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Focus on the positives to cultivate employee performance
Sean Conrad | July 11, 2012What is your approach to staff management? Sean Conrad believes it is important to look at the positives in order to get the most out of your staff.
In mid-sized companies, and especially in today’s economy, our resources are often stretched to the limit. We need to get the most from every one of our employees.
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Have your say: National Principles of Intellectual Property Management
Helen Hull | July 10, 2012First 5000 members are invited to have your say on the management of intellectual property arising from publicly funded research conducted in the public sector.
Submissions close: 20 July 2012.
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Frustration with our politicians
Ray Levin | July 10, 2012First 5000 member Ray Levin shares his frustration with the lack of understanding from our leaders when it comes to business.
It has never been more obvious that our Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the world’s best treasurer, Wayne Swan have never been in business.
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Carbon Claims Hotline open
Helen Hull | July 4, 2012The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched its new ACCC Carbon Price Claims Hotline with the introduction of the Carbon Tax on Sunday (1 July).
ACCC chairman Rod Sims said the Carbon Price Claims Hotline, 1300 303 609, and online carbon price claim form, will make it easier for consumers and business to complain if they suspect false price claims are being made about the carbon price.
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Cloud + NBN forum
Olga Bodrova | July 4, 2012Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy invites First 5000 members to discuss and learn about the enormous potential for cloud computing when combined with the NBN.
The Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy is holding the Cloud + NBN forum to highlight the benefits of cloud computing combined with the NBN.
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Corporate mobility – enabling a more flexible working culture
Craig Manson | July 3, 2012As the mobile revolution takes off, how can businesses best manage the evolution of the mobile worker? Craig Manson shares the approach Canon has taken to equip their staff with everything they need on the go.
Our simple mobile phones were once the only tools of mobile technology available, however, as we enter into a new dawn of corporate mobility – employees are demanding more sophisticated and faster services to allow them to communicate efficiently, regardless of the physical location.
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Marketing should focus on more effectiveness, more efficiency
Darren Woolley | June 27, 2012You have many different options in regard to your marketing strategy. Darren Woolley shares how important it is to focus on effectiveness and efficiency.
There is no denying that marketing has become more complex and one of the main drivers of this complexity is the rapidly increasing number of channels in which we can engage consumers.
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Have your say: Draft tax ruling ‘employer’
Helen Hull | June 27, 2012You are invited to comment on the identification of the term ’employer’ for the purposes of the short-term visit exception under the Income from Employment Article, or its equivalent, of Australia’s tax treaties.
Submissions close: 6 July 2012.
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Defending your market from competition
Mark Ostryn | June 26, 2012How do you make your business stand out from the pack? Mark Ostryn shares his ideas on how to defend your business against competition.
Warren Buffett famously invests in businesses that have what he calls a protective ‘moat’ around them – one that inoculates them from competition and allows them to control their pricing.
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Have your say: Hazardous waste
Helen Hull | June 19, 2012The Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities is undertaking a review of the Hazardous Waste (Regulation of Exports and Imports) Act 1989 and associated regulations.
Submissions close: 12 July 2012.
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New gender equality law moves forward
Helen Hull | June 19, 2012A new law to promote gender equality in Australian workplaces is a step closer.
The Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Amendment Bill 2012 passed through the House of Representatives late yesterday.
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Employers not cashing-in on staff training funds
Kathleen Newcombe | June 19, 2012Too many employers are unaware of government funding opportunities to upskill staff through accredited workplace training. Sarina Russo Institute CEO Kathleen Newcombe explains the benefits including funding of up to $3000 per employee.
Existing worker traineeships are a fantastic opportunity to ensure employees have the right skills to do their job and improve the productivity and competitiveness of the business.
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Make those New Year goals stick
Shivani Gupta | June 12, 2012Motivation and clear goal setting is important to ensuring that you and your staff are hitting their targets. Shivani Gupta shares her ideas on how to make sure you stick to the plan.
We are almost half way through the year. How are you going with those goals you set for yourself and your department or organisation in the New Year or at the last planning session?
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Changes to business registration cuts red tape
Helen Hull | June 12, 2012The way business names are registered has been changed in an attempt to cut costs and red tape for businesses across Australia.
The Federal Government and every State and Territory Government has now passed legislation to allow the first unified national business names registration service.
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Red tape and Australia’s cost of doing business
Tim Mazzarol | June 6, 2012How does Australia fair against other nations when it comes to Red Tape? Tim Mazzarol takes an indepth look at where we sit compared to other countries and what this means for local businesses.
The term “red tape” has been used so much in recent years that it is difficult to trace either its meaning or its origins. It is thought to have come from the use by King Charles V of Spain’s use of red tapes manufactured in Holland that he used to bind important documents of state during his reign in the 16th Century.
