The Business Advisor Paradigm – Cost or Investment?
What impact will a business consultant have on your SME business? Let’s begin to answer that with another question. What do The All Blacks, an Olympic Gold Medallist and Bill…
A Nationwide Network of expert Business Advisors
As business advisors, we know that managing and growing business is extremely challenging and can take both a personal and financial toll. However with access to expert business advice on recruitment, financials,…
Small business? You don’t need to go it alone!
Many people go into their own business looking to change their lifestyle, work less and make their own decisions. It’s fair to say that the majority struggle with this concept,…
Why New Zealand SMEs succeed with a great Business Advisor
As the world becomes ever smaller, small to medium business enterprises (SMEs) experience ever increasing greater pressure; competition from overseas, online competition and so on. As we move through these…
How the biggest minimum wage rise in a decade will affect you
As you are most likely aware the minimum wage will go up from 1 April 2018. This is the largest minimum wage increase in a decade. Have you thought about…
Finding time is flying by – and you’re still not having fun?
Article by John Cleghorn, Business Management Consultant & Prime Strategies Group Partner. Here we are in yet another year. Time seems to go by so quickly, doesn’t it? So, for…
Will Small Business weather a rising minimum wage?
Written by Rob Drower and John Cleghorn, Managing Partners – Prime Strategies Group Most of you will be well aware that the minimum wage rate will increase to $16.50 as of…
Fight. Flight. Freeze in Business
The phrase “fight or flight” was coined in the 1920s to describe key behaviour that occurs in the context of a perceived threat. It evolved as a survival mechanism and…
How to build a company where the best ideas win
What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical transparency and algorithmic decision-making…
Five Ways a Business Advisor Can Make You More Successful
Think you only need a business performance advisor when things are not tracking so well? Not so. All businesses need help at some stage – even the fastest-growing businesses can…
500% growth in one year? Here’s how.
The thought of quintupling business growth in under 12 months may sound impossible, but Scott Oldford has done it himself (learn more in the article by Scott for Entrepreneur) –…
7 Steps for Business Growth – The Do’s and Don’ts!
Business growth is really exciting – you have a great product, you’re reaching the right people – but it’s crucial to have a sturdy business plan. Here’s a list of…