy Introduction Time is a finite resource. Which means we have a responsibility to steward, or manage it well. So, managing our time is something we all do. But managing our time is not enough. We need to be managing our energy too. The reason is that how well we steward our
Managing Yourself for Profitability Introduction To improve your profitability, you need to be managing yourself well. Why? Because your time is precious! There are only so many hours in our working week, with loads to do. But as small business owners, we have the freedom to choose how we spend our time. We can do
Maximising your Human Resources Introduction Business owners and effective leaders know that maximising Human Resources (HR)is essential to generating business growth. In doing so, they also unlock potential through empowering employees. But why do they do this? Because our biggest business asset requires the most attention, right? And people are your most important asset! Managing
Leveraging Your Business Assets Introduction To start off our blog series about profitability and productivity, we look at leveraging our financial and physical assets to increase profitability. Every business owner values their investments. As small- to medium-sized businesses, we can gain the biggest return by managing your assets well. So, we will work through five
Is productivity the key to business success? What is productivity? In many ways, our businesses can survive regardless of inefficient use of our resources. However, if we can put our cash, our people, and our processes to good use, the likelihood of our businesses succeeding increases a whole lot. So are you looking at productivity?
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10 Resources to boost your business’ pipeline Surviving Covid-19 My progress 100% Introduction Level 3 of lockdown is around the corner. Have you been active in using the lockdown time to boost your pipeline? If not, now is the perfect time for you to work hard on your marketing strategies. With the staggered lockdown, you