Business in Focus

July 2018

  • Chasing a new generation of client
  • Economic update
  • The 7 principles of successful marketing
  • Don’t dismiss the “mums” market
  • The re-shaping of retail property
  • How good is your financial adviser?
  • Beware ATO focus on the taxation of trusts
  • How to give feedback
July 2018

June 2018

  • Embracing the next generation of employees
  • Budget 2018 & the economy
  • Budget 2018 & tax
  • Truths from 50 years in business
  • Managing staff performance
  • How to tackle a changing world
  • Achieving ROI from digital marketing
  • Beware sociopaths in your business
June 2018

May 2018

  • Federal Budget preview
  • 3 choices for accountants: go big, boutique or broke
  • 10 steps to better customer service for accountants
  • A case for optimism
  • Torchbearer for future leaders
  • Tearing down assumptions about consumers
  • Changes to CGT Concessions – business sellers beware!
  • Restoring the reputation of selling
May 2018

April 2018

  • The rise of the 'trusted concierge'
  • Could a merger be your next step?
  • 35 years of business lessons
  • Keeping the tyre kickers at bay
  • New transparency push for fintech lenders
  • Boosting performance through evidence-based leadership
  • Making downsizer contributions into super
  • Skilled but tricky: do your best employees undermine you?
  • Managing presenteeism
April 2018

March 2018

  • Economic update
  • Accounting's future: lessons from history
  • Growing a super rice business
  • Building a brand – it’s personal!
  • Good leaders inspire excellence
  • Avoiding a #MeToo catastrophe in your business
  • Looking beyond family equity
  • Relaxation techniques to improve your life
March 2018

February 2018

  • Strategies for a smart business exit
  • Finding & keeping great people
  • The mistakes business owners keep making
  • Dealing with depression & anxiety
  • Leading the way in construction innovation
  • Estate planning & superannuation pensions
  • Keys to leadership in an uncertain world
  • Are you a good lie detector?
February 2018

December 2017

  • 2017 – the year that’s almost “done”
  • Dos and don'ts in expanding your practice
  • Warnings to retail clients on Christmas advertising
  • The enduring problem of unfair dismissal claims
  • Managing offensive Facebook posts
  • The new company tax rate for business
  • Sharemarket update
  • Getting back to basics to plan ahead
  • Celebrate Christmas – but keep it safe!
December 2017

November 2017

  • Blockchain: what it means for your business
  • Becoming a more agile business
  • Cutting costs and increasing value
  • Rules around personal leave & medical certificates
  • What to do when you lose personal information
  • The objective of superannuation
  • Sharemarket update
  • Goodbye stress and burnout
November 2017

October 2017

  • Accessing trustworthy information
  • Strategic planning in an uncertain world
  • Would millennials want to work for you?
  • How to win at cold calling
  • Using mediation to crack disputes
  • Limiting tax deductions for residential investment properties
  • Sharemarket update
  • Growing your business & staying sane
October 2017

September 2017

  • Dirty negotiating tricks – don’t get caught!
  • Tackling the big small business issues
  • How content marketing can build reputation
  • New credit card surcharge laws for SMEs
  • Are your sales techniques holding you back?
  • The tax treatment of trusts – new guide, ongoing debate!
  • Sharemarket update
  • Beware the dangers of gender bias
September 2017

August 2017

  • 5 key technology trends to impact accounting
  • New economic survey: how our leading forecasters compare
  • Creating a culture of accountability
  • Sharing the fruits of business
  • Business, alcohol and a life reclaimed
  • United Airlines: lessons on bungled PR
  • Australian tax residency & working overseas: new rules
  • Sharemarket update
August 2017

July 2017

  • Mid-year economic review
  • New skills for modern accounting
  • Keeping cyber crime at bay
  • Knowing what your customers want
  • Lifting your innovation game
  • Good housekeeping for the new tax year
  • Shifting culture to transform your future
  • Regaining control of your life
July 2017

June 2017

  • Budget 2017 & the economy
  • Budget 2017 & tax
  • Tendering for procurement services
  • Recruiting with psychometric assessments
  • Bank borrowers beware
  • Don’t cop out on culture
  • Making mistakes matter
  • Sharemarket update
  • Why body language counts
June 2017

May 2017

  • Brexit & Budget business considerations
  • Leading with influence
  • Defining the factors of success
  • ACCC’s big targets
  • How to respond when a disruptor strikes
  • Embracing mobile technology
  • Overseas expansion without double taxation
  • Sharemarket update
  • Bright new future for sunscreen disruptor
May 2017

April 2017

  • Delivering a world-class customer experience
  • Marketing tips for accountants
  • Stop procrastinating – start planning
  • Sustainable success!
  • 9 steps to revenue growth
  • Bottom-line benefits of your staff’s wellbeing
  • Tax cuts burn franking credits
  • Sharemarket update
  • Making referral introductions your sales priority
April 2017

March 2017

  • Fairfax forecasters: Neville Norman v. the rest
  • Preparing for disruption
  • Tackling change head-on
  • Reframe your business thinking
  • Achieving more in the digital age
  • LinkedIn for accountants
  • Highlighting new small business tax concession
  • Sharemarket update
  • Opening the doors to success
March 2017

February 2017

  • 2017 economic forecast
  • 5 Steps to rejuvenate your practice
  • Strategic implementation vs strategic planning
  • Making diamonds your best friend
  • Driving sales in 2017
  • Do your communication strategies work against you?
  • Accessing superannuation
  • Sharemarket update
  • Tapping into the Gen Y market
February 2017

December 2016

  • 2016: year of surprises and cautionary trends
  • Handling the “How about a discount?” question
  • Does your firm have a decision-making process?
  • Innovation: it’s the way you work
  • How to use digital marketing effectively
  • Is your team’s performance being mismanaged?
  • New tax relief for restructuring business ownership
  • Sharemarket update
  • Silly season watchouts
December 2016

November 2016

  • Old to New: the revival of a beer brand
  • Transitioning to a business advisory service
  • Moving into the digital age – don’t procrastinate!
  • New unfair contract rules start now
  • Introducing a new partner into the business
  • Clarifying the tax exempt caps on super
  • Sharemarket update
  • Do you outshine your competitors on customer service?
November 2016

October 2016

  • Economic Update
  • Combating multinational tax avoidance
  • Moving from reactive to adaptive
  • Climb fast to survive
  • Exiting the business – at the right price!
  • How to exploit opportunities in Asia
  • A new definition of small business + super changes
  • Sharemarket update
  • Don’t waste staff potential

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