by Bronwyn | Oct 25, 2023 | Blog, Case Studies, Risk Management
Today is my first day back at my desk after 3 weeks in Italy. (I’ve never visited Italy before, and the food and wine are everything they’re cracked up to be). Our last stop was Venice, the famous ‘City of Canals’ built on more than 100 small islands. There are no...
by Bronwyn | Jul 6, 2023 | Business Ethics, Case Studies, Doing Business Better, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
For years, small business owners and managers have struggled to get on the radar of big organisations. The objective, of course, is to bag that big company as a customer, so why is it so hard to achieve, asks business mentor Bronwyn Reid. Why put in so much effort?...
by Bronwyn | Feb 28, 2023 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
Trust is a vital component of any business, and it is essential for building and maintaining relationships with customers, employees, and other stakeholders. When trust is high, businesses, and society as a whole, can operate more efficiently and effectively, and are...
by Bronwyn | Aug 5, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Ethics, Case Studies, Doing Business Better, Risk Management, Small Biz Big Biz Relationships, Small Biz Tips
I typed that question into an internet search engine, and got 589,000,000 answers. From the suggestions on just the first two pages of results, I created this ‘word cloud’. Of course, it shows all the usual answers – leadership, marketing, systems… I believe that...
by Bronwyn | Aug 1, 2022 | Australian Small Business, Business Systems, Case Studies, Doing Business Better
In previous posts, I have written about finding the “one-percenters” in your organisation – the things you can tweak in your business systems to make continual, small improvements. Hopefully you have already started identifying some of these. I know that some readers...
by Bronwyn | Jun 17, 2022 | Blog, Case Studies, Small Biz Tips, Supply Chains
This post was written by my friend and international business strategist, Cynthia Dearin. It first appeared in Smart Company on May 30th 2022. It reinforces the message I have been delivering to SME owners and managers throughout the global pandemic, and that advice...
