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I was flicking through my book, Foundations For A Strong Building Business, today and was impressed by my summary at the end of Chapter 2 – No Business Ever Outperforms Its Leader. It is always interesting to go back to something you wrote some time ago – sometimes I am impressed and sometimes I am disappointed. In this case, I..
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Many years ago I had a tropical fish aquarium with 20 or so fish. I asked for advice from the local pet shop (pre internet) about feeding, cleaning etc and for a the first few months my fish interacted well and seemed to be happy. Then one morning I noticed a fish motionless on the bottom of the tank...
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Because always providing answers and solving problems for employees trains them to become reliant upon you and ultimately makes it impossible for the business to operate without you. Instead respond to their questions with “what do you think we should do” or “how do you think we should deal with that”? Ask follow up questions, provide additional information that..
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In news released today, Brisbane house prices increased by 1.5% in February! House prices in most regional areas of Australia including Devonport on the North West Coast of Tasmania (where I live) are surging. Commercial property prices in many areas are doing the same and the house building industry is at capacity (or maybe slightly above). All of..
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What would happen if you doubled your prices? What would happen if you increased them by 10%? How do you set your prices? These are all interesting questions that often lead to interesting conversations and even more interesting results. Most business owners set their prices based on a combination of what their competitors charge and to..
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Unicorn Business Solutions are based in Devonport Tasmania, with clients around Australia.
