Talking about marketing is one of the most important and time-consuming activities of business owners because we all want the right image for our business...
Growing Australian Horticulture
Our horticulture industries are under increasing pressure - cost-price squeeze, imports, Mother Nature's impacts, increasing complexity and regulation, urban encroachment and business succession to name...
Leading with a Challenge
“People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.” – Umberto Eco I recently finished reading an interesting book called The Challenger Sale,...
7 Tips for Social Media Success
With devices such as the iPhone and iPad taking homes, offices and almost all places by storm, browsing the web and connecting to sites like...
Who has the most influence over the success of your business?
This article is about understanding the stakeholders in your business and how we can influence them. What is a stakeholder? According to BusinessDictionary.com, stakeholders in...
Do you need a Business Advisory Council for your business?
Many family businesses suffer from “loneliness at the top” and a lack of external input that can compromise business growth and performance. One option that...
Online Training 2013 – Building Better Businesses
Calling all Horticultural Growers! Don’t miss this unique opportunity to join a FREE leadership training workshop, which closes on 31st October 2013, and take up...
How to Deal with the Leadership Shift
Businesses are under increasing stress as markets are increasingly volatile, clients are more demanding, talent is scarcer and change occurs in faster and shorter cycles....
How to Make Your Social Media Work For You – Without Becoming a Slave to It
You can use Social Media as an important part of marketing and sales efforts in your business to produce new leads and higher conversions. Or...
The Leadership Dilemma – Management or Leadership?
Today, businesses are run by very competent people who are not necessarily Ghandi or Nelson Mandela but who seem to drive their businesses to success,...