Hiring Staff: When and Who
Learn about hiring staff, the decision about when to hire your next member of staff and what positions to consider first. This article is aimed, primarily, at owners hiring their first few staff members. But additionally, it suggests a thought process and habits that will be useful even when your small business becomes larger. Yellow Belt […]
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
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. 
Business Coaching Service
Get personal business coaching and business mentoring on business strategy Just like it is hard to learn piano by yourself, business coaching can help build business skills It can be lonely out there for business leadersYour friends and family may not understand what you do and the problems you face. Also, there are many things […]
Business Mentoring Registration
Get personal small-business mentoring on demand Just like it is hard to learn piano by yourself, business mentoring can help you build business skills It can be lonely out there for business leadersYour friends and family may not understand what you do and the problems you face. Also, there are many things you can’t discuss […]
How to Choose Professional Advisors
You might be inclined to think professionals – doctors, accountants, lawyers – are pretty much the same in quality but that is not the case. Yellow Belt
Effective Business Information Systems
Could Your Information Systems Do a Better Job? Effective business information systems are paramount to the sustainable operation of your business. If you don’t know what’s broken, you can’t fix it! They also tend to be undervalued. Often precisely because they are not doing a good job so business owners have not learnt to value […]
How to Motivate Staff and Improve Productivity
Staff Are Crucial to the Success of Your Business Are you stumped at how to motivate your staff? Is how to improve productivity high on the agenda? There are so many aspects to managing staff. Alternatively, are you not quite sure that you have the right staff working for you? Start Up Business or Long […]