Business Essentials

An increasing number of business owners are realising that a good workplace culture is important for business health and success. Problem is, they’re not sure what they can do to improve their company culture. To help is culture change specialist, Colin Ellis, who shares a whole range of ideas from his latest book, ‘Culture Hacks’.

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Give your team the tools to do their job and watch your business shine. That’s one of the messages from Diederik Gelderman, a successful veterinarian, who now advises others – not just vets – on how to grow successful businesses via his consulting firm, Turbo Charge Your Practice. He says being nice to people is important for not only business success but in its own right.

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Let’s be honest, the finance side of running a business isn’t for everyone. It takes up valuable time that could otherwise be spent doing what you do best – growing your customer base, developing product, building networks, winning contracts, all the things that create success. The solution? Outsourcing, of course! That’s what Steve Dawson of Grapple decided to do – he handed his finance function over to the experts and he’s never looked back.

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Focus less on the attributes of your products and services, and more on the way they make your customers feel.

So says Michael Solomon, author of 'Consumer Behaviour: Buying, Having and Being'. He explains, with examples, how it’s important to put yourself in the shoes of your customers to gain a thorough understanding of what they really want from you. He also sheds light on how traditional consumer behaviour is shifting from owning to borrowing, and the blurring of online and real-world consumption.

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Don’t be hung up on making a mistake. It can happen – learn from it and move on. Having the right attitude helps in dealing with the mistake and finding a solution, says business coach and keynote speaker, Terry Barridge. For leaders, he says, it’s important to keep a door open for the team to talk about mistakes and to foster a healthy attitude towards finding solutions.

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As business owners, we often get stuck in the day-to-day activities, and neglect working on the business. Systemising business processes will allow us to break free.

That's according to Joel Gerschman, Managing Dire­­ctor of The Change Coach, who’s written a book on escaping the shackles of your business to achieve wealth, freedom and fulfilment. ‘The Mindful Entrepreneur’ is all about how to make your business run without you, and he provides examples of entrepreneurs who have done that.

Joel Gerschman is CEO of The Change Coach:
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What steps are needed to be a great leader and can anyone become one? Ricky Nowak, a leadership speaker and facilitator, has spent much of her career pondering those questions and has some practical solutions on the subject of leadership. She details her thoughts in her book, ‘How to make good people great leaders …and reap the reward!’. She outlines what she calls the three Rs of leadership, involving great relationships, resilience and respect.

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Workload is the number one cause of workplace stress, beating job security, life balance and people issues, according to a survey by The American Institute of Stress.

Online technology hasn't made our workload much easier. In fact, email, phone calls, text messages and impromptu meetings all add up to more work and more stress. So, what can be done? Leadership performance coach, Muffy Churches has five ‘brain games’ to regain a sense of control over the daily influx of work.

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What’s worse than having people talk about you behind your back? In a business sense, it can be worse if nobody’s talking about you at all. So, if you want your brand spoken about, it’s best that you control what people say. You can do that by telling your own stories. These days more and more businesses are discovering the powerful benefits of brand storytelling. Gabrielle Dolan is a business storytelling expert who shares ideas from her new book, ‘Magnetic Stories: connect with customers and engage employees with brand storytelling’.

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Doing business with other parties is challenging enough, but even more so when you're facing a counterpart with a game plan deliberately set to undermine you.

All your best intentions for a win-win in negotiating a deal can often be thrown out the window by dirty tactics from the other side. Joel Gershman, Managing Director of The Change Coach, has some helpful tips on how to counter those tricks – and knowing they exist is the first step.

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