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…
4 Rules for your business
Rule No. 1 You must understand — and be comfortable with — the way the business works. First and foremost, you have to understand and be comfortable with how the…
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…
Why Managing Your Direct Reports is Essential for Success
The moment your business gets large enough that you need staff, you have a staff management requirement. Our experience shows that staff management is one of the most neglected skills in…
Five Rules for Smart Cash Flow Management
One of the biggest reasons for business failure in New Zealand is not common knowledge. No, it isn’t businesses failing to make a profit; it’s bad cash flow management! Cash…
When sales slow, avoid a knee jerk reaction. It’s time to get strategic.
This article from Amy Florence in EC&M is a great checklist for the winter months or any slow period. “When sales drop and the economy tightens, electrical contractors’ knee-jerk response…
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,…
7 strategies to get your team to keep their promises
Great businesses are built on teams that take full ownership of individual responsibilities. Too many businesses let people slide by partially doing things, and accepting excuses for delays and mistakes…
Expert tips for Cash Flow Management
Written by Prime Strategies Business Advisor, Rob Drower. Cash is “King”. Banks report that of businesses that fail, a large proportion of these are due to poor Cash Flow Management. This…
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…
Personal happiness and a meaningful career
Written by Nick Kershaw, Prime Strategies Business Consultant Achieving work-life balance & satisfaction Obviously most people want to achieve both a successful career and a wonderful personal life simultaneously, but…
Five factors for Sales & Marketing alignment
By Rohit Roy for Martech Advisor. Sales and marketing efforts are essentially two sides of the same coin, yet quite detached from each other. Only off late have they been…