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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...
Applying the five lean manufacturing principles
Although it can be difficult to stay positive during uncertain times, businesses must look beyond current difficulties and focus on those things that do...
How to close deals during video calls
I have mostly heard negative feedback around video calls and not being able to meet face-to-face to negotiate and agree business deals. The fact...
It’s vital to have the right bookkeeper and accountant
In my field, it is disconcerting how many business owners I meet on a daily basis that don’t have the right bookkeeper or accountant...
Being an effective leader in tough times
Starting and running your own business can be exciting and highly rewarding. It is however filled with ups and downs, as the process of...
How to align your technology and business strategy
Even businesses that have been slow on the uptake of digital technology have now, by necessity, accelerated their digital transformation programmes, and are looking...
Use continuous improvement (CI) to transform your business
Richard Branson knows a thing or two about ideas. One of his favourite quotes is from Alfred North Whitehead, the ground-breaking philosopher and mathematician:...
How to deal with social media complaints and conversations
A recent study* revealed that a large portion of priority customer conversations and social media complaints go unanswered by brands. The biggest challenge companies...
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...
Applying the five lean manufacturing principles
Although it can be difficult to stay positive during uncertain times, businesses must look beyond current difficulties and focus on those things that do...
How to close deals during video calls
I have mostly heard negative feedback around video calls and not being able to meet face-to-face to negotiate and agree business deals. The fact...
It’s vital to have the right bookkeeper and accountant
In my field, it is disconcerting how many business owners I meet on a daily basis that don’t have the right bookkeeper or accountant...
Being an effective leader in tough times
Starting and running your own business can be exciting and highly rewarding. It is however filled with ups and downs, as the process of...
How to align your technology and business strategy
Even businesses that have been slow on the uptake of digital technology have now, by necessity, accelerated their digital transformation programmes, and are looking...
Use continuous improvement (CI) to transform your business
Richard Branson knows a thing or two about ideas. One of his favourite quotes is from Alfred North Whitehead, the ground-breaking philosopher and mathematician:...
How to deal with social media complaints and conversations
A recent study* revealed that a large portion of priority customer conversations and social media complaints go unanswered by brands. The biggest challenge companies...
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...
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