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05
Mar

Check please!

Written by Melina Schamroth

With the busy lives that we lead it can be so easy to fall into the trap of going hell for leather at work and simply not paying complete attention to what we are doing. Here’s an example of what can happen when you don’t concentrate properly when replying to emails at work… Minutes ago, I sent a quick note out to my database to advise when tickets would be on sale for an upcoming event.

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24
Jan

Do you have a CFO in your business?

Written by BDO Australia

Do you have a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in your business? If you’re a small business, chances are, no. Few small or medium businesses have a CFO. A CFO’s role in a business is to use the financial information of a business to drive and improve it. The financial information of a business is the key to the strategic direction and improvement of every business.

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10
Jan

Hour of power

Written by Paul Hassing

Say kids, what time is it? Remember Prince Planet? Use of his superpowers drained his pendant P. Failure to recharge made him a vulnerable mortal. I think running a business is like that. I wonder if you agree. What is time? Dad and I were toasting the spontaneous relocation of his FOR LEASE sign.

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29
Dec

Six smart tips to meeting deadlines on time, every time

Written by Daylan Pearce

The old saying goes ‘two things in life are certain – Death and Taxes’. I’d like to formally request that this saying is altered to be ‘three things are certain in life – Death, Taxes and Deadlines’. The consequences of missing these deadlines though can range from missing your bus to angry wife or even losing your job (or perhaps even scarier losing your job and making your wife angry). So here are six tips to help you stay on top of your tasks and meet those deadlines every time, while hopefully avoiding those all-night work marathons we’ve no doubt found ourselves doing from time to time.

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29
Dec

How to start 2012 on the right track

Written by Bella Katz

Smart business resolutions for all SME's. There’s a New Zealand online business I came across the other day, which may as well have had a photo of me pinned to their mood board when they conceptualised it. From the moment I spotted an ad for it on another blog, to the moment I followed them on their Facebook page.

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20
Dec

The X Factor

Written by Paul Hassing

We’ve agonised over Christmas (Xmas, xmas) cards. Here’s a fresh (and, I believe, elegant) twist. Alarm bells When Andrew Preston from Blyss Personnel hit me up for xmas card copy for his thousands of clients and candidates, I sounded a warning:

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