Who do you put first in an email greeting. The boss, the decision maker, or someone just there for FYI. I used to overthink it.– Do I go by seniority…– Do I put the real decision maker first…– Do I avoid bruising someone’s ego… Then I realized no matter what you do, someone will always…
Month: September 2025
Small Business Employees Now Have The “Right To Disconnect.”… Now What About The Owners?
I receive more emails from small business owners before and after regular business hours these days than I do during the standard 9-5 window. Yet for employees its different. It’s Friday and at 5:01pm, the only KPI that matters is how fast they can switch off. Legally protected now… Sounds empowering, doesn’t it? Absolutely! Unless…
The Semi-Circle of Friends – The Lesser Known Joke and the Business Angle…
There’s a lesser known joke about me having a semi-circle of friends. Not even enough to make a full circle. Ouch!!! That’s brutal socially… Sounds tragic… until you realize quality trumps quantity… And businesses know this better than anyone. The Semi-Circle of Clients A business doesn’t need the whole town as customers. It needs the…
Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks
Client question answered:“What software should we use? Xero, MYOB or QuickBooks?” Xero is still the favourite. Modern and easy but those recent price hikes sting… MYOB is not pretty but it pulls its weight with inventory and is still the go to for plenty of businesses in manufacturing… QuickBooks is always playing catch up but…