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Brisbane HR and Business Coaching company People Smartz Pty Ltd has been as a State Finalist in the 2013 Telstra Business Awards.  This recognition is for its outstanding work with the ‘engine room’ of the Queensland economy—small to medium sized businesses— In an economic environment that sees many small businesses struggle to survive beyond their

In an outstanding performance this quarter, People Smartz has won the Client Heartbeat “Business Excellence Award – Partnership Category” for the Professional Services & Consulting Industry in Australia. Through an independent evaluation process the leading consulting firm scored a weighted “Partnership” score of 8.9/10 as determined through an independent survey conducted across People Smartz’s entire

I often visit small and growing businesses to discuss with them their people management needs. Their need is a very simple one – “I just want to treat my people right and make sure I am compliant”. Unfortunately,until recently, that need could not be addressed in a simple manner and many employers would place the

Occasionally at People Smartz we see trends beginning to develop in regards to the areas we are asked to assist businesses. At the moment, we seem to have a “run” on businesses approaching us to assist with issues that have arisen as a result of working from home arrangements. Over the last three months, we

Last week I met with a small business owner who was having trouble “executing” her business plan. It turned out that her “plan” had been developed for her by a trusted advisor and was largely devised from a template which looked predominantly at financial indicators. The “plan” told her that she needed to achieve a

In October 2009, I wrote a blog article regarding the increasing risk businesses were putting themselves under when utilising independent contractors in their business.This article was titled Independent Contractors – Benefit or Risk to Your Business? and you can read it again by clicking on the link – I strongly recommend you do. An independent contractor is