If you avoid hiring parents due to their family commitments, you could be missing out on a brilliant business asset. Terri Martin, CEO & Founder of The Business Bunch, explains why working parents could actually be the secret to your business success. According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, 25.4 per cent of families… Read more »
To manage employee expectations and retain staff, business leaders must invest in people and technology, cultivate a positive culture and transform HR to be more automated and digital in 2023, writes Arj Bagga, Director, HR Advisory at Gartner. To help HR leaders better understand the trends to watch for in 2023, Gartner conducted its annual… Read more »
Some will test you, some will support you but have no doubt all will be watching you.
A big step in a small business is hiring someone. Get it right.
It’s all about environment, structure, implementation and people.
Recruiting good staff is arguably one of the most important aspects of running a small business.
How to determine your hiring needs when starting out.
When shaking someone’s hand for the first time, you often get an instant feeling about the person on whether you can trust them or not. Do you listen to it? Every day our intuition impacts how we interact with people and who we choose to do business with, but it also impacts other aspects of… Read more »
Dr Amantha Imber, an innovation psychologist, best-selling author, and founder of innovation consultancy, Inventium, has helped many businesses innovate more successfully. She works with the likes of Google, Virgin Airlines and Commonwealth Bank. Here, she shares with Business Builders her personal interviewing processes to help you always get the best hire. According to Dr Amantha, there is… Read more »
Nexba Co-Founders, Troy Douglas & Drew Bilbe, share their tips on how to make working with a friend possible.
Managing difficult staff is one of the biggest challenges you will face as an employer. They can disrupt the working environment which is detrimental to your business. Poor workplace culture guarantees a poorly performing business in the long run. As the business owner, it is your responsibility to produce the right culture and constantly address, refine and… Read more »
No one knows the value of good staff more than Lucy Cook and Phil Mazey, founders of Queensland’s Amaze Early Education Centre. When they lost all of their staff (twice in quick succession), they realised something had to change. This small business began with one centre in 2008 and has now expanded to eight centres… Read more »
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