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Tactics for Tough Times – Use these Great Ideas from the Tough Times Handbook

October 29, 2024 David Staughton
Tough Times Handbook by Nicholas Bate UK Consultant

Times are Tough and Turbulent. The world is currently in a downturn bordering on recession and you need to hussle to grow your business. The good news is that the stockmarket is rising and economists predict better times ahead in 2025. Having a positive, useful Mindset is the key to success! Fortunes can be made
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Business Development, Business Strategy downturn, recession, Sales Slump, tactics for tough times, tough times Leave a comment

How to Survive and Thrive in a Downturn

August 23, 2024 David Staughton
How to Survive and Thrive in a Downturn Featured Image

Reinventing Your Business to Thrive in Turbulent Times – Let’s Pivot Have sales slowed down? Has your team has lost their MOJO? Do you need to get more new business and sales in a hurry? In turbulent times it pays to reinvent your Business to THRIVE not just survive during a Sales Slump or Economic
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Business Development, Business Strategy, Marketing Strategies Economic downturn examples, How to prepare for a recession, How to survive a depression economy, How to survive and thrive in a downturn, Reinventing your business to thrive in turbulent times 2 Comments

Watch Your Debtors and Cashflow in Turbulent Times

August 20, 2024 David Staughton
Watch Your Debtors and Cashflow in Turbulent Times

MANAGE  YOUR DEBTORS AND CASHFLOW WARNING – CREDIT CRUNCH AHEAD IN TOUGH TIMES – There is currently a tightening of BUSINESS CREDIT in the Australian Marketplace due to a crackdown by the ATO on outstanding tax. If you extend credit to anyone, make sure you have proper documentation for their account and check their creditworthiness. Ask
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Systems 101 – A useful LIST of Systems Documents for your Business

August 18, 2024 David Staughton
Systems 101

Starting with SYSTEMS – Always Share Your Desired OUTCOMES  & SYSTEMS with your “A Team” Many business owners and managers play the “Guessing Game” – They let their team members try to “Guess” what they really want to achieve. ALWAYS Know and share your desired Outcomes to Build Better Systems – especially your Vision, Mission
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Business Strategy Business Checklists, Business Systems, Strategy Documents 1 Comment

How to Adopt a Positive Mood and Attitude in a Downturn

August 15, 2024 David Staughton
PMA Positive Mental Attitude

How to Adopt a Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) during a Downturn or Sales Slump My number 1 tip for success in turbulent times is adopting a Positive Mental Attitude (or PMA) in Life and at Work. You’ll need good leadership and communication in a downturn – A calm, caring and supportive Leader. Smart Leaders have a
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Personal Development Positive Mental Attitude, Positive Mood, Winner's Mindset 2 Comments

Best Productivity & Effectiveness Tips – How to get better results fast

April 24, 2024 David Staughton
Productivity Tips

10 BEST Ways to Improve Your Productivity & Team Effectiveness  At work, you’re probably BUSY and like most business owners just love being ‘hands-on’. But if you are consumed by your workplace – stressed, frustrated, angry, overwhelmed or feeling poorly rewarded – you are probably doing it WRONG! You need better PRODUCTIVITY. Your time is valuable,
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Personal Development Effectiveness, Productivity, Teamwork 1 Comment

7 Steps To Saving More Money! – Cutting Costs & Reducing Your Expenses

March 17, 2024 David Staughton

My mum went on a negotiation techniques training course and acquired just one new habit – asking for a discount – every time and in every place. Since then she saved thousands of dollars by just asking the simple question “Is that your best price?” and waiting in uncomfortable silence. If SHE can do it
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Best Tech Tips and Tools For Busy People

February 18, 2024 David Staughton
Tech Tips

Best Tech Tips and Tools For Busy People Running a Business means lots of time spent organising information. Here are some of the best tech tips and tools to help. A minute saved is a minute earned – you can use these productivity tips to save time and get your work done and go home
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How To Solve Your Small Business Growth Problems

January 24, 2024 David Staughton
Business Problems

The Ten Most Common Small Business Problems and How to Fix Them Do you have any BLINDSPOTS around your Business? Need some help solving your business problems? Want some tips to overcome your biggest business challenges? You’ve come to right place! Every Small Business Owner or Manager uses their skills and talents to solve a
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Business Development Business Problems, Growth Problems, Small Business Problems 2 Comments

Finding & Keeping Great Staff – Recruiting Tips

June 25, 2023 David Staughton
Find and Keep Great Staff

How to Master Recruiting and Build a Loyal “A TEAM” by David Staughton CSP CCEO, Business Consultant and Keynote Speaker on Business Growth The most VALUABLE thing you can do is to learn recruiting techniques to choose better people and build a great team. Your staff can be the best investment you ever make or your
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Business Development build an A Team, find people, keep people, recruit 2 Comments

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