Business in Focus

October 2015

  • Economic update
  • What makes a good strategic leader?
  • The pitfalls of being underinsured
  • Funding support for small business exporters
  • Shielding your SMSF from sharemarket shocks
  • Who am I? Employee or independent business?
  • Get prospecting to boost sales
  • Sharemarket update
  • Keep it simple: lessons from Steve Jobs’ ad man
October 2015

September 2015

  • Using data for better decision-making
  • Lessons on growth and success
  • Man with a big growth plan
  • Does success come naturally?
  • Accessing company profits without paying dividends
  • Hiring the right staff every time
  • Benchmarking for business success
  • Sharemarket update
  • Getting your foot in the client's door
September 2015

August 2015

  • Using economic date: be selective!
  • Protect your clients’ bottom line from bad debt
  • Partnering up for growth
  • Removing the “brain blinkers” that hold us back
  • The “safe harbour” proposals
  • Making staff recognition programs work
  • Claiming the small business tax concessions
  • Sharemarket Update
  • Your 7+ options when the chips are down
August 2015

July 2015

  • Mid-year economic update
  • ‘Whole Brain Thinking’ for a better practice
  • Help build client relationships with technology
  • Year end tax planning starts now
  • 5 ways to attract a business buyer
  • Managing Leave Entitlements
  • How to create a 10/10 client experience, EVERY time
  • Sharemarket update
  • Your 4 most powerful stories
July 2015

June 2015

  • Budget 2015 overview
  • The Budget & tax
  • The benefits and risks of flexible work practices
  • Fintech lenders – friends or foes of SMEs?
  • The importance of soft skills for accountants
  • Mid-2015 property update
  • Benefits and watchouts of using a call centre
  • Sharemarket update
  • Managing email overload
June 2015

May 2015

  • Pre-Budget Perspectives
  • Leveraging your skills for sales
  • App technology dusts up the cleaning industry
  • Helping your kids into property
  • Positioning your practice to grow advice services
  • Employee share plan changes: the good, the bad and what to do
  • Sharemarket update
  • Black dog: the high price of success
  • Lessons learnt from fast growth
May 2015

April 2015

  • Taking snow gear to the world
  • Managing mental health in the workplace
  • Future directions for super: a balanced perspective!
  • A guide to complying with workplace laws
  • Business lessons from the extreme
  • Surviving a major business set-back
  • Sharemarket update
  • Are strong opinions useful?
  • Re-ignite your passion for work and life
April 2015

March 2015

  • Economic update
  • Managing the risk of terrorism
  • The integrated organisation
  • Don’t be caught out by the latest scams
  • Are you ready to sell up?
  • Leading with strengths
  • FBT – the exciting bits!
  • Sharemarket update
  • Getting back to the things that matter
March 2015

February 2015

  • Crunching the numbers for 2015
  • All change: the new world of work
  • Be agile to boost resilience
  • Who controls your SMSF?
  • Getting maximum value from LinkedIn
  • Tax considerations when expanding overseas
  • Making best use of cloud technology
  • Sharemarket update
  • Business breakups - good versus bad
February 2015

December 2014

  • 2014 economic review
  • Tax Reform Process
  • Succession planning for practice continuity
  • Planning that actually works
  • Who will inherit your super when you die?
  • Geared property investing: will the rules change?
  • Tax rollback on employee share plans
  • Sharemarket update
  • Controlling passwords!
December 2014

November 2014

  • Building better business inch by inch
  • Valuing small businesses: emerging trends
  • Dynamics of trust with clients
  • Time to reconsider employee share plans?
  • Tackling the debt defaulters
  • How the banks view business lending
  • The economy & shares
  • CGT Concessions: are you in or out?
  • Implementing new technology
November 2014

October 2014

  • Economic update
  • How to build lead indicators
  • Why you should invest in your people
  • Making your presenting more persuasive
  • Project-managing a new website
  • Buy-sell agreements
  • Sharemarket update
  • Getting the right IT equipment
October 2014

September 2014

  • Keeping clear of contract disputes
  • The importance of induction and onboarding
  • The economy & shares
  • Strategic positioning in residential aged care
  • Innovation – we can all achieve it
  • 5 steps to changing staff attitudes
  • Tax update
  • When to employ your own IT staff
September 2014

August 2014

  • Economic update
  • Triggers for technology change
  • Indirect tax – shifting the paradigm
  • How to stop malware destroying your business
  • Beware the new anti-bullying laws
  • Boosting career prospects in later life
  • SMSFs and property investment
  • Sharemarket update
  • Good manners make money
August 2014

July 2014

  • Getting smart about payroll
  • Will you employ older people?
  • How to be a wise mentor
  • Acquisition & retention strategies for growth
  • Why women leave
  • Tools to tune your structure
  • Sharemarket update
  • Drugs, booze & business
July 2014

June 2014

  • Federal Budget 2014
  • Federal Budget & tax
  • How to handle your workload
  • 3 keys to building a high performance business
  • The Kokoda “walk”: transforming business and life
  • How to grow a super-fit business
  • Sharemarket update
  • Kitchen rules to keep projects on track
  • Keeping customers for life – that’s valuable!
June 2014

May 2014

  • Federal Budget preview
  • Goodwill vs Working Capital
  • Avoiding friction in family business
  • Increasing your resilience intelligence
  • Steering clear of insolvency
  • Managing people – it takes skill!
  • Finding the right structure - trusts
  • Sharemarket update
  • Working from home: good for business?
May 2014

April 2014

  • Data feeds: changes ahead for accountants
  • Social collaboration tools & your practice
  • Paving the way to success
  • Beware the new credit reporting rules
  • How to avoid an online PR Disaster
  • SMSFs, property, & borrowing
  • How good is your ownership structure?
  • Sharemarket update
  • New venture bank: funding innovation
April 2014

March 2014

  • Introduction
  • Economic Update
  • Business Succession: why trust distributions fail
  • How accounts receivable can improve cash flow
  • The power of speakership
  • Beware tough new privacy rules
  • Keeping up with technological change
  • Watchouts on bank loan offers
  • The Karma Sutra of share plans
  • Sharemarket update
  • Secrets to getting the best from people
March 2014

February 2014

  • Introduction
  • Economic update
  • The convergence of advisors and accountants
  • Finding a grant for your business
  • What do accounting clients really want?
  • Don’t build a wall around you
  • The new era in business communications
  • Taking personal insurance seriously
  • Small Business CGT Concessions
  • Sharemarket update
  • Considering life after business

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