Business processes and project management skills

Putting in place effective business processes is a key way of working smarter, not harder. And once the business processes have been implemented, it is beneficial to document your business procedures to save you time in the future.

This section includes a wide range of business processes articles covering topics such as project management skills and why projects fail, stock management and how to organise your paperwork.

It is good practice to regularly monitor your business processes to see where improvements or changes can be made to help things run more smoothly.

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Business processes articles

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    Filing paperwork: What’s your style?

    If you spend more than three minutes trying to find any document, you’re wasting valuable time and impeding your productivity. Paper will never leave our lives completely so you need to work out which system for filing paperwork works for you.

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    Project management processes: A simple guide

    If you get flustered at the thought of managing a project, these simple tips will help. I've seen the largest projects start with the project managment processes below, and one to five person projects run with nothing more!

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    Business systems: How they save your sanity!

    A challenge for any solo business owner is how to get others to help run the business, so that it doesn’t completely take over your life. You can look over everybody’s shoulder all of the time or you can invest in business systems to free yourself.

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    Practical tips for a paperless office

    Is a paperless office for a soloists a practical reality? In my article Small business record keeping: Dealing with the shoebox Marc Fraser from Melbourne raised the possibility of maintaining financial source documents electronically.

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    How NOT to be organised

    Working as a Professional Organiser, I’ve seen first hand the most common mistakes that undo our ability to be organised. There are many traps for young players.

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    Benefits of a good work-in-progress system

    A successfully managed work-in-progress system for your solo business can help you improve profitability, cashflow and customer satisifaction.

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    Taking stock of your stock management

    Stock needs to be available for sale when your customer is ready to buy. But because it sucks up cash to have it waiting to be sold, it is good stock management to keep stock on the shelf for the shortest possible time.

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    How to organise your paperwork

    Are you struggling to manage the paper in your work day? Learn a super fast way to sort and organise your paperwork with the four Fs – finish it, forward it, file it or flick it.

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    Project management: Why projects fail

    As soloists, our work is often project-based. Have you ever wondered why some projects go smoothly and others seem plagued with problems? Here are five reasons why projects can fail and how with good project management these problems can be avoided.

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    Why you should document procedures

    Mastering the art of performing a new business process, such as using a new software program, is something we can be proud of. It is also something we should write down. Here are the reasons it is beneficial to document procedures.

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    The importance of setting boundaries

    Many soloists fall into the trap of saying yes to business that they should really be saying no to. To avoid this happening, you need to understand the importance of setting boundaries in your business.

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    How to make the most of September

    Spring is a time of new life, and that’s exactly what we can do with September. Now is the perfect time to reassess your business and do some of the things you have been putting off all year. Now is the time for action!

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    How social capital is good for business

    When social capital, or generosity, is a foundation of your business strategy, it provides huge benefits. It helps build strong relationships with your community and customers, plus when it comes to PR, it beats expensive advertising.

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    Australian copyright law: How to protect your work

    What would you do if you discovered your work had been reproduced without your permission? Here we look at the basics of Australian copyright law, including how to protect your work and what work can't be protected.

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    Slimy business practices

    Many of us engage in certain business practices because, well, that’s what businesses do, even when these business practices leave us feeling creepy and oily.


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