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Securing Your Business Premises

April 3, 2019October 28, 2019 ConvergeTeam

Once you hit that milestone where you move your business from your home to a business premises all of its own, you are going to want to take specific steps to make sure that you have it well protected. When someone breaks into your premises, it can feel like your world has been torn apart. Not only do you lose items like computers and personal information, but it can feel threatening long after the incidents. Here is a checklist of things that you can do to protect your business premises:…

Major Mistakes Made By New Leaders

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ConvergeTeam

There’s nothing easy about running a business, but one of the more challenging jobs that comes with it is managing a team of employees. We’ve all had a bad manager or two in our time in the working world. These individuals are what inspire horror stories and haunt your career. You may have sworn that you’d be nothing like them, but there are many ways you could be tarnishing your own leadership skills. With that in mind, here are six major mistakes made by new leaders. Failing To Show Appreciation…

Does Your Business Location Tick All The Boxes?

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ConvergeTeam

When you start a new business from home, you can often be worried about whether or not the idea you had will become a success. But, fast forward to today and you might now be in a position where you can consider choosing a new business premises and moving your business forward. Of course, with the new addition to your business, you need to ensure that it ticks all the boxes for you. So here are some of the things to consider to help you make that choice. Ensuring the…

How Google Can Help And Hinder Your Business

April 2, 2019April 2, 2019 ConvergeTeam

For a while now, business has hoped and prayed for a competitor to the giant that is Google. It’s a massive beast that has so much power in the way of commerce and marketing. Small businesses should learn to roll with the punches when it comes to using Google to promote your business. It’s not all sweetness and lights, and occasionally you will run into a wall. Step back and realign your nose when you do, but most importantly know that the wall could have been avoided. There are so…

Hiring? Here’s How to Find the Right Employee

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 ConvergeTeam

Undeniably, hiring and finding the kind of candidate that will be the perfect fit for your business takes a lot of work. Often weeks of screening resumes, filtering out the ones that doesn’t work, and, of course, starting the dreaded interviewing process. Being able to find the kind of star candidate that will drive your business forward is so important, though, and most businesses put in this work happily just so that they can find one or two that will stick with them for a while. The problem is, of…

Local Hero: Support Your Local Community As A Small Business Owner

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 ConvergeTeam

Small businesses are the backbone of any small town or village. They provide facilities and amenities, giving them the chance to shop on their doorstep rather than needing to drive to the nearest big city. Even in this current day and age when people are a lot more inclined to buy the products that they need online, there are still some very strong statistics that suggest people would still prefer to shop in the small businesses in their local community. So, as you can tell, everyone who is in the…

How to Get Ahead in the Business World

March 28, 2019March 28, 2019 ConvergeTeam

Some people know that they want to work in the business world from an early age. They can understand that this is where people make moves, where change happens, where the future of the world is shaped. And then there’s the whole matter of being able to make a lot of cash. It’s not difficult to see the appeal of working in this world. But here’s the thing: by its very nature, the business world is competitive. That’s what makes it exciting. As such, it can be difficult to get…

The Peer-To-Peer Economy Could Stop The 6th Extinction

March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 ConvergeTeam

Inequalities in wealth and wages divide global society by concentrating the majority of wealth and power for a few while the numerous communities feel burdened by poverty, and a fragile ecosystem. The addition of political crisis all around the world force humanity to stand at the brink of an economic disaster. According to scientists, people are currently fueling the dramatic race toward the Sixth Extinction – the next extinction after the one that wiped out the dinosaurs. But, at the same time that people are creating the crisis, they also…

This Is How Your Business Can Give Back

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 ConvergeTeam

Being in business can feel like a really big and momentous milestone in your life. Whether you’re someone that has dreamt of starting your own business, or it can as a natural progression for you, you will find that it’s a bittersweet process. Because it can feel like a huge accomplishment, yet there is a LOT of work that you need to put in – especially in the beginning – to find that success. And if you’re in it for the wrong reasons, then you’re going to find it hard…

Improving Your Leadership Skills This Year

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 ConvergeTeam

One of the more challenging job roles you can end up doing during your adult years has to be leading a team of your own. When we work our way up on the world and become a manager, it changes the whole dynamic of how we work and what we do. Becoming a good leader will take some practice and time to do, and today we are going to have a look at some of the ways we can do it this year. Read a book If you are struggling…

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