Category: Business

As Abraham Lincoln famously said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”   The summer months can be quiet for smaller businesses.  Your customers will be on holiday and you might find yourself with less to do.  Could you fill this time usefully… Continue reading Back To School: Get Your Business In Order During The Quiet Summer Months

In a world where everything seems to be run with the latest technology, no matter how big or small the business is it makes sense to utilize this technology to run your trucking fleet. If your business is a part of the trucking and/or transportation industry you know the headaches that come while trying to… Continue reading Managing Your Trucking Fleet More Efficiently

Risk assessment is about more than ensuring that employees don’t slip on the stairs and that there is proper ventilation. Organisational risk assessment deals with financial matters, operational matters and legal compliance. It’s a holistic approach to ensure that businesses operate efficiently, profitably and legally on all levels and it is essential. On the Australian… Continue reading Successful Risk Management Requires A Holistic Approach

Here’s a primer that will take you through the A-Z of choosing meeting venues, planning, going through the real thing, and following up. Here we go:   BEFORE THE MEETING Everybody must be prepared for the meeting – not just the organizer. The organizers must determine the meeting’s objective. The meeting’s agenda must be clear as… Continue reading Before, At, And After The Meeting

With construction beginning back in February 2010, The Shard now sits pretty as the tallest tower in Western Europe. An architectural masterpiece, The Shard was designed by Renzo Piano and it has been suggested that it was designed to look like an iceberg, which it does strongly resemble. The Shard stands at 1,000 feet with… Continue reading The Shard: Not Your Average Plumbing Bill

So, you have this idea that you are very passionate about, and you decide that you want to take it to the next level.  You make the decision that you are going to create a fundraiser to bring in revenue to launch this new idea into the cosmos, but you have one slight problem: you… Continue reading 3 Tips To Launching A Successful Fundraiser

Team building is an excellent way of bringing staff members together in an environment other than the workplace, in order to facilitate communication, trust and good relations. The popularity of team building events has grown substantially over the past few years, as companies are looking to increase efforts to boost staff morale and retain talent.… Continue reading Three Delicious Culinary Team Building Activities