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I am moving this week but it should not affect anyone as I am very organised and almost packed. The contact numbers all remain the same because they are virtual numbers that take messages so that you can make appointment times to talk to me and avoid time wasting phone tag. Searching through all my old records and clearing out those that are past their use-by date has been a most illuminating experience. Links to 9 Articles |
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The part of moving that has taken most time is searching through all my old records and clearing out those that are passed their use-by date has been a most illuminating experience. Until around seven years ago I had an office and staff and with bigger overheads, so although I had really good systems in place, I ended up like so many managers not fully checking what all the staff were actually doing so "efficiently". I was too busy bringing in the money to feed them all! I had systems and training in place but my staff overlaid these with a mountain of paper files, hanging files and manilla files all colour coordinated and I was flying somewhere almost every week to work with remote clients. I spent the past two weekends sorting through this mountain and safely disposing of almost all of it. So much for waste paper, printing and human effort - not to mention my money! That stage taught me a lot more about truly effective systems. I learned how to cut the overheads and reduce paper. For several years now I have run my business effectively with a few A4 folders for the accounts and only one two-drawer filing cabinet. I have even got my accountant sending me a disk of digital reports instead of lots of bound paper. I work with a partime bookkeeper and virtual staff who work from home and all my files are on my server which is backed up daily. And I can work with more clients at the same time because when you work with me, you get the benefit of my traning packages and the choice of reading Power Point slides, listening to MP3 files which you can do while commuting or watching the same material in a video, then getting a weekly coaching call. I concentrate on helping you to keep it simple. This fits in with the comment Peter Dunne, a farmer from Qld made, "It has made me look at my business management differently. I have not added an extra layer of paper but done an overall clean out and review. It has been like a good desk tidy where I pull all my management practices together." You don't need mountains of paper because the best management systems are lean. you don't need to employ a person to run your system and if you do, they often justify their existence by making your system bigger than it needs to be. I found I was upset sorting out that past stage and removing the waste that happened when one woman decided that she knew better than me, called herself the Office Manager, and because I was away so much, I took a few months to pick it up and remove her. You will find that I am really hot on this now and you will learn how to review your existing practices while you are building your management system, and to question every peice of paper. Handle it once and ask if you really need it, can you simply scan it or should it be tossed? This might sound simplistic but if you run a small to medium business you don't want all your profits going into huge filing cabinets and mountains of stationery. You need to do the risk analysis on all your activities up front and control the activities that could cause your business the most risk and just keep an eye on the others. There is no need for massive instructions on things that don't cause problems. The next group is about to start so contact me urgently to stop wasting any more of your precious time and money. My kindest regards, Jean If you want to discover more about how I could help your business and get started on reducing your risks and hassle, why not book in for Quickstart Blueprint Consultation. Here are the most Frequently Asked Questions |
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Articles Rivers and stormwaterSenator Wong was on television this week telling us that storm water can’t be made potable – what does she think the Murray River is? I have never heard anything so silly. The Murray river is the stormwater “drain” for around one third of Australia. Added to it is a potent mix of agricultural runoff, chemicals and fertilizers included, sewage effluent (treated) from the towns along the river system, untreated from various recreational users, cattle and sheep and too many other inputs to bear thinking about. This is treated to potable standard by towns along the river system including Adelaide and even more remote places like Whyalla. Could this be a problem in your Business?Train chaos in Melbourne that disrupted 400,000 commuters on Tuesday was worsened by a major safety breach, in which a train wrongly entered an area where electrical repairs were under way. As Metro’s staff rushed to fix the damaged overhead wiring on the viaduct between Southern Cross and Flinders Street stations, a train entered the shutdown repair area. OK this is trains, but it is something that can happen so easily and can equally easily be avoided............... What can business learn from David Jones?The David Jones punitive damages case might be huge but unfortunately it is not laughable. Too many businesses fail to manage harassment, whether it is sexual or any other kind. Workers have a right to go to work and do their job without any unwanted problems. Sexual harassment is simply a form of bullying. “Cash for Clunkers” –Oh Dear!In Germany this was called the “environment premium” and intended to help the environment by removing gas-guzzlers from the streets. It was also meant to support struggling German car manufacturers. On both counts, it failed miserably. A car’s environmental impact does not only depend on how much petrol it consumes. It is also the production of the car itself, which accounts for a big chunk of the energy consumption over its life cycle............ How much carbon emissions does your net surfing cost?The Internet is fundamental to the way we run our businesses now. Colossal amounts of digital information moves around the world every second via undersea cables, delivered to around 1.73 billion people. We lap it up and demand more. With so much information exchanged in an instant, we hardly think about the impact of our electronic actions. But how environmentally sustainable are our online lives? QUEENSLAND is facing another gas plant contamination near Dalby.Only two weeks after the underground coal gasification plant at Kingaroy sent a groundwater poisoning scare through that community, tests have found levels of hydrocarbons and possibly mercury in Kogan Creek, near Carbon Energy’s coal gas plant. The AMA warns of Climate Change UrgencyPublic health problems will increase unless global governments take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Andrew Pesce has called on the federal government to set up a national climate change and health strategy. He warns “Failure on the part of governments internationally to achieve significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions is likely to result in significant public health problems. These health impacts will place increasing demand on the health system over time.”...... Doggy Doo Matters in The BushDog owners are being urged to clean up their pets’ mess in the bush because of an increase in livestock being diagnosed with neospara, which is spread through the faeces of infected dogs Farmers are now calling for “poop-scooping” to be introduced in even the most remote areas of countryside amid claims that dog-related diseases are killing livestock................ Aquaculture employment up 14.1%South Australia’s aquaculture industry had 14.1% jobs growth in 2008-09 with production and farm-gate value increasing in most sectors of the industry, highlighted by a 65% rise in marine finfish value to $29.2 million. “SA’s aquaculture industry continues to show resilience during................
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