I have always treated my employees as friends but now I’m finding it hard not to criticise the way they do their job. Help! For a good …

I have always treated my employees as friends but now I’m finding it hard not to criticise the way they do their job. Help! For a good …
It is amazing how many people dread work. Phrases like, “If it was fun they wouldn’t call it work” are commonplace as people across the glob…
Dear Aunty B, What do I do about this great guy in my office who is so loud, so cheerful and so drives everyone up the wall. It seems he ha…
Dear Aunty B, We had been growing well through the GFC and then fell in a hole last December. It took us by surprise and only now are we re…
Dear Aunty B, I have a staff member who is driving me mad but I feel too scared of the new IR rules to move him on. I have tried everythin…
My business partner is a “half empty” type person and I’m a “half full” type. How can we have constructive conversations? The best bu…
Dear Aunty B, I have an unusual problem and would like you to have a stab at it please. I am part of a very successful company …
Every so often we are presented with aggression. Someone has taken offence to something we have done or said, or perhaps we’re being held ac…
Dear Aunty B, I have built my business up from scratch in a very competitive industry. When I started I had to hire very young, inexperienc…
One in three employees would like more flexible workplace practises but are too concerned about their career prospects to ask, a study by th…
I’m finding myself getting pissed off at the way my staff dress. They come into my web design agency looking like they’ve slept in their…
I’ve interviewed a few people for a sales position and I seem to be getting the same, pre-rehearsed answers from candidates. It’s making…