January. The month when people slowly emerge from the haze of the holidays, wondering how they had arrived. Many business owners who we have spoken to have expressed their frustration with a lack of productivity in January due to the aftermath of the holidays, with many employees, customers, clients, and contractors still on leave, working

It’s been a tough couple of years, with most businesses still feeling the impact of the fallout from the GFC, whilst gearing up for another ‘boom’ run. Most business owners will agree that it’s hard to get, and keep, good staff. It’s essential, therefore, to make sure your staff are mentally resilient and ready for

I have been working with a number of companies lately whose industry sectors aren’t the most sexy or highly paid (i.e. anything other than mining). They find it is very difficult to attract and hold on to good staff. So much so that one company is accepting of nearly 50% turnover per year – that’s

  As the owner of a growing business, the chances are that more of your attention is taken away from building it, to focus on the “non-growth” related activities, many related to people and HR issues. We know just how frustrating this can be. We also know how much time and energy it takes to