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Achieve more by doing less: balancing growth and wellbeing as a small business owner

Achieve more by doing less: balancing growth and wellbeing as a small business owner

When you’re at the helm of your small business, finding the time to prioritise your mental health is far and few between. Navigating research, planning, sales, marketing, and admin amongst a sea...

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Management & Wellbeing
Four common management challenges for small business owners – and how to overcome them

Four common management challenges for small business owners – and how to overcome them

You’re finally on the path to making your small business dreams a reality – but those familiar feelings of apprehension are creeping in. The world of business can be daunting. Naturally, there...

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Management & Wellbeing
What to do if your business partner isn’t pulling their weight: a four step guide

What to do if your business partner isn’t pulling their weight: a four step guide

Whether you’re just starting up or you’ve been in the business game for a while, carrying the weight of your enterprise without the support of your business partner is never easy. For many...

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Management & Wellbeing
Eight ways to cope with loneliness as an entrepreneur

Eight ways to cope with loneliness as an entrepreneur

Starting a business always seems like a great idea at the time. You may even be enjoying its success as we speak – but you can’t seem to shake off that familiar feeling of loneliness. It’s...

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Management & Wellbeing
Five tips for working from home

Five tips for working from home

Prior to the pandemic, one in eight people worked from home. But in recent years, up to 40% of us work from home each week. Whilst road rage on the daily commute may be a thing of the past for...

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Management & Wellbeing
How small business owners can support employee wellbeing

How small business owners can support employee wellbeing

Many of us have been in the position where you put everything into your job but failed to prioritise your wellbeing. Perhaps you experienced burnout and extreme stress, and came to realise that to...

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Management & Wellbeing
Encouraging Input From Your Team

Encouraging Input From Your Team

As humans, we are wired to want to be right. We want to make the best decisions, be seen as the expert, and have the answers to all the questions. However, when it comes to running a successful...

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Management & Wellbeing
Throw away your to-do list: Calendar management is the key to productivity

Throw away your to-do list: Calendar management is the key to productivity

It’s rare for a business owner to get to the end of a day with a completed to-do list. Things always crop up and it’s easy to feel anxious about your workload. Do you want to be more productive...

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Management & Wellbeing
Stepping back: When should small business owners stop trying to do everything themselves?

Stepping back: When should small business owners stop trying to do everything themselves?

When you start a new business, you’re a one-person sales, marketing, finance and ops team. It’s a whirlwind. But as your business starts to grow, you need to be able to take a step back and look...

Kat Haylock Kat Haylock
Management & Wellbeing
5 Essential Management Skills

5 Essential Management Skills

All successful managers possess a similar set of skills. It doesn't matter whether the managers are in IT, Finance or Customer service there are certain skills, knowledge and attributes which are...

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Management & Wellbeing
Why business excellence is a constant struggle

Why business excellence is a constant struggle

When a business is as fantastically successful as Tesco, you'd think they've got things down pat. But that illusion of competence was shattered in 2014 when it transpired that Tesco had made a...

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Management & Wellbeing
How small businesses can make the most of impromptu online meetings

How small businesses can make the most of impromptu online meetings

Resources can be tight in the smallest of businesses with 10 or fewer employees. Budgets are limited and often employees have to tackle a range of tasks outside their remit. As such, time...

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