Tag Archive | "staff management"

Future Proofing Your Business


As one of the biggest expenses a small business will regularly incur will be the cost of it’s employees, namely in wages but also in ACC payments and down time for staff sick days; these costs can get as high as 40% …

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (0)

Do You Have Indispensible Employees Holding Your Business Hostage?


Ever had an employee who made outrageous demands (for salary, promotions, time-off etc) and you gave it to them because you felt you ‘had no choice’?

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (0)

What Makes Your Staff Tick?


don’t know how many times I here a business owner or manager say “if it wasn’t for the staff this job would be great”, like it or not most of us need staff to complete the work we do for our customers.

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (0)

Have You Implemented an Acceptable Use Policy?


Today, the Internet for businesses is an essential tool of trade, and any business without an internet connection will find it difficult to operate effectively.

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (0)

How Much Personal Internet Surfing in the Workplace is Too Much?


Businesses of all sizes face the dilemma of internet misuse and internet abuse on a daily basis. The internet is a necessity for business, and since the advent of Web 2.0 technology, the ways of exploiting the internet for our own use have flourished.

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (2)

3 Reasons why I Think Spelling is Important


I recently read an article by someone I haven’t met, but have learned to respect, by what they’ve written before. This article had two spelling errors in it; well one spelling and one, the incorrect word used eg to, two, too.

Read the full story

Posted in GeneralComments (5)

How to Recruit Your Next Sales Star


Following on from the article in the last issue of NZSM, ‘Hiring your next superstar – making the most of the interview and selection process’, …

Read the full story

Posted in SalesComments (0)

Trim the fat, don’t cut the muscle


Understandably companies are trimming the fat and letting staff go as they react and adapt to continuing tough market conditions this new year.

Read the full story

Posted in MarketingComments (0)

How To Close More Sales Without Being Pushy


During training sessions, the people working in those industries talk about their favourites but there is always one that becomes the problem they have the most trouble with.

Read the full story

Posted in SalesComments (0)

Get All You Can From Your Interviews


For many people the thought of an interview can be pretty scary. We think of interviews in terms of what we have to go through to get a job or promotion.

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (0)

What to Do After You Get Fired or Made Redundant


First of all, understand the difference between being fired and being made redundant. You are fired because off poor performance, attitude, attendance, and a multitude of other reasons that reflect on your ability to perform your job properly.

Read the full story

Posted in GeneralComments (0)

Tips for the First Time Manager


You have worked hard for this, and finally you have been made manager of your department or business. This might not be as easy as you believed it would be. Now that you are the leader, you must teach, guide, direct, and set the example for the people who work under you.

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (3)

How to avoid a Personal Grievance when you suspend an employee


If an employee has done something which could amount to misconduct, then the last thing you want is for that employee to attempt to wriggle off the hook because you have made a procedural mistake by suspending the employee from work.

Read the full story

Posted in LegalComments (0)

Tips for Building Your Team


You’ve got your business plan in place, and you have the money to get started. Now you need to build an organization of employees that know their jobs, understand the business goals, believe in what your doing, and can work together as a team to have your business running smoothly.

Read the full story

Posted in Management, MindsetComments (2)

How Many Things Can A Restaurant Do Wrong and Still Stay In Business?


It must be 9 because last night the Jasmine Thai Restaurant in Tauranga made 8 screw ups:

Read the full story

Posted in General, MarketingComments (3)

Guidelines vs. Rules – Creating Wildly Successful Employees


Employees have changed. Rules don’t cut it anymore. The newer generation isn’t sure it even wants to go to work and has in some ways decided to retire BEFORE working. How do you as a Business Owner respond to this new world?

Read the full story

Posted in ManagementComments (0)

Why you can’t just fire an employee at the end of a probationary period


Bob was fed up with hiring the wrong staff. Twice he had his fingers burnt. The first time he ended up defending a personal grievance…

Read the full story

Posted in LegalComments (2)

Will your Health and Safety Policy save you from prosecution?


The metal stake had pierced his right side, gone through his torso and was now protruding from his stomach.

Read the full story

Posted in LegalComments (1)

Why you must choose the right employment agreements for your staff


Most business owners know that it is against the law not to have a written employment agreement with their staff.

Read the full story

Posted in Legal, ManagementComments (1)

How a Profiling System Helped My Business


I want to share with you what I learned from an event I attended and how it greatly helped the success of my business.

Read the full story

Posted in InnovationComments (1)

Page 1 of 212»

Follow Business Blogs

Monthly Newsletter

Sign-up for all the latest news and views!



Email2:

Social Media Case Studies

Facebook for Business

Facebook for Business

BusinessBlogs on Facebook

RSSBusinessBlogs on Twitter

Related Sites