The common wisdom is that meetings waste time and end up with little achieved. This may be true for large organisations, corporates etc. but one key to small business success is to meet regularly with your team.
The Fatal Error is to not have an agenda, not to have a stated outcome.
Start the meeting with just one or two key items on the agenda. State the purpose of the meeting and what the desired outcome is. Put a time clock on the table (from Briscoes for $20.00), set it for say 15-20 minutes and summarise progress when the bell rings. Set it for another 10 minutes maximum to state the meeting outcome and the tasks or action steps resulting from the meeting.
Your team will enjoy meetings run to this formula and won't grumble when invited to the next meeting. Every meeting needs a clearly stated outcome or goal and if it's not headed in the right direction within the first 15-20 minutes, stop the meeting and start again another day.
Small agenda, regular, focused meetings are great for small business success.
TAX TIP
Too Cold to Talk About Pools?
If you are late in making a tax payment we can help reduce or even eliminate Use of Money Interest and Penalities Inland Revenue charge.
We help you do this through a method called 'Tax Pooling'.
How does it work?
For a small fee that works out less than the charges from Inland Revenue, we can utilise the money other companies have sitting around inside the IRD in your favour.
At present we can arrange this for up to 60 days after the due date for payment of the tax. Presently there is a Bill before parliament to extend this time limit to 75 days.
If the Bill is passed a taxpayer with a 31 March balance date will have until about 21 June to pay the tax due on 7 April and still be able to avoid penalties.
If you think you or one of your tax-paying entities could benefit from tax pooling, email us today at ashley@e3accountants.co.nz.
The 'I.C.E.' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign
A Message From Our Ambulance Service
We all carry our mobile phones with names & numbers stored in its memory. If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken ill, the people attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't know who to call.
Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which one is the contact person in case of an emergency? Hence this 'ICE' (In Case of Emergency) Campaign.
The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly.
It is a method of contact during emergency situations. As mobile phones are carried by the majority of the population, all you need to do is store the number of a contact person or persons who should be contacted during emergency under the name 'ICE' ( In Case Of Emergency).
The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that when he went to the scenes of accidents there were always mobile phones with patients but they didn't know which number to call.
He therefore thought that it would be a good idea if there was a nationally recognised name for this purpose.
In an emergency situation, Emergency Service personnel and hospital staff would be able to quickly contact the right person by simply dialing the number you have stored as 'ICE'.
For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2 and ICE3 etc
Please spread the word!
It won't take too many conversations and emails before everybody will know about this. It really could save your life, or put a loved one's mind at rest.
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Quick Quote:
Steve Gurney on Resilience.
Multisport and motivational hero
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Six Steps to Resilience and Growth
Step Four:
Develop core growth and optimism. Practice daily.
1.) The power of your words
Choose positive synonyms to lift your mental state.
2.) Reframe
Every coin has two sides. All results are useful, even failure!
3.) Put gratitude in your attitude
Focus on the route not the rocks.
4.) Notice self-talk
Adjust by recalling times you're truly appreciated and talk thus.
5.) Who is the you that's watching you? It is the true you.
6.) Create "you" time for growth
Education, meditation, journal, yoga etc.
7.) Celebrate your achievements,
and progress
Measurable goals in your life enable you to do this.
Read previous steps:
Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3
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Here's a cool word to use next time you can fit it into a conversation or letter:
"moxie" meaning:
1. Vigor; verve; pep.
2. Courage and aggressiveness.
3. Skill; know-how.
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| A look on the bright side |
Accept that, some days, you're the pigeon, and, some days, you're the statue.
Always keep your words soft and sweet - just in case you have to eat them.
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was probably worth it.
Nobody cares if you can't dance well - just get up and dance!
A truly happy person is someone who can enjoy the scenery on a detour. |
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