by Alison Stieven-Taylor

“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford.

10X CEO, Nic Clark, warns Australian business owners that staff cutting can be detrimental to your business. Instead, strong leadership is the key to helping your business survive the recession.

Business owners need to guide with vision and focus on leadership, if they are to keep their businesses afloat during the recession, according to 10X CEO, Nic Clark.

Alison Stieven-Taylor
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.” Margaret Mead

The tougher economic outlook means increased scrutiny on the returns on investment in employee reward and recognition programmes can be expected, according to Solterbeck, Australia’s leading performance improvement company.

I recently attended a printing industry forum on the skills shortage, addressed passionately and with conviction by the former Federal Minister, Dr Sharman Stone. The debate included various strategies on attracting and retaining  employees, which I believe is a topic currently exercising all our minds.

by Dottie DeHart

Every entrepreneur knows the hectic lifestyle that comes along with starting and running a company. (Heck, most of us live for the craziness!) But have you ever considered how this work schedule affects your employees? Since your employees can make or break your business, you must keep your best ones around.

By James Cryer 

Talk given by James Cryer at the 70th Junior Printing Annual General Meeting.

By James Cryer

Retaining candidates / employees has become an increasing issue in the printing industry. Therefore it is important for employers to look at a whole range of benefits - not all monetary - when they seek to attract, and retain good candidates - one of the toughest challenges currently facing us, as an industry.