Category: Skills

If you are currently working remotely, you are likely close to hitting a wall with regards to your creativity. There is only so long that you can sit in your home office, whether specifically designed or makeshift, before you start to run out of ideas.

If you’re an entrepreneur who is looking to set up their own company or you would prefer to move through the ranks and enter managerial positions, it’s important that you gain the right credentials and skills beforehand. The business world is known to be highly competitive, so to be one step ahead and secure your dream role, studying for an MBA is a no-brainer.

If you’re an entrepreneur who is looking to set up their own company or you would prefer to move through the ranks and enter managerial positions, it’s important that you gain the right credentials and skills beforehand. The business world is known to be highly competitive, so to be one step ahead and secure your dream role, studying for an MBA is a no-brainer.

Every business – big or small – looks for ways to improve. It’s the nature of business to progress, change and enhance practices as time moves on. Without progression, there is a serious lack of interest and eventually, a business falls off of the customer radar. As an entrepreneur, you may well be guilty of focusing on making life complicated to try and improve business. Think of long meetings with complex terms and conditions and changes, and you’re likely to know what we’re talking about.

Are you running a business that employs several people? If so, then you will know how important it is to make sure that your team is happy and produces their best work – for themselves and for your brand. However, sometimes making sure your employees are engaged can fall down your list of priorities. Is that a problem if it does?

Many of us are currently working from home as we try to stop the spread of COVID-19. For some of us, this is relatively normal. If you have worked from home in the past, or usually spend most of your time working from home, you might just be trying to find a new way to juggle your work around other members of your family, who aren’t usually around in the day time.

Working from home has long been a go-to for parents across the world, especially as online sites like Pinterest have made it possible to market, sell, and a whole lot besides from wherever you are.

Every small business owner or entrepreneur desperately seeks the optimal level of productivity. However, if you’ve never done so before, it can be a challenge to motivate your employees towards the top level of productivity. Yes, there are team-building efforts, but these are cliche. They are tired. They are woefully out of fashion. Instead, it would help if you looked at other, more human ways to generate this productivity.

Hiring a new employee will always be a step in the right direction for your business. As time goes by and your business begins to thrive, an extra pair of hands can be exactly what you need to succeed. But when it comes to hiring a new employee to join your team there are a lot of things you need to think about.

It’s so easy to ask your employees to do what you say. But when we get into this rut we end up leading an organization of sheep. To create a business that’s thoroughly autonomous and smart in every sense of the word, we’ve got to focus on motivating our employees and keeping them creative. But what can we do to ensure that this becomes a part of the fabric of the business?

If you are planning to set up a small business in the creative industries, it is vital that you consider taking out insurance before you open your doors. Most creative businesses are small and independently run companies that could be bankrupted by liability claims or legal complaints made against them. Then, every entrepreneur needs to find the right type of insurance policy in order for their business to thrive now and in the future.