Tag: manage

Tips for Managing Debtors when you’re Self-Employed You’ve poured passion, time, and money into fulfilling a contract, have agreed on payment terms and invoiced your customer—and then nothing. Days turn into weeks, and you still haven’t received payment. For single proprietorships and small start-ups, uncollected invoices can sink your business. Suddenly, you’re cash flow negative. Income you needed to cover expenses and pay vendors dries up. Without the safety nets…  Read more

Rising interest on debt can be a curse when running a small business. However, there are some quick and easy policies you can start using to combat interest rate rises. Individually, small steps can add some value to a business, but when combined they can make significant differences. Think of your business like a car in development. Improved aerodynamics, fuel injection and weight loss might separately increase fuel economy, but…  Read more

Good people management comes through experience. Courses will teach you the theories, but there is no substitute for day-to-day practice managing staff and their issues. Giving yourself a head start with a common-sense approach and a healthy respect for everyone you come into contact with can help to develop a happy and productive workforce. Don’t micro-manage. Your employees were hired because they could do the job, so let them do…  Read more