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A Heavy Price Tag on Doing Nothing

Dec 18, 2017
5 min

A Heavy Price Tag on Doing Nothing

The business world is a bewildering, fast-moving place right now. But don’t fall into the trap of bunkering down and doing nothing, because this will cost you in the long run, says Kevin Phillips The largest enemy of change and leadership isn’t a “no”, it’s a “not yet”. “Not yet” is the safest, easiest way to forestall change.’ – Seth Godin On a recent trip I took to New Zealand, the Auckland airport was closed down and its operations curtailed when the pipeline delivering j

Time to move from spreadsheets to specialised software?

Mar 23, 2015
3 min

Time to move from spreadsheets to specialised software?

Many companies keep their financial information in spreadsheets; carefully designed and programmed by an accountant, business owner or financial manager. Spreadsheets are a wonderful tool and have served many a business’ budgeting, forecasting and planning needs; but there comes a time when you need to look at moving across to specialised financial software that gives you more control over, and insight into, your financial information. Here are a few ways to know that time ha

Management & Motivation

Jan 29, 2015
2 min

Management & Motivation

Any non-football supporter could be forgiven for thinking this Soccer World Cup was all about the money. The news has covered how three African teams threatened various strike actions unless they were paid their cash bonuses up front; the fact that the four top paid players on the German team earn more than the entire American team combined; and that the final took place between two of the three wealthiest teams in the World, to name just three examples. Does this mean that a

Redefining Longevity

Aug 20, 2014
2 min

Redefining Longevity

Today’s workforce is more dynamic than ever before; new generation employees will change jobs and even careers a number of times throughout their working lives. This does not have to be a bad thing, business owners need to look at longevity in a new way – it may not be about keeping someone in the same position forever, it is perhaps about keeping talent in your company long enough to maximise the time and enthusiasm new employees bring. You can hire the best and brightest ca