Business Essentials

Sometimes your most talented employees are also the hardest to manage. How do you keep them in line?

It’s a common dilemma for business owners. The standout performers in your business are often the hardest to manage. They make good money for you but in the process, they upset others and can be unwieldy in conforming to the best interests of the business. Aaron Goonrey, Partner at Lander & Rogers Lawyers, highlights three types of talented but tricky staff and what you can do to manage their quirky behaviour.

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Sure, it’s easy to be a fine upstanding business citizen when everything’s going well. But what happens if times get tough – like now? Are you tempted, just a teeny bit, to compromise your integrity for the sake of a few dollars more or just to get that deal over the line? Well don’t be, warns veteran business coach, Alan Rodway. That slippery slope will lead you nowhere.

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There’s nothing good about bad bosses. Often, they are the reason a workplace is toxic, they can lead team members to suffer stress and mental health problems, and they’re the cause of staff turnover. However, bad bosses are not necessarily bad people – and they can learn to be good or even great. That’s according to workplace expert, Michelle Gibbings, who shares lessons from her new book, ‘Bad Boss: what to do if you are one, manage one or work for one’.

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If tyre kickers are tying up your time seeking quotes and proposals without coming through with the work – then it’s time to call them out.

Preparing detailed proposals is a time-consuming part of a sales person’s job. There’s a substantial cost involved, says respected sales expert Sue Barrett, and you can’t afford to waste time if that client seldom or never comes back with the goods. Tyre kickers, Sue warns, may be after more than you think when seeking a proposal from you.  

 

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It comes as no surprise that calls to mental health support groups have spiked during COVID-19. In particular, business owners have been doing it really tough with the awful potential of closure, laying off staff and simply trying to perform at peak, while the world seems to be crumbling around them. Beyond Blue recognise the challenges and have developed a new approach to supporting business owners by targeting business advisers. Tim Hoopmann is a business trainer and speaker for Beyond Blue, and he explains how the ‘Mental Health and Wellbeing: support yourself and small business’ program can help.

References

• Mental Health and Wellbeing: support yourself and small business
• Coronavirus Mental Wellbeing Support Service
• HeadsUp – Better mental health in the workplace

 

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Do you have a problem with employing mature-aged workers? Lots of us do, apparently - and that’s a huge shame, for employers who miss out on the experience that maturity brings and for mature workers as doors slam shut on their employment opportunities. And now, according to Hunter Leonard, CEO of Silver & Wise, those workers are facing a perfect storm in the jobs market – and it’s time to shift their thinking!

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Sales and marketing, it rolls off the tongue, but these two disciplines working in harmony, can sometimes be a struggle. In a landscape entirely reshaped due to technology and the pandemic, selling like we used to, is a thing of the past. So how can we optimise these two powerhouse specialities for selling in a new world? Adele Crane, CEO of Sales Focus Advisory explains in her new article – Finding New Customers to Increase Sales.

Reference

Finding New Customers to Increase Sales:
https://salesfocusadvisory.com/finding-new-customers/

 

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Applying for the chance to win a government contract can be cumbersome, time-consuming and a headache for any one in business. But, if successful, the rewards can be substantial. There’s no winning formula per se, but there are things you can do to give yourself the best chance to secure government business. Thomas Pollock, Founder of THINQ Learning, outlines what you can do to claim your own slice of the government pie. Thomas shares his secrets in his new book, 'Winning Government Business: the 6 rules and 9 absolutes for small to medium businesses'.

Reference

Find out if your business is Gov Ready:
www.thinqlearning.com.au/govready

 

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Yes – we’ve got the message! Last week Josh Frydenberg announced the most significant Federal Budget since any of us can probably remember. But let’s not get befuddled by the numbers. Let’s look beyond the terrifying debt and forecast figures to work out how it actually applies to you, right now, in your business. Because according to tax expert Michael Jones, of Mazars, there are turbo-charged incentives to hire workers and spend up big!

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If one thing is certain, it’s that we WILL emerge from this pandemic – hopefully sooner rather than later. But HOW we emerge will depend on our ongoing relevance in the marketplace. Have we adapted to future needs, or have we been overtaken by other businesses moving faster in these dramatic COVID times? To business futurist Morris Miselowski, it comes down to innovation - even in the smallest of incremental ways.

Reference

Find out more about Morris’s Futurists' Innovation Hack Program:
http://www.morrisfuturist.com/project/7-step-toolkit/

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