Have you considered offering pay rises to your staff to reflect the rise in inflation? There’s a lot to consider, including whether you can afford it, whether your staff deserves it, and what the right salary is for your industry.… Read more

Too often we’re fixated on finding new customer leads. It’s what sales guru Tony Gattari calls “lead madness”. First and foremost, he says, you need to be able to accurately measure the different variables in your sales and marketing process: customers, transactions, and average dollar sales.… Read more

Have you come across an unethical self-promoter? You know the one: someone who claims to know everything, lies compulsively, talks about him or herself, offers too-good-to-be-true promises, and takes advantage of others.… Read more

The Reserve Bank of Australia is in the spotlight as its board moves to combat inflation by hiking interest rates — in spite of having promised not to do so.… Read more

If you want to connect – to truly connect – with the people around you, start telling stories. Because storytelling is a powerful way to reach people at a much deeper emotional level – just ask Colin Pearce.… Read more

Many small business owners spend too much time and money outsourcing core tasks like sales and marketing when they should have a handle on them themselves.… Read more

Several recent surveys have shown that a huge proportion of Australian SMEs have yet to make the transition to selling online.… Read more

The tough road out of mental ill-health is not to harden up and soldier on. Joel Clapham found that out in the saddest of ways when at the age of 35, his father took his own life.… Read more

Economic figures published by the government are leaving small businesses behind, according to the CEO of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia, Alexi Boyd.… Read more

Being a coach and umpire at the highest level of elite AFL sport has taught Jeff “the Giesch” Gieschen a thing or two about leadership and the nurturing of star performers.… Read more