Aunty B: My staff are hopeless at team meetings – help!
Dear Aunty B, My business partner and I have somehow managed to employ a group of people who seem completely incapable of running or participating in effective team meetings. Every time we get...
View ArticleAunty B: What’s the right way to interrupt a colleague who just won’t shut up?
Dear Aunty B, I read your column last week in which you offered some advice to a business owner who was having trouble running effective meetings. I’m also having difficulty keeping meetings in my...
View ArticleAunty B: My email inbox is out of control and I’m not getting any work done –...
Dear Aunty B, I’ve become one of those people I can’t stand – I’m forever complaining about how many emails are in my inbox and my inability to get on top of them. On a good day, I receive upwards of...
View ArticleAunty B: My employee just asked for a pay rise and I don’t know how to respond
Dear Aunty B, One of my sales executives has recently asked for me for a pay rise. They’ve been with our company for around 10 months and while I don’t have any major concerns about their performance...
View ArticleAunty B: Speaking in public scares me silly — please help!
Dear Aunty B, I’ve been asked to speak at industry event for the first time next month and the thought of getting up on a stage in front of a room of other business owners scares me silly. It’s a...
View ArticleAunty B: Should I make my star performer a manager?
Dear Aunty B, Last year my business went through a growth spurt, which involved me hiring several new employees. Until now, all my employees have reported directly to me but as the business grows, I...
View ArticleAunty B: When will I ever have “free time” away from my business?
Dear Aunty B, I’ve always been my own boss and loved the flexibility that it has offered me, especially when my kids were little. The plan was always to create a business that would support my family...
View ArticleThis week in 2007: John Howard’s voter troubles, and life before iPhones
While Jennifer Aniston was confirming that, yes, she’d had a nose job, and veteran magazine publisher Hugh Hefner chose one of his three young girlfriends to finally settle down with (not the person...
View ArticleThis week in 2007: Branson’s search for a hero, and Murdoch’s Myspace bet
Ah, Valentine’s Day. My absolute favourite time of year. The flowers, the glassy-eyed couples parading themselves down boulevards, the ACHING DISAPPOINTMENT OF BEING FORGOTTEN ENTIRELY. Yes. It’s a...
View ArticleThis week in 2007: Making predictions and the internet’s long memory
Be careful what you say on the internet, cause it’s there forevs. You know what’s my idea of a fun Friday evening? Kicking back on the couch with a G&T, looking back through history at all the...
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