Business in Focus

November 2024

  • How firms can adapt and grow
  • New privacy laws to hit SMEs                                         
  • The new rules on flexible work arrangements
  • The Small Business Tech Future                                  
  • Mastering the art of negotiation                                   
  • How to make better decisions                                        
  • Getting a handle on cashflow                                        
  • A fresh approach to leading sales teams  
November 2024

October 2024

  • Advisory strategies to adopt… and abandon
  • Why buyer’s remorse is so high online
  • What I have learnt in 25 years in marketing 
  • Keeping hold of your key talent   
  • Recovering debt: should you even bother?  
  • How to make better decisions
  • How to present with confidence                  
  • The science behind better productivity
October 2024

September 2024

  • Unlock the potential of advisory
  • Negotiate with a psychological edge                         
  • The power of succession-thinking                             
  • Ramp up your marketing in tough times                   
  • Will employers be personally liable for “wage theft”?
  • Have your staff run out of sick days?                        
  • An investment strategy starts with ‘why’
  • True leadership needs no title
September 2024

August 2024

  • Ask your clients the right questions                                    
  • Your any-time marketing strategy                                      
  • Are your employees disengaged?                              
  • Embracing millennials in the age of AI                              
  • Are you on top of the minimum wage increase?                
  • Guard against cyber crime                                                  
  • ‘Right to disconnect law’ explained                                            
  • The rise of entitlement
August 2024

July 2024

  • Freeing up a partner’s time    
  • 8 pillars of long-term success 
  • Are you offering good value?                                           
  • Investment Update  
  • Preparing for payroll tax                                       
  • Small business management & responsibility                            
  • Are hybrid days numbered?                                                  
  • A blueprint for health & happiness   
July 2024

June 2024

  • Budget 2024
  • The franchise king
  • Don’t underestimate soft skills
  • Embracing the role of coach
  • A perfect sales pitch with punch!
  • Beware: the new “green tape
  • Proposed Vic property tax: a ripple effect?
  • Stories are good for sales: that’s a fact!
June 2024

May 2024

  • Advisory: you’re already doing it!    
  • Leadership in action                                                  
  • Navigating uncertainty with an adaptive mindset     
  • The priority is cashflow                                             
  • 7 beliefs holding you back from sales                                   
  • Be diverse and be authentic                                       
  • Definition change of casual employment                  
  • Serving ‘humans’ in the digital era
May 2024

April 2024

  • The case for a client ‘annual financial review
  • Your price reflects your beliefs
  • The new frontier for AI
  • Where sales & marketing meet
  • ‘Right to Disconnect’ law explained
  • Boosting your workplace productivity
  • The power of other people’s networks
  • Don’t trust your memory – write things down
April 2024

March 2024

  • Balancing act — the 2024 economic tightrope         
  • Don’t wait – take action now!                        
  • Investment update                                                      
  • Consumer habits are changing                                  
  • Embracing AI for business growth
  • Winning business with LinkedIn       
  • Collaboration is the key to sales                      
  • Life after accounting             
March 2024

February 2024

  • 2024 economic outlook                                             
  • Who’s in control: your clients or you?                      
  • Kicking off 2024 with focus                          
  • The power of ‘yes!’                                                   
  • Mastering your marketing message                           
  • How to deal with government bodies            
  • Tackling the impact of trauma                                  
  • Why optimism is good for business  
February 2024

December 2023

  • Running an NFP is serious business                          
  • Customer service – the Macquarie way                    
  • You are your brand                                                    
  • Have you made the wrong hire?                                
  • Be your own coach                                                    
  • When staff ask for a pay rise                                     
  • Why volunteering is good business                           
  • The power of a ‘client report card’                
  • Xmas cheer and watchouts    
December 2023

November 2023

  • How well are you leading your team?
  • Refocus with a 100-day plan
  • How to change in a world of change
  • Achieving beyond $2 million
  • The importance of authentic marketing
  • Dealing with unmotivated staff
  • Are you on top of new employment laws?
  • The 4 Cs of winning presentations
  • Avoiding the interruption-dopamine high
November 2023

October 2023

  • Building your practice in hard times                         
  • Getting the best price for your business                    
  • Stand by your team                                                    
  • Convert website visitors into leads                            
  • Why cybersecurity should be a priority                    
  • How does consumer law apply?                                
  • Our decisions are not rational                        
  • Are they OK? How to support your team                  
  • When do you work best?       
October 2023

September 2023

  • AI: The future for accounting starts now
  • Smash through the entrepreneurial ceiling
  • Protecting business from a downturn
  • Investment update
  • New FY tax changes
  • The importance of great HR
  • How numbers influence behaviour
  • Plan your perfect work day
September 2023

August 2023

  • The irrationality of rate rises 
  • Are you targeting your ideal client?                          
  • Preventing business from failure                   
  • Prospecting for strong sales                                       
  • Gen Z paradox                                                                       
  • Turning strangers into visitors                                   
  • Have you infringed on a trademark?                         
  • How to handle the perpetual workplace “victim”     
  • Is it okay to swear at work?               
August 2023

July 2023

  • Latest business advisory trends                                 
  • Finding your marketing bottlenecks                          
  • Should wages rise with inflation?                             
  • Dealing with the sales brush-off                                
  • Why online engagement is a game-changer  
  • Are women better at sales?    
  • The big task of payroll tax returns                            
  • Supporting your team’s financial wellbeing             
  • Practical use of ChatGPT for your practice  
July 2023

June 2023

  • Budget 2023 & the economy
  • The keys to a great accounting practice                                
  • Capturing the purchasing power of women
  • A business proposal that works!                    
  • Building rapport over Zoom                          
  • 3 legal issues you must know                        
  • Being refinance-ready                      
  • How to tell staff to look & smell better                                 
  • Shaping workplace culture    
June 2023

May 2023

  • Pre-budget perspectives                                 
  • Helping clients with their finances                            
  • Facing debt? There is help!                                       
  • The ‘Great Resignation’ is over                    
  • Your obligations to new flexible work arrangements           
  • New rules for job ads                                                 
  • Guns, germs & a steely resolve                                 
  • Delegate for better results
May 2023

April 2023

  • Is your advisory losing to business coaches?
  • New rules to end staff pay secrecy
  • How detailed are your employment contracts?
  • Is your website up to date?    
  • Free help when you’re drowning in debt                  
  • How to build psychological safety at work   
  • Building a new business strategy                              
  • Mindfulness – it’s good for you and your business
April 2023

March 2023

  • Economic Update                                                      
  • ChatGPT – the future’s arrived!
  • The year ahead for accountants                                 
  • Do you have a privacy policy?                                  
  • How to handle the sickie                                           
  • SMSF and your golden years                        
  • Leadership needs discipline                                                                                      
  • Positive change is up to you  

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