“As a small to medium business I never have the time to really keep watch on my company financial reports. With Finserv that is all taken care of and at the end of the month all the financials are provided to me and explained thoroughly, making that much more time available for me to concentrate on my “knitting”.”
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This is the final newsletter in the series on the importance of good management of staff and human resources, so I’m sending it out sooner than I normally would. It’s also one of the most important – especially now, as so many firms, government departments and parastatals are coming under renewed pressure from Trade Unions [...]
Give them a vision, and then keep them envisioned!
There’s a Proverb which states that “without vision the people perish.” Another way of putting it is that without vision, without goals, people cast off restraint; they become de-motivated, unfocused and haphazard in everything they do.
There is nothing more de-motivating for employees than not knowing where [...]
Stuart Holliday has joined the team as a business coach. He has worked for a number of privately owned companies over the past 30 years, and has been involved in manufacturing, costing, marketing, selling and general management. Stuart has a particular ability to create structure where there is none (and where it is needed), and [...]
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS FOR A THRIVING WORK ENVIRONMENT
In an article by Jill Hamlyn (MD of The People Business), published in Business Day some years ago, she said this:
“MISERABLE employees are a danger to your business. Making them happy helps to equip your enterprise for almost anything that the market throws at it.”
She goes on to [...]
In my previous newsletter I made this closing statement:
Your employees are actually all you’ve got. If you’re not paying enough attention to them, it’s quite likely you’ll not have a business too much longer.
Before you do anything else, pause for a moment and just think about this, relative to your own business and the way [...]
So what’s the best way to go about employing the right people for the job, and once you’ve employed them, how do you keep them?
The following statement, though a little harsh, is a generalization:
Small business owners in South Africa do not tend to treat their people well.
Many employees are generally regarded as just [...]
This Insight is the third in a series on being a Christian Employer. Remember, we have said that there is no such thing as a ‘Christian’ business – only Christians IN business. Christian business owners – employers – have a vital role to play, both with their Christian employees, but even more so with their [...]
Personnel management is not usually very good in the small business environment. Without a doubt, this is one area that small business owners do not pay enough attention to.
At the same time, I must emphasise that it is usually not by intent – it is usually by oversight, or even ignorance of the basics!
THREE [...]
It’s been a few weeks since my last newsletter in this management series. April has been a strange month with all the public holidays – especially here in South Africa. The worst part of it is having these holidays in the middle of a week, as it really disrupts productivity. Most of my staff decided [...]
EMPLOYING THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO MAINTAIN THE RECORDS.
In this instance, I am referring to employing suitably qualified and experienced people to maintain the financial records of the business on a daily basis.
Far too often, I come across someone in the accounts department of a business, who has some form of general office experience but [...]
“Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.”
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