Tag Archives: entrepreneurship
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 4
This week we will take a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The final part to this planning exercise is to make a list from your outstanding issues that needs and can be addressed in the [...]
DA Youth Announces Winners Of Entrepreneurship Competition
Over the last three months, the Democratic Alliance (DA) Youth has run a national competition to challenge young entrepreneurs to develop business plans for small enterprises.
National Youth Director, Aimee Franklin says: “We believe that by encouraging young South Africans to take control of their futures and become job creators, that we are making a [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 3
This week we are taking a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
Today we will begin to look ahead to 2012 and put pen to paper on what your BHAGs and WIGs are.
Let’s start with [...]
How HR Is Influencing Business Success In A Changing Environment
Human resource management (HRM) has been a misunderstood and under utilised business resource for many years – but modern organisations are waking up to the potential and competitive advantage that a strong HR team can offer.
HR staff used to be seen as the administrative enforcers of the business’ management team – executive-centric and reactive, [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 2
This week we are taking a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The next exercise is to rid yourself of any guilt that you may carry into the festive season and holidays.
Make a list of [...]
Looking Back To Plan Forward: Part 1
This week we will take a short journey through a series of exercises that we use to cement the leanings from the past year and prepare for the quantum leap into 2012.
The first exercise is a simple one but so many people neglect to do this each year let alone each day.
Take time to pause [...]
How To Get Unstuck: A Guide For Entrepreneurs
This time of year many creatives are tired, worn out and often suffering from just stuckness. It has been a long year to ride, often with little or no break and we long for the leave that we know we will not take but desperately need.
We entrepreneurs expect of ourselves to just push through [...]
3 Top Work From Home Tips
So, you’re a trailblazing entrepreneur who works from home, deftly selling your talents to grateful clients who are only too lucky to have you as their remote project coordinator? For many South African professionals this is the dream, working from home, being your own boss, scheduling your own hours.
And unless you’re dead-set on completing that [...]
The 13 ‘P’s Of Growing Your Business
This post, although profound is not perfect or anything to do with Mr. Poppins Penguins. It is filled with propaganda issues pertaining to profit and procurement in your small business. So without further pause, here are the 13 P’s, in no specific order, you should be peering at when leading a business – proactively of [...]
3 Challenges Facing Small Businesses In Offsetting Their Carbon Footprint
COP17 launches this morning. If you don’t know what it is, you’ve been hiding your head in the sand. COP17 is the The 17th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It is the 7th Session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the [...]
