by Irene | Sustaining Your Business, Uncategorized |
I once attended a lecture given by a young woman from the Australian Olympic Netball Team. This energetic athlete discussed her training program and the importance of keeping her goals front and centre. She asked the group, “Who has a ‘Plan B’ for their business?” ...
by Irene | Sustaining Your Business, Uncategorized |
Have you discovered how to use positive risk in your business yet? Positive risks are also known as opportunities. Opportunities can strengthen and grow a business even through very difficult times, but just because they appear as a good opportunity does not mean...
by Irene | Closing Your Business, Uncategorized |
As the knife-edge of business closure creeps ever closer for many businesses, the light at the end of the tunnel can feel very dim and distant. The reality of the effects of the pandemic and the consequent shutdowns are affecting the very way that business operates...
by Irene | Uncategorized |
How quickly life can change – in the blink of an eye It’s been a rough few weeks living in the brave new world of business that has resulted from Covid-19. My business might looks the same on the outside, but on the inside it feels quite different. It’s...
by Irene | Managing Change, Uncategorized |
“Be part of the solution, not the problem.” This is the advice I gave myself on Sunday night as I wept over the unfolding crisis that is the global response to Coronavirus. Like many small business owners, I have been heavily impacted with work cancelled and no...
by Irene | Managing Change, Uncategorized |
There aren’t many things as likely to make me feel alone and stuck in one place, as a New Year. January is a slow month in my business. As a consultant, project manager and trainer, January is a time when organisations are not organised, staff are slipping slowly...
