Small businesses often neglect to look at the vital issue of People Management - even though people are one of their greatest and most expensive assets. This presentation gives small businesses a starting point to look into this area of managing their businesses successfully.

2. 270
Large companies in Australia employ
2,000,000+
Small businesses employ the other
50%
Of the Private Sector labour force
Data sourced from Australian Human Resources Institute
Of the Private Sector labour force

4. The Rate of Failure of Small Businesses in
Australia is Staggering

5. Insolvency in Small Businesses keep
increasing
1,123
1,095
Data sourced from Australian Bureau of Statistics

6. Two Big Reasons Are
1.Poor cash management
2.Poor Marketing
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7. There is a third silent assassin
POOR PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
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8. A Business is
only
as good
as its
PEOPLE

9. People bring uniqueness to their jobs
by combining
EXPERTISE AND PASSION
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10. Big Businesses focus on
harnessing this power

11. Small Businesses have to deal with the same
challenges as their Big Corporate Brothers
HIRING
EVER
CHANGING
LEGAL
ISSUES
PAYING
MARKET
RATES
TRAINING
MANAGING
STAFF

12. In Addition,

13. They compete
with
BIG BUSINESSES
to recruit
TALENT
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14. They have to comply with laws that are more suitable
for large businesses
BUT APPLY TO THEM AS WELL

15. And yet, for most small businesses
PEOPLE ARE NOT ON MANAGEMENT’S RADAR
Yes
Compliance
Pro-active Staff Management
No
May be

16. Managing People = Problem
NOT A PRIORITY
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17. Resulting into
1. Industrial Relations Issues with financial and non-financial costs

18. 2. Loss of Productivity adding THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS
annually to the running costs

20. Bring PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
at the forefront
of your mind

21. Understand your legal obligations
as an
EMPLOYER

22. You can get assistance from:
• Fair Work Commission
• Fair Work Ombudsman
• Australian Taxation Office

23. Download this FREE e-book from our
website. This will help you to get started.
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24. Create a
PERFORMANCE FOCUSED
workplace

25. Start by hiring RIGHT people in every role
CREATE A

26. Ensure they are TRAINED
To do their
job well

27. Make every employee feel as a
VALUED MEMBER of the Team

28. It doesn’t have to be an EXPENSIVE exercise

29. What matters most are
COMMUNICATION,
UNDERSTANDING,
ENCOURAGEMENT,
INTEGRITY,
RESPECT and
FAIRNESS.
Slowly these help build a
PERFORMANCE CULTURE
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30. Pro-active People Management
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