Top 3 Money Lessons Every Entrepreneur Must Learn To Survive
These financial lessons are a must for every entrepreneur to learn – It’s no secret that new businesses have a high failure rate and the lack of financial control often plays a role. Within the business sector, it’s true to say that money makes the world go round. If you want to secure your future […]
Business Owners – How To Help Your Team Manage Workplace Stress
Spotting the signs of workplace stress is not always easy as everybody copes differently – But you can play an active role in helping your team manage stress before it becomes a long-term health issue. Asking your employees whether they are stressed offers no guarantees that they would actually tell you how they are feeling. Nevertheless, […]
5 Insider Tips For Running A Successful Family Business
Running a family business still has a negative stigma but it doesn’t really deserve the bad press it receives as they are some of the most successful around the globe. With people pictured arguing with their siblings or parents, getting the balance right when running a family business can be difficult but it can also […]
8 Steps To Profitable Sustainability
There are eight ways in which companies can engage employees to foster business sustainability – and in doing so improve profits. Professor CB Bhattacharya, founder of the Center for Sustainable Business (CSB) at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin, Germany, shares his tips on how companies can strengthen their stakeholder relationships. We should […]
Control Your Business Targets And Not Vice Versa
Setting your business targets can help you focus on what you want to achieve but it can also damage just as much as it can inspire. Targets can be great – helping you understand where you are going and how to get there. Business management trainer, Jean Gamester of Semaphora, advises on how companies can […]
How To Make Your Business Beach-Ready During The Summer Holidays
With school holidays underway and employees looking forward to a well-deserved break, businesses are faced with the challenge of negotiating their team’s summer breaks with the minimum amount of disruption. Claire Ward, HR expert and founder of HR subscription service for SMEs –The HR Hub – gives the following advice to business owners on managing […]
Dealing with PR disaster – Bad Publicity is Never Welcome
Bad publicity is never welcome and the way companies respond to it could be the making or breaking of the business. Believing that a company is immune from bad publicity is a sure-fire way of being completely unprepared when it inevitably strikes in some form or another. If there is a clear plan in place […]
The Need For Entrepreneurs To Be Proactive In Managing Their Business Online Reputation
In this ever-connected world which promises instantaneous information, businesses have to be proactive in dealing with their online reputation. Cyber trolls come in multiple different forms, but the one which affects businesses most prevalently is the negative online comments. From TripAdvisor reviews to Google rankings, there are many different platforms it can exist in, but […]