Calculate Extra Revenue Required to Fund a New Hire
Hiring a new team member is a milestone, but for a time-challenged Small Business Owner, it can also be a source of financial anxiety. Whether you are hiring a Front-Line Producer (who sells or bills hours) or an Operational Support role (who frees up your time to sell), that new salary doesn’t just need to […]
SM3.1 De-Stress
Stress is one of the major problems faced by business Owner/Operators. There are straight forward ways, though, of reducing the 4 main contributors to this stress; and they do not take very long to implement. We show how to convert “distress” to “de-stress”. Typical stress points in smaller businesses are caused by: People: hiring, firing, managing […]
SM2.9 80/20 Staffing
Labour costs are typically 50-70% of your operating costs so anything you can do to improve labour productivity is a good thing. The 80/20 Rule can be applied to the issues around staffing so that your business can operate as effectively as possible. Yellow Belt
How to Double Your Personal Productivity in Under Two Weeks
There just never seems to be enough time in the life of a manager toget all the things queued up in front of you done. Do you know that feeling? It doesn’t have to be like that though. Two simple skills can make you up to 16 times more productive! Read on to see how you […]
Secrets to Staff Bonus Plans
Paying staff a bonus or other incentive is a well tested method of improving their commitment to the business’ management goals. The secrets of the Staff Bonus Plans are revealed below. Read this if: you want to know more about how bonuses should be constructed to drive the goals of the business. Many bonus systems are […]
My Business’s Problem Symptoms: I Don’t Know What’s Wrong
I DON’T KNOW What’s Wrong! Are you faced with a confusing number of reasons why your business is experiencing a particular problem/s? It can be a challenge to drill down and identify the ‘real’ problem and see solutions. With YOUR problem in mind, select the link below that best fits your problem. Note: Campaign, Skills […]
SM3.2 De-Stress Video
Watch this short 11 minute video on how to reduce the four main sources of small business owner/operator stress.
SM3.0 How to De-Stress Introduction
Stress is All Around Us. There is no doubt that many Owner/Operators work under considerable stress. Sometimes this stress is constructive because we are excited and challenged by growing the business and/or making it more profitable.
But all too often, it comes about because events just overtake us and we find ourselves fighting off one alligator just to get attacked by another. This stress is not healthy or helpful. It leads to all sorts of physical upsets and is also often damaging to your relationships. 
Benefit from Labour Efficiency Ratio Metric
The cost of labour is one of the largest overhead expenses in most businesses. Any inefficiency here is an expense that must be recovered from the potential Profit of the organisation. Labour tends to grow of its own accord and it is very difficult for the business operator to know just how labour productivity is going as […]
How to do Change Management for Profit
Most people don’t like change! As a business owner/manager, you probably have a much higher tolerance for the uncertainty of change than other staff. On the other hand, you can’t change much just by yourself. And changes you do implement have a disconcerting tendency to revert back to the old method as soon as you focus on […]