SME Business Skills
Can employees refuse to come to work for fear of the pandemic?
As a natural consequence of the prevailing pandemic, businesses continue to endure tremendous financial pressure, struggling to keep…
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What Is the difference between POPIA, and PAIA, and who must ensure compliance in your business?
With all the compliance acts that came into effect over the last few years, business owners could easily…
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Personal Income Tax Brackets Revised By Treasury
While delivering the annual budget speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that there will be an increase in…
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The Hawthorne Effect and the future leadership attributes required
The Hawthorne Effect was discovered because of research commissioned at a Western Electric parts factory in Hawthorne, Illinois….
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How should employees working remotely from home be managed?
The most frequent question I am asked is, “How do we productively manage employees working from home?” This…
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Avoiding liquidation: what SMEs can do to prevent collapse
In the three months ended October 2020, there was a 33,2% rise in business liquidations, according to Stats…
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Build your brand on social media
Telling people about your product or service on social media can help you reach more customers. And best…
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Remote leadership – manage output, not presence
Under normal circumstances, performance management can be an excruciating experience for both managers and employees, which makes the…
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Work From Home: Drinking On The Job
Working from home has become a normal part of business life, a part that is unlikely to come…
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Let’s get constructive about constructive dismissal – you can still be fired
Very few workplace issues elicit as firmly held views or fears as the topic of constructive dismissal. Login…
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WhatsApp privacy changes are going ahead – with a bit more clarity this time
Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp has indicated it will go ahead with its planned privacy policy changes, after listening…
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Discovery Business Insurance introduces the Restaurant owners’ product
Running a restaurant is not easy. It takes passion, patience and resilience to see such a business flourish…
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