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SME Year-End Checklist: Five Key Areas to Consider
For SMEs, the festive season offers a rare chance to step back from busy day-to-day operations and see the bigger picture. While it's time...
The Art of Negotiation: 4 Steps for success
As a manager or business owner, you will need to develop the art of negotiation, as inevitably a large portion of your time will...
Financial terms you simply must know and understand
Not every entrepreneur is a financial guru, and many financial duties can be delegated to the right employee or be outsourced. But here's the...
How to effectively run a home office
Tough economic times have resulted in many South Africans looking for new ways to cut back on monthly expenses. SMEs are feeling the pinch,...
Seven questions to ask at the midyear mark
By the midyear mark, businesses have six months of information to dictate where they need to reallocate resources and take corrective measures that will...
Three things fast-growing businesses do well – dealing with growth-challenges
Growing pains are an actual thing – ask any toddler or teenager. In business, ‘growing pain’ describes the temporary challenges companies face when they...
How to assess whether your business is in a healthy state
A healthy cashflow in your business is in no way the only indicator that your business is necessarily in a healthy state. Hanno Bekker,...
Business mistakes you can learn from
South Africans don’t like making mistakes; we tend to associate mistakes with failure. But valuable mistakes are well-intentioned errors or failures, and are not...
5 Ways to deal with toxic clients
We have all experienced toxic clients. They’re the highly demanding clients who are never wrong, who want much more than what they’re paying for...
7 Tips to maximise your productivity
Who doesn't want (or need) to be more productive? But, how do you actually do it? Read on for a few tips on how...
Time for a business spring clean?
Small and medium enterprise (SME) owners should regularly take some time to spring clean, revitalise and streamline their business with a thorough review of...
The problem with having only one big client
Many businesses start out with one big client; in fact they may be the reason for the venture getting off the ground in the...
Leaders listen – how good is your listening skills?
Leaders who listen – truly listen – are those who demonstrate respect, care and humility. So why is it that listening skills are one...
The Art of Negotiation: 4 Steps for success
As a manager or business owner, you will need to develop the art of negotiation, as inevitably a large portion of your time will...
Financial terms you simply must know and understand
Not every entrepreneur is a financial guru, and many financial duties can be delegated to the right employee or be outsourced. But here's the...
How to effectively run a home office
Tough economic times have resulted in many South Africans looking for new ways to cut back on monthly expenses. SMEs are feeling the pinch,...
Seven questions to ask at the midyear mark
By the midyear mark, businesses have six months of information to dictate where they need to reallocate resources and take corrective measures that will...
Three things fast-growing businesses do well – dealing with growth-challenges
Growing pains are an actual thing – ask any toddler or teenager. In business, ‘growing pain’ describes the temporary challenges companies face when they...
How to assess whether your business is in a healthy state
A healthy cashflow in your business is in no way the only indicator that your business is necessarily in a healthy state. Hanno Bekker,...
Business mistakes you can learn from
South Africans don’t like making mistakes; we tend to associate mistakes with failure. But valuable mistakes are well-intentioned errors or failures, and are not...
5 Ways to deal with toxic clients
We have all experienced toxic clients. They’re the highly demanding clients who are never wrong, who want much more than what they’re paying for...
7 Tips to maximise your productivity
Who doesn't want (or need) to be more productive? But, how do you actually do it? Read on for a few tips on how...
Time for a business spring clean?
Small and medium enterprise (SME) owners should regularly take some time to spring clean, revitalise and streamline their business with a thorough review of...
The problem with having only one big client
Many businesses start out with one big client; in fact they may be the reason for the venture getting off the ground in the...
Leaders listen – how good is your listening skills?
Leaders who listen – truly listen – are those who demonstrate respect, care and humility. So why is it that listening skills are one...
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