Last week we addressed the first three of our six time wasters in the workplace. Those three directly affect performance and touched on how as an employee or entrepreneur, you must not waste time waiting for something to be perfect, but to just go for it and perfect it afterwards. We also mentioned the importance […]
It’s very easy to lose time while you’re in the office. At one moment, it’s seven in the morning and work is starting out and before you know it, it’s five and it’s time to go home. What happened between seven and five? Can you account for the hours spent and show satisfactory results? The […]
Ever felt like your business isn’t known…enough? You have set it up perfectly and you are more than ready to serve clients and the public alike, but almost no one knows about your services or how good you are at what you do? It’s not you, it’s your exposure tactics. Sometimes you need to go […]
Women in business are most likely to have it harder than their male counterparts, but has that ever stopped them from trying and actually succeeding? No. In honour of women’s month, we have highlighted four important qualities that women in business possess. Fearless Despite the changes that the business world goes through on a daily […]
If you are one of those people who usually hesitate to employ the services of small businesses or you are wary of dealing with small business owners…stop right there and read this. Forbes magazine published a list of 43 quotes (quoted from For New York) encouraging people to try out small businesses because they play […]
Let’s face it: a company that doesn’t have a website raises eyebrows and red flags, especially in the current business climate where a lot of the action takes place online. As a result, companies go out of their way to ensure that they have a running website where they interact and share information with their […]
Here’s the thing: in the present business climate, you can’t do anything meaningful without going online. People have migrated and are literally living online and a lot of businesses have followed suit. Naturally, this means that the business’s most important assets include computers and a lot of cables that you wouldn’t know even if they […]
Accountant…this is not just another career person who works with numbers. Accountants are ‘made’ to make running a successful business easy for entrepreneurs. Perhaps you’re an entrepreneur and in the midst of holding meetings, networking with other entrepreneurs, engaging in community building projects amongst other things, you have to do the numbers too…isn’t that too […]
Winter is coming here. We know, we know; you’d rather be at home in your blankets, nursing a cup of freshly made hot chocolate and flicking through channels instead of being at work. Unfortunately (or fortunately for our workaholics), you need to be at the office, doing what you do best, which is serving your […]
Sometimes you may have it all figured out, but still something goes wrong and costs you thousands of Rands in the process. You may even do your market research and come up with the best marketing activities, but still fail. Here’s why: Unattainable goals Entrepreneurs are often encouraged to push boundaries, take risks, and dare […]