Scenario planning is an effective tool to bring order to a chaotic situation and gives the entrepreneur a rational basis on which to make high quality decisions when others are panicking. More Podcasts Here → · Join The Community →

In times of crisis, it’s even more important for entrepreneurs to make business decisions that are measured and considered, and to prime their businesses to both take advantage of opportunities and mitigate risks. During this #NavigatingExtremeChange podcast episode, Allon Raiz discusses how entrepreneurs can build a decision-making matrix to help them assess all potential opportunities clearly and objectively. Join The Community →

Now that you have your employee, how do you get them up to speed and effective as quickly as possible? During this seventh and final episode of our #AvoidingHiringMistakes podcast series, Allon shares how he and the team at Raizcorp deploy 90 days of intensive training to do exactly this. He also shares insights into how we can structure our training in a way that will yield similar results. Don’t miss this massively informative conversation. Raizcorp Podcast Page →

Hiring does not have to be such a guessing game. As an entrepreneur, you can put metrics into place to help you make better decisions. In this #AvoidingHiringMistakes podcast episode, Allon Raiz talks through hiring and management metrics you can easily implement in your business to get better results from your hiring process. More Podcasts Here →

Less experienced entrepreneurs who haven’t had the privilege of being burned by previous mistakes tend to make very common recruitment errors, says Raizcorp CEO Allon Raiz in this episode of our #AvoidingHiringMistakes podcast series. By deliberately designing a recruitment process, you are less likely to make some of these mistakes and more likely to be successful in hiring suitable staff while also reducing the likelihood of your new recruit leaving too soon. Allon talks us through how to think through the design of your recruitment process. Join The Community →

In this episode of our Raizor’s Edge podcast series #AvoidingHiringMistakes, Allon Raiz discusses all the factors that resource-starved small businesses need to take into account when considering appropriate remuneration for their staff. Raizcorp Podcast Page →

In this #AvoidingHiringMistakes podcast series, Raizcorp CEO Allon Raiz discusses the evolution of his relationship with the formal job description and why it is such an important tool for the scaling entrepreneur. To illustrate, he takes listeners through the process that Raizcorp uses when creating a new job description or revisiting an old one. His view is that descriptions must be as full and comprehensive as possible, and include qualifications, characteristics and skills. Creating this type of job description not only helps the entrepreneur to think through exactly what type of role is needed, it also informs the training of the employee. More Podcasts Here →

As entrepreneurs, we shouldn’t allow our egos to dictate the number of people we employ. Hiring for the sake of hiring or because we have a problem right now can come with costs relating to profit, efficiency and unnecessary complexity – costs that most businesses simply can’t afford. In this episode, Allon Raiz urges entrepreneurs to take time to explore and consider multiple options before making the decision to create a new role. Allon explores those options with the listener. Join The Community →

In the first episode of our #AvoidingHiringMistakes podcast series, Allon Raiz advises entrepreneurs to be very conscious and deliberate when hiring new people. Too many entrepreneurs make the decision to hire too lightly without considering the huge cost in terms of time, money and other pressures, not to mention the additional costs should the new employee turn out to be a big mistake. Raizcorp Podcast Page →

COVID or any other event that brings massive amounts of change can be hard to deal with. During this #EntrepreneursAsk podcast, Allon addresses this and helps us consider how we might harness change rather than think we need to avoid it. Join The Community →