10 Ways to lead your workforce by example
An executive who works alongside team members is rewarded with better performance but chumming up to employees is a fine balancing act. Too much comfort may breed complacency, an unwillingness…
Self Discipline
If you want to join the 10% of people that are always ahead of the game then one of the biggest skills you need is the art of self discipline.…
3 Keys to being a good CEO
A good CEO on really needs to do 3 things: From our experience in building companies over the last 5 or so years, we want to share a few tips…
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…
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,…
Creating a positive team culture for business success
Written by Prime Strategies Partner, Rob Drower. One of the most undervalued facets of SME Businesses is their Team Culture. Building a positive team culture and having an optimism running…
Are these the world’s most progressive workplaces?
Tired of endless bureaucracy, pointless report writing, and lack of freedom and entrepreneurship in the workplace? The Corporate Rebels believed that there has to be a better way, and have…
Insights into becoming more resilient
One key business skill that is frequently over-looked is resilience. Being in business is an ever-changing journey, as markets wax and wane and industries evolve with technology – and all…
5 Ways to prepare for change & engage your team
A great article by the aptly-named Peter Economy for inc.com. Buy-outs, downsizing, staff changes, market changes – there are so many ways a business can transform literally overnight. While these…
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…
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…
Improving your business decision making skills
by Srini Pillay for The Harvard Business Review. We are faced with the need to make decisions every day. Should we bring product A or B to market? Which marketing…