What has gone wrong with SME banking relationships in Australia?

What has gone wrong with SME banking relationships in Australia?

The Banking Royal Commission has recently started taking submissions from Australian SME business owners and the tales of horror are very real for many families caught up in the grip of our major banks acting badly. The way our family business owners are treated by...
Top 10 business challenges facing small business owners in 2018?

Top 10 business challenges facing small business owners in 2018?

In what is becoming a tradition this time each year we have been talking to SME business owners about the key business challenges facing them including customer experience, product and services innovation, staff productivity and sustainable profitability amongst other...
Creating a positive workplace culture in your family business

Creating a positive workplace culture in your family business

As a small business owner, and advisor to other SMEs I get the chance to regularly check in on what is happening in the office and get to talk to many staff. Not surprisingly, generating revenue growth and financial survival is the highest priority. However, for many...
8 Common Traits of Successful Startup CEOs

8 Common Traits of Successful Startup CEOs

So you want to be a successful startup CEO? Is being a startup CEO a glamorous job or one that is only for masochists? It depends! Every day on social media and in the press there are an endless number of “experts” prepared to give you the benefit of their wisdom...