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Finding time is flying by – and you’re still not having fun?
Article by John Cleghorn, Business Management Consultant & Prime Strategies Group Partner. Here we are in yet another year. Time seems to go by so quickly, doesn’t it? So, for…
Will Small Business weather a rising minimum wage?
Written by Rob Drower and John Cleghorn, Managing Partners – Prime Strategies Group Most of you will be well aware that the minimum wage rate will increase to $16.50 as of…
Fight. Flight. Freeze in Business
The phrase “fight or flight” was coined in the 1920s to describe key behaviour that occurs in the context of a perceived threat. It evolved as a survival mechanism and…
How to build a company where the best ideas win
What if you knew what your coworkers really thought about you and what they were really like? Ray Dalio makes the business case for using radical transparency and algorithmic decision-making…
7 Management Practices to Improve Employee Productivity
By Victor Lipman for Forbes. All companies want to improve employee productivity, but how often do they examine their own management practices as a means of attaining it? This Dale Carnegie Study showed…
Improving your business decision making skills
by Srini Pillay for The Harvard Business Review. We are faced with the need to make decisions every day. Should we bring product A or B to market? Which marketing…
9 smart ways to get the most out of meetings
Veteran financier Ray Dalio has been in every kind of meeting: the good, the bad and the ugly. Here’s how he keeps his meetings focused and productive. In 1974, Ray Dalio founded…
6 Steps to better Productivity
By Meridith Levinson for CIO Workplace performance expert Jason Womack says changing the way we do our work to improve our productivity is hard because our processes have become habit, and in…
Are your decision making skills hot enough?
Business Management is full of decision making – and the ability to make a good decision, in a timely manner, using the available information is vital to business success. It…
Pricing Strategy is Crucial for Small Business to Maximize Profits
In general, small businesses tend to under-price their products and services – or they price haphazardly. By not pricing effectively, this effects their profits, reduces the available capital for future…
Seven Tips to Mining Gold within your Customer Base
Written by Prime Strategies Business Advisor Craig McCulloch. Did you realise that every small business is sitting on a gold nugget that is often neglected by owners? So many businesses…
15 expert tips: How to write a great business plan.
Writing a good business plan can be a make or break step for a SME Business in the fast paced New Zealand market. A strong business plan gives your investors,…