Hiring freelancers can be a flexible, cost-effective way to bring new skills and fresh perspectives into your business, whilst freeing you to focus on other areas of development. It can help you to be more competitive and to complete projects faster, without permanently adding to your overheads. Freelancers are self-employed workers who usually work from…
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As the business owner you must be capable of many things. You are all of the below and more; Manager / Boss Doing the work Accounts Department Marketing: Adverting / Sales Customers: Meetings / Phone calls / Emails If you consider juggling 5 balls and someone throws another ball in, for a while you will…
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The home alone freelancing life has many benefits; however, it’s not without its challenges. One of the biggest is isolation. Working alone is brilliant for uninterrupted concentration on the task in hand, but when there’s no getting away from the thoughts in your own head, it can get deflating, and nobody can perform well when…
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Work-related stress (Occupational stress) has the potential to negatively affect an individual’s psychological and physical health, as well as an organisation’s effectiveness. Therefore, work-related stress is recognised world-wide as a major challenge to workers’ health and the health of their organisations.
Nowadays it looks like everyone wants to be their own boss, to become an entrepreneur and with this there is a lot of excitement at the beginning to become successful. But the reality is that success may be a long time coming and we aren’t fully prepared for the journey. This sometimes leaves us feeling…
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Most, if not all corporates and big businesses run on 90 day plans. This is why we always hear comments like “sales were up in Q2 this year” or “compared to last year’s financial report in Q4…” So what’s the point and where’s the value? Most savvy business leaders understand the value and necessity of strategic…
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‘Work guilt’ is a real issue for the small business owner. The feeling that you should ‘be doing something’ but not sure what, results in unnecessary hours working on the business away from family life. This usually impacts negatively on both the business and life in general. To help alleviate this issue and to get…
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Do you ever find yourself faced with a bunch of pretty boring numbers that you want to communicate in an exciting way but don’t know how to even begin? Robust figures can add substance to any business argument; however, you need to move away from cross-eyed inducing spreadsheets that take ages to decipher into the…
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Business owners often forget that one of their most valuable assets within their business is good, loyal staff. Many argue that it’s a challenge to find quality team members. The question to ask is once you have hired the right person, bearing in mind you have probably spent a lot of time effort and possibly money getting them to join your company, what actions are you doing to retain and nurture them?
As we draw near to the summer holidays, our business plans can often get put aside for the needs of the family and going on holiday. Naturally we need to get some rest, have fun and take a break from the day to day running of a business, however business never stops and there are…
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