“A leader’s lasting value is measured by succession.” (John C. Maxwell) Succession planning is preparing for the future of your business, ensuring the people and resources are available for its ongoing success beyond the lifetime of the current key players. It is especially critical in small businesses where the loss of a key person can […]
Category Archives: Business
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“Meetings should be like salt – a spice sprinkled carefully to enhance a dish, not poured recklessly over every forkful. Too much salt destroys a dish. Too many meetings destroy morale and motivation” (Entrepreneur and author of “Rework”, Jason Fried) While the capacity for digital meetings and interviews has been around for some time, they […]
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“Forewarned is forearmed” (Samuel Shellabarger, Prince of Foxes) The daily Covid-19 infection rate has decreased considerably over the last month or so. South Africans have found a way to live with the risk of infections and have in the recent past become generally more active. This has increased the fear that there might be a […]
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“It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it.” (Jack Welch, former CEO of GE) The health and wellbeing (HWB) of employees has a substantial impact on business success and sustainability, and this has never been more […]
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The South African economy could take as long as seven years to get back to the size of R5.1 trillion it was at the end of 2019 before Covid-19 and the national lockdown. This forecast is according to Citadel chief economist Maarten Ackerman, who expressed this view during an interview. Long way back Christopher Loewald, […]
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“Cyber-Security is much more than a matter of IT.” (Stéphane Nappo, 2018 Global Chief Information Security Officer of the year) According to official communications from Experian, a consumer, business and credit information services agency, an individual in South Africa claiming to represent a legitimate client fraudulently requested services from it and was simply given the […]
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Business start-up planning has been extensively covered over the past twenty years and longer, and without understating its importance or re-inventing the wheel, perhaps it has been overplayed. Much training is available on the Internet, including templates and guidelines provided by banks and the SA Department of Trade and Industry. To start a freelancing business […]
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“All great changes are preceded by chaos. The disruption we see in the world is the prelude to emergence.” (Deepak Chopra) The greatest innovation is created in times of chaos. Many successful business stories began during times of recession, depression, chaos and crisis. Not paralysed by uncertainty or frightened into inaction, these business leaders and […]
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Small businesses across South Africa face the challenge of keeping their best staff and skills during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure that they can survive these hard times and can thrive when the economy picks up again. For small and medium enterprises (SMEs), keeping top talent is vital to ensuring that these companies deliver […]
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“Given the nature of the crisis, all hands should be on deck, all available tools should be used” (Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank) 1. Working from home is possible Ever since the creation of the internet employees have been pushing for more opportunities to work from home and the vast majority of […]