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Making It Right: What to Do When You’ve Stuffed Up
Making It Right Most of us know when we’ve done the wrong thing. Sure, we hope no one noticed. Maybe we’ll get away with it! But we feel uneasy. When we’re challenged, we fess up. Even better—acknowledge our wrongdoing before the accusations start to fly. That way we...
Make Your Business More Efficient—And Avoid the Gum Tree Moments
Baptism of Fire Friday night. I’m tearing down a mountain bike trail on O’Halloran Hill. A hairpin corner looms; I’m coming in too hot. The rear wheel slips sideways and down I go, sliding to a halt only inches from an anthill. By the light of my headlamp I see the...
Tired of Tedious Tasks? 9 Brilliant Ways to Reclaim Your Time and Energy
9 Tips for Managing the Daily Grind Boredom is no excuse for failure. As business owners, there are some tasks we relish—and other tasks we’d rather avoid. Often, we neglect tasks we find boring. Trouble is, they’re often essential. So how do you knuckle down and...
Act Now: 4 Steps to a More Saleable Business
Maximise the Value of Your Business When’s the best time to think about selling your business? Ten years ago. The second best time? Right now. ‘But Evan,’ you might argue. ‘I’m not ready to sell. I’m not planning to retire until 2035.’ I hear you. You have a...
Unstable Markets? 5 Ways to Boost Your Business & Wealth
Can You Really Predict the Future of Your Business? ‘It’s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.’ This pearl of wisdom has been attributed to many people over the years, from Yogi Berra, the Yankees baseball catcher famed for his oxymorons, to...
Forget Trump. Focus Here: What You Can Control in 2025
Serenity Now The world seems more unstable than ever. At the time of writing, the 47th US President hasn’t secured peace in Ukraine or the Middle East. On the other hand, he’s alienated many of America’s traditional allies, upending the global order eighty years in...
High Tech or Human Touch? Why Driving 4 Hours is Good for Business
Dad and I are driving to Kadina. Conversation flows easily as we head north along the Port Wakefield Highway before turning northwest at the top of St Vincent Gulf. As always, Dad looks relaxed behind the wheel. I gaze out the window and watch the country roll by....
Mastering Small Business Leadership: More Essential Skills
I posed a provocative question for the owners of small family-owned businesses in my last post: do your family dynamics spill over into your workplace? If so, how do they affect your employees? Answering this question requires an act of radical honesty on your part....
Essential Skills for Small Business Owners: Leadership, Growth & Success
Core Skills for Business Owners Recently, I’ve been jotting down some thoughts about the peculiar challenges we face as owners of small businesses. Maybe they seem random—but they’re not, I promise. You might agree vigorously with some, while disagreeing vehemently...
Intimacy in Leadership: What Great Bosses – and Spouses – Have in Common
Intimacy at Work Intimacy. Weird topic for a business blog. Except it’s not. Great leaders understand intuitively how to find the right balance between intimacy and clear expectations with their staff. Great entrepreneurs create a level of customer intimacy which...
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