When people are asking what their purpose in life is, they usually want to know a reason or direction to their lives. A good starting point is to take a minute to think about what you enjoy doing. Whether that be work or play. What is it that gets you out of bed in the […]
While there are always complaints about “disruptive technology”, in mankind’s journey this is nothing new as there have been many examples over time. Starting with people dragging goods by sled, which is labour-intensive, until mankind invented the wheel. For 100’s of years there was an honourable profession of artists who would record an image of […]
I am Abhi and I am working as an intern at Huse Hill Associates in the position of finance administration. The firm is currently in the process of changing their finance operations from MYOB to Xero for the financial year 2018-19. I am working on this project and have to prepare a standard operating procedure […]
The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is used extensively in business and industry, government, and non-profit organizations worldwide to align business activities to the vision and strategy of the organization, improve internal and external communications, and monitor organization performance against strategic goals. It was originated by Drs. Robert Kaplan (Harvard […]
The Rich get richer and the Poor get poorer. Tax laws are written for the Rich. When rich people operate within the company tax laws, all of their expenses are written off against their taxes. Whereas when a private individual wants to invest in their own development, the Government takes 30{d734226a53786125751491ce6efe32ea025d4d2798313c69aebe4185048a8b2c} off their disposable income […]
Over the Christmas/New Years break, I built and sold some chicken houses. Here’s how this became a microcosm of starting up and running an enterprise. Last year, a neighbour was doing some work on his house and he had a lot of timber left over that he used for temporary flooring while setting concrete. Afterwards, […]
When we’re at work, we’re often so busy ‘doing’ that we don’t know where our time has gone. We need to understand how our time is being utilized so that we can adjust the expectations of what we are able to achieve. By taking this questionnaire, you’ll be able to see how effective you are […]
Whether you’re starting a new job, or even if you have been in a position for a while, it helps to know what the parameters are. To have a good grasp of the expectations you need to meet in order to justify your current position, or to take it further by surpassing them. However, you […]
The “Peter Principle”, named after the book of the same name by Dr. Laurence J. Peter, starts with the premise that “we are all promoted one step beyond our competency”. The society we live in creates lots of expectations and one of them is if you are very good at your job, then you should […]
When you gather a team together to tackle a project, it’s usually tempting to bring together people you have an affinity with or who are similar to yourself. And that makes sense. Harmony within a group of people is much easier to maintain when you have people who share common interests However, when you’re providing […]