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Three blenders: how the ‘decoy effect’ increases sales
Last week my blender broke. Since protein smoothies have become a big thing in my house, it’s become an appliance ...
What the 3% increase to minimum wage means for Australian business owners
Workers and business owners alike held their breath during the last week of May as they waited for news on ...
7 signs that your employee might be planning to quit (and how to win them back)
Our last two blogs have covered how to end the employment relationship when it’s a definite case of ‘it’s not ...
Straighten up and fire right: A step-by-step of employee dismissal in your small business
Do you have a clear roadmap to follow for termination of employment in your business? Look, staff dismissal is not ...
Celebrating success at the 2019 Business Excellence Forum & Awards
The Tenfold team recently attended the 2019 Business Excellence Forum and Awards (BEFA) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and ...
8 sanity checks to get you ‘off the fence’ about employee dismissal
There’s one task that fills small business owners and managers with dread more than any other: firing staff. It’s the ...
The Tenfold Business Coaching guide to tackling tough decisions
The average person makes around 35,000 conscious decisions daily. Get up or hit the snooze button? Exercise or get in ...
Prepare your business for sale to maximise the value
We’ve worked with a number of business owners who came to us seeking guidance on navigating the sale of ...
What’s your ‘secret sauce’? Uncovering your business’ USP
What makes you so special? Why should customers choose your business over all the others out there doing the same ...
Are you a leader who cracks under pressure? Your team’s success could be at risk
‘A leader is a dealer in hope’ That quote sounds like something straight out of a present-day leadership expert’s ...
The age of the flywheel: putting the customer back at the centre of your growth strategy
Last week we reviewed how funnels work to move customers through your sales process. Why? First, because it’s always a ...
Funnels are so last year… but what are they? And why your business needs a flywheel instead.
It’s official: flywheels are the new funnels. HubSpot says. Don’t worry if you’re only understanding every other word of that ...
There’s a formula for success… but do you have what it takes?
We have something to share with you. It’s nothing, really. Only… THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS (No need to adjust your ...
Can I quote you on that? The Tenfold guide to quoting for your small business
Without a plan in place, quoting for a job can feel like playing ‘Marco Polo’. You have a price in ...
Following in their footsteps: Stepping up to lead your family’s business
We recently looked at succession planning within a family business from the founder’s perspective. But what about the next generation ...
Succession planning for your family business
In Australia, family businesses account for a whopping 70% of all businesses. This means that for 1.4 million business owners, ...
Help! I need somebody: how a virtual assistant could help you scale your business (and keep your sanity)
Remember those 1,971 working hours you had ‘in the bank’ at the start of 2019… Hands up if you’ve maximised ...
6 wrong turns your business heroes made (so you don’t have to)
Even the most famous and successful of our business heroes bomb out sometimes. Sōichirō Honda went as far as to ...
