Being a part time financial manager doesn’t mean being able to read financials and crunch numbers, it means being able to manage numbers. A good part time financial manager should be able to support and guide management as how best to implement or amend a company’s financial strategy, embark on...
If your company has reached a certain inflection point in terms of size, you’ve reached a time where the level of your financial leadership becomes a consideration. There is no set point at which this happens – it doesn’t happen when you reach a R10-million turnover, or profits of X...
Climbing Mount Everest was once an undertaking reserved only for professional climbers in peak condition. Over the decades, though, this has changed. Climbing has become increasingly commercialised, and with that the chance to make it up the world’s highest peak has become a possibility for amateurs. Since the early nineties,...
A healthy business outlays and receives just as in any relationship. At some points your business is in debt and at other points it’s delivering on promised orders and awaiting credit. The challenge for your business’s credit management is to ensure that you’re outlaying enough to keep transactions flowing, but...
Whether you’re a Human Resources manager or a small business owner, the task of hiring is one of the most daunting, and risk-laden aspects of your job. Author and business owner Gene Marks puts it this way: “No matter how much work you put into it, no matter how many...
Seasons come and go. The tide has highs and lows. The moon goes through phases. Almost every aspect of life has an ebb and flow; a rhythm that means one day is not exactly like the next. Your business is part of that. It goes through cycles. Manufacturing and sales-related companies...
Ten years ago, Herman founded Sparkling Pools with his father. They sell pool cleaning equipment and provide pool cleaning contracts. The company, based in Soweto, services the wealthy homes in the township and surrounds. Herman was one of the very first pool businesses in the area and has established a...
If you’re in Human Resources, one of the most important tasks of your job is to find and attract the best human capital to your business. This means not only knowing where to look, but knowing what to look for and recognizing it when you find it. When it comes to...
