Managing
Big win for small business on effects test
Cara Waters Cabinet's approval of an effects test is set to transform competition law for small business.
Cash-only is the new black for more businesses
Tony Featherstone It's gone way beyond tradies, restaurants and service enterprises that offer generous "discounts" for cash payment.
Baby-proofing your business
Cara Waters Who's left holding the baby when you're a small business owner?
The risk of not having an effects test
Peter Strong An open letter to the Prime Minister and the Treasurer from Peter Strong, chief executive of the Council of Small Business of Australia.
What paid parental leave?
Cara Waters Small business owners are getting their claims rejected under the government's paid parental leave scheme.
Why you might hate your job
James Adonis It's ego deflating to do something that's not actually your job.
Your three second window
Louis White Three seconds is all it takes for someone to make a decision when they meet you and that moment is crucial when you're running a business.
Watch out for fudged resumes
Tony Featherstone Students and street-wise job seekers will always find ways to cheat the job-application system.
The perils of social media
Christine D'Mello Our private use of social media could be one of the pitfalls of the modern workplace.
Why this hairdresser can't get trained staff
Cara Waters Small business owners complain of poor quality training and training centres are not providing the staff they need.
Beware: infectious colleagues
James Adonis How your colleagues think, feel and act can be just as contagious as the common cold.
Running a business on the side
Tony Featherstone Work and personal time has never been so blurred, but entrepreneurship is all or nothing.
What keeps you up at night?
Louis White It's hard to get a good night's sleep when you run a small business.
The death of the video store
Sylvia Pennington What happens when your industry is in terminal decline.
Baby proofing your business
Cara Waters Who's left holding the baby when you're a small business owner?
Do bad guys really get ahead?
James Adonis Spot the narcissists, psychopaths and Machiavellians in your workplace.
Small business horror stories
Nina Hendy Meet the small business owners who didn't let the worst day of their business lives spell the end.
Six ways to resurrect the conference
Tony Featherstone Six ways to make industry events more engaging and productive.
Corporate Australia wants you to know it is 'agile'
John McDuling "The Australia of the future has to be a nation that is agile," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said a few weeks ago. He is absolutely right.Â
Exploited motel manager awarded $27,500 compensation
Cara Waters Fair Work Commission finds motel manager was unfairly dismissed and subjected to "exploitative" conditions.
Podcasts for entrepreneurs
Cara Waters If you're a parent who runs their own business, a business owner who loves a beer or looking for tips on building an online audience, there's a podcast for you.
The age of entitlement … at work
James Adonis How to deal with employees who have an unrealistic sense of entitlement.
When documents get lost for too many words
Tony Featherstone Six tips to avoid the soul-destroying process of documents going round and round an organisation for review.
Small businesses scammed out of $2.2 million
Cara Waters The competition watchdog has received almost 5,000 complaints from small businesses with concerns about misleading conduct the biggest issue.
Small business perks up
Cara Waters The index of small business conditions has risen to 44 from 43 the previous quarter, bringing the index above its five-year average.
Queues out the door
It's a problem many business owners would love to have, but at Lune Croissanterie in Fitzroy and Jack's Burgers in Newtown the wait time is both a lure and a deterrent.
Deconstructing the IT professional
James Adonis It must be frustrating to deal with technophobes every day and be surrounded by software that resembles a Commodore 64.
Stop monkeying around with Chinese business
Tony Featherstone The Lunar New Year was an example of not enough retailers embracing other countries' traditions.
In office politics sometimes you must sacrifice a pawn to become queen
Didn't get that promotion? It may be in your interests to follow the example of the politically astute who build the networks needed to derive enjoyment and support from their work.
Does having 43 universities add up?
Mergers are needed among second-tier universities so the university sector can rid itself of some dead wood.
