Six ways to build a winning team
Your business is growing, you are building a team, how do you ensure that everyone is working together for the good of your business? There are six steps that you need to follow when creating a strong team.
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Operations & resources
Lockdown doesn’t mean no health and safety
Now’s the time, not to brush health & safety matters to one side, but to ensure you’re still do all you can to keep your employees and visitors safe.
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What can I do about my employees’ stress levels?
Perhaps you think due to the nature of what your employees do, a bit of stress is inevitable or even a good thing? You may be right, but it’s worth taking some time to consider whether stress is an issue in your business and addressing it if so.
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Should you outsource your HR?
As a small or medium enterprise (SME) you set up your business to deliver a service, manufacture or produce goods for customers. However, there comes a time when you have to consider outsourcing functions of your business such as finance, IT, HR or Health & Safety.
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Why should we use multi-factor authentication?
In a recent EMC and Vanson Bourne survey of more than 10,000 IT managers, 71% said they believe IT must serve as in-house brokers for on-demand services to help business growth. One imagines that, immediately after answering that question, they emitted a collective groan.
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Virtual assistance: everything you need to know
VAs are becoming a more popular hire than ever before. But if you’ve never worked with a VA before, you’ll undoubtedly have some questions. Here, I cover off all of the most frequently asked questions around my profession, its perks and just how a VA could work with and for businesses to offer their services.
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Why cloud backup?
Most people and companies would never take risks with data stored on premises. Yet when it comes to cloud data, a ‘debate’ seems to have emerged as to whether one need even consider backup.
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The basics of IT security
Let’s start off with an uncomfortable truth. The bottom line is that your IT systems are vulnerable. As you’ll have seen in the press, even with access to the best technology and talent, high-profile businesses, financial institutions, and governments are not immune to the possibility of an IT breach.
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Unlocking the value of your data
So, how valuable do you think your data is? My guess is it’s difficult to say, unless you’ve already defined a data strategy, you know what you want from it and are measuring what it’s doing for you.
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Ten reasons to hire a virtual assistant
We’ve all come across plenty of VAs on the networking circuits, but have you ever hired one? Maybe you’re still thinking about it. If you are, then you may recognise some of the reasons (below) as to why I think you could want to hire someone like me.
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A day in the life of a customs agent
Customs agents now have to process more paperwork than ever before due to Brexit. This increased workload can lead to delays in goods passing through customs, and even cause disruptions in the supply chain.
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Bye-bye your business
As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end. It got me thinking about why business owners seek to exit businesses, and perhaps more importantly, what are the options available to you.
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Probationary periods – should I scrap them?
Probationary periods are used by employers of all sizes for new recruits, usually for either three or six months. They can be extremely valuable if used well, bringing structure to the early days of a new hire’s employment, and prompting decisions about whether there is a good fit.
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How to scale up your business with a CRM
There are loads of CRMs out there, and choosing the right one to suit your organisation is critical.
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Managing uncertainty
As a business coach I am often asked by my clients how they can improve their sales, management or overall business productivity. There is never one answer…
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Christmas parties – beware!
If you’re planning to organise some Christmas festivities for your employees, thinking about some of the potential pitfalls and how to avoid them is a good idea.
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Five steps to boosting productivity
We know that productivity is a key driver of economic growth and improved standards of living, so how do we tackle this? Before I hear screaming. this is not a ‘kick the UK’ approach. But productivity is closely linked to both good performance and efficiency.
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Five simple, but crucial controls to protect your business
Keeping businesses safe from cyber threats is becoming more and more important as smaller businesses are being targeted due to them being an easy target as they more often than not ignore cyber security thinking data breaches will never happen to them.
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Is GDPR going away?
With data now being worth more than oil and gold and cyber criminals seeing data theft as an easy way to make money, we will continue to need some sort of regulation governing its use.
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How operationally efficient are you?
Efficiency is concerned with minimising waste or effort, whilst still delivering an effective outcome. Or more broadly managing systems and resources to deliver a product with minimum waste.
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