Business in Focus

September 2026

September 2026

  • Growing a firm through personal brand and thought leadership
  • How rising costs and economic uncertainty impact business value 
  • Is your team’s AI use shifting work onto more experienced employees?
  • Why leaders need to provide optimism and hope to their teams
  • Why career growth is now the biggest driver of staff turnover
  • Why avoiding hard conversations is damaging your team
  • Building ownership without micromanaging 
August 2026

August 2026

  • What accountants should be doing with AI right now
  • What the R&D tax incentive changes mean for innovation  
  • Future-proofing your business
  • Why exceptional performance isn’t driven by talent
  • Three leadership practices to stay competitive during times of disruption
  • Handling disagreement without escalating conflict
  • Psychological safety: Why doing nothing is the biggest risk 
July 2026

July 2026

  • What clients expect from accountants now 
  • From start-up to global venture: The original "shark" on how to scale 
  • Compliance without the chaos 
  • Recognising “inflection points” as a leader before performance stalls 
  • How to build ownership without micromanaging
  • Turning setbacks into progress 
  • The power of confidence at work
June 2026

June 2026

  • What “good advisory” actually looks like for SMEs in 2026
  • Why discipline beats vision
  • Lessons in crisis-proofing your business 
  • Why employers are hiring fewer juniors  
  • Personal branding 101
  • Right to disconnect: Are you killing flexibility?
  • How to prevent burnout and overwhelm
May 2026

May 2026

  • Avoiding common tax mistakes by business owners 
  • Is your workplace future-ready?  
  • Challenges and wins for family businesses in 2026 
  • Disinformation in the workplace 
  • How to turn customer Google reviews into leads 
  • When does workplace culture become "cult-like"?  
  • Why time management advice often fails busy leaders 
April 2026

April 2026

  • Accounting for veterans and clients with PTSD
  • From the garage to global: Dorry Kordahi’s story
  • The risks of businesses not embracing AI
  • How to tackle "AI workshop" to improve productivity
  • Communication during times of growth
  • Creating remarkable experiences that build trust with clients
  • Disconnection: the quiet crisis shaping leadership today
March 2026

March 2026

  • What to know about succession planning in family businesses 
  • Are you preparing your team for an AI-driven future?
  • Does "manifesting success" really work?
  • Why digital marketing can be a money pit for small business
  • Building a board of advisors using LinkedIn
  • How to have conversations that change culture
February 2026

February 2026

  • How to set your pricing and stop doing advisory for free
  • Why advisory boards matter for CEO success
  • What to know about greenwashing (and how to avoid it)
  • Why bigger isn’t always better
  • Are you tracking the wrong marketing metrics?
  • Building a future-ready, people-first workplace culture
  • Why networking matters in the age of AI
December 2025

December 2025

  • Designing a practice that supports (not consumes) you 
  • When the ATO comes knocking
  • Are generational divides killing team performance? 
  • What does it really take to be an entrepreneur? 
  • Polishing your LinkedIn presence as a business leader  
  • Leading teams through uncertainty with psychological safety
  • Three ways to get more personal with your customers
November 2025

November 2025

  • Three lessons for running an accounting firm today
  • Avoiding a two-tier workforce in the age of AI
  • Double your business in 12 months
  • Dealing with ‘dupes’
  • Energised: Building sustainable wellbeing to avoid burnout 
  • How to build emotional intelligence in your business
  • The empathy gap
October 2025

October 2025

  • Accounting for the impact of AI
  • 6 post-purchase actions your customers won't forget
  • Tariffs, Trump and trade: the SME squeeze
  • The small biz charter
  • Fail often, stay humble: Lessons from a business academic
  • Quiet quitting and leadership
  • Why do co-founders need therapy?
  • The empathy gap
September 2025

September 2025

  • The hidden capacity trap: why your firm’s busier than ever but not growing
  • Four enemies of team performance
  • AI’s role in job satisfaction
  • Incorporating AI with a security focus
  • Why purpose-driven brands win
  • 5 Steps for an emotionally intelligent workplace
  • Mandates: one size doesn't fit all
  • Swimming to success
August 2025

August 2025

  • From Hours to Impact: A formula for productivity
  • The tipping trend and tax                       
  • Pivoting for take off
  • Time for a Sales Revolution
  • Why ‘brand’ isn’t just a Logo
  • Streamlining compliance
  • Enticing your workforce back
  • Balancing good and bad stress
July 2025

July 2025

  • Five pillars of a sustainable practice
  • Retail award checkout
  • The sales mindset
  • Four key sales practices to embrace
  • Three brand questions for every business
  • Leveraging cybersecurity for growth
  • Shifting the WFH narrative
  • How to speak up and be heard
June 2025

June 2025

  • EOFY reset for a better balance
  • A playbook for B2B sales
  • Why ‘right to disconnect’ should be led by example
  • Family business succession planning
  • Is selling redundant in an AI world
  • Why brand strategy is essential today
  • Build trust and win respect at work
  • Forging four-day work weeks
May 2025

May 2025

  • Getting more from your clients
  • Letting people go gracefully
  • Insights from the front lines
  • Fighting for family firms
  • Should DEI die?
  • Clear communications for peak performance
  • A 6-step guide to handle entitled employees
  • Dealing with difficult conversations
April 2025

April 2025

  • From tax returns to a seven-figure sale
  • Minding the family's business
  • The lengthy lunch debate
  • Getting equity for growth
  • The SME mental health breaking point
  • Managing change in 8 steps
  • Are you an oblivious bully boss?
  • Recognising burnout
March 2025

March 2025

  • The “fabulous five” KPIs for expansion
  • The surprise "Growth Economy"
  • 2025 Economic Outlook
  • The pillars of success
  • The challenges of adopting AI
  • Why toxic culture is your biggest risk
  • Employing and retaining millennials
  • Mindfulness for the workplace
February 2025

February 2025

  • Accounting for the situation
  • A The small biz year ahead
  • The big business SME takeover
  • The ATO's SME crackdown
  • What's your management spirit animal?
  • Starting a franchising revolution                                  
  • Shrinking the elephant in the room
  • Taking the hype out of AI
December 2024

December 2024

  • Driving team performance by aligning goals
  • Don't be afraid of new wage theft laws
  • Fighting the surcharge ban
  • Adapting to the insurance crisis 
  • Not such a happy holiday season 
  • Holiday retail strategies
  • Incorporating HR into your business strategy
  • The “unlikely” success of a $100m business

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