In the face of current economic challenges, it’s critical that business owners and people leaders invest in their employees and their people management. Watch this online session to learn how taking an employee-centred approach to your budget is vital to surviving & thriving in FY25, including: How to restructure – not fracture – your business […]
Important advice for business owners regarding the coronavirus crisis. Natasha Hawker explains the steps that you can take to best manage your business and team members during this emergency. If you would like some assistance with preparing a crisis management plan, please contact us – we’re here to help. Book a Free Discovery Session […]
Here at Employee Matters we have a great track record, growing the business organically at 30%-40% per year for the last few years. Now, to further increase our growth and our ability to help our clients achieve even greater success through their people, we have taken the bold step of growing through acquisition. Earlier this […]
Do I hear groans? Yes, I know. “Plan” is not the sexiest word in business but it’s crucial to ensure your business is moving forward and you have a way to measure success. The beginning of the year (financial or calendar) is the best time to formulate your Strategic Plan. This can feel overwhelming, but […]
In this episode, I chat with Natasha Hawker about savvy human resources (HR) strategies. This is one of the areas dental practice owners and managers struggle with regularly. Natasha is an employment and HR expert and director of Employee Matters. Natasha believes small businesses are the backbone of this country and work harder than anyone […]
You are finally there – you think you are ready to hire your first employee – this is an exciting and scary time. Can you afford it? Do you have enough work for them? What if they can’t do the job? You might be frightened that you don’t know how to interview. You are starting […]
Writing this article feels strange – but necessary, because this week I executed my will and guess what? It actually feels good. Good to finally have that box ticked. You must have thought about it too. Come on, everyone has at some point in their life, (although we may not like to admit it). Whether […]
You may or may not have ever thought about the end – the time when for a number of reasons you would like to sell your business. The frightening thing is, is that you are not alone – the majority of business owners haven’t either – but if you would like to get 4 times […]
Hang on I think I have that wrong – isn’t it meant to be the season to be jolly or to rest? One of the challenges of working for yourself is that your boss can be a real *****! So why do we do it to ourselves? One of the challenges is the level of […]
So as 2012 draws to a close and Employee Matters celebrates its first year in business I thought that this is a great time to both reflect on the year and also thank our clients for their support. We started our client-facing work in earnest in Feb 2012 with one client – TP3, but as […]