Steps to ensure your 2021 New Year’s resolutions stays on track
Ever set new years resolutions, only to have them go no where? With 2020 now behind us, it’s time to reflect on those few things that we wanted to change this year. 2021 is certainly the year to focus on making good things happen after recovering from a challenging 2020. Whether it is to take […]
Will All Learning Go Online?
My daughter stepped out of a meeting last night and said “I’m over zoom meetings” (no disrespect to zoom, it is a great platform). I am sure she was just repeating what she had heard me saying when describing my day. I think the following video summarises what zoom is like at times: Someone asked […]
Economic Update with NAB
Today we hosted Alan Oster and Lucia La Belle from NAB to give us a bit of an Economic update on the current state of the Australian and global economy as we begin to come out of the covid-19 restrictions. A number of business owners have contacted us looking for a bit of an update […]
Dan Everson Podiatry
Kinetic Orthotics 3D Print PPE Kinetic Orthotics (OMP3) have been helping the local community during the pandemic by putting their 3D printers to good use producing PPE face shields for Sunshine Coast hospital. They were asked to help in April after the hospital was searching for supplies with no success. Kinetic Orthotics can now 3D […]
UQ Business School Offering $8 Courses for Staff Development
UQ: Online Courses for uncertain times The COVID-19 pandemic has had far-reaching impacts across all industries. The University of Queensland Business School if offering online courses on leadership, innovation and resilience-building across a range of industries – including the hard-hit tourism industry. Courses On Offer Tourism & Travel Management Course This course will suit those […]
How to Manage Fast and Accelerated Growth
The majority of discussions around SME business disruption are generally in the negative – ‘we had a disappointing month of sales’, ‘Bob has unexpectedly resigned’, and so on. Learning to cope with the knock-backs is all part of the journey. Unfortunately. But there’s good news, too! What about when your business is disrupted in a […]
When “strategy” is not actually strategy
The Importance of Properly Defining Your Business Problems Almost invariably, when I ask a team what problem they’re trying to solve, they’ll instead express an outcome or output. I’ll typically hear things like: “We want to increase sales revenue by 20%”, or “We need a marketing campaign”. But here’s a fact that’s as useful as […]
Eurofurn and Ashley Cooper Construction Team Up
Owner Manager Program Alumni team up to refurbish the Jackson Building at St Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane. Ashley-Cooper Construction and Eurofurn have worked together to revitalise the old administration building, ‘Jackson Building’ at St Anglican Church Grammar School with stunning results. Featuring staff offices and amenities, as well as implementing a complete terraced landscaping […]
Mandy Johnson – Staff Recruitment Retention
Attracting and retaining key people in your business. At Australian Owner Manager we talk to a lot of business owners! One current theme and challenge is how to attract and retain great employee’s that add value to your business. This is something that we deal with in great detail on the Owner Manager Program thanks to Mandy […]
The Owner Manager Program added to the Rural Scholarships list
The NSW Government is now offering part scholarships for the Owner Manager Program through the Rural Assistance Authority (RRA) NSW RAA is dedicated to assisting rural entities to receive information and education for sustainable growth and profitability. By driving this change they are helping to ensure a bright future for rural NSW. The NSW Rural […]