When I started Impact HR, I had a vision for how I was going to help thousands of business owners build their dream business; take away the headaches of HR legislation, stop the revolving door of recruitment and perfect high performing teams. Small and medium sized business owners who were tired and burnt out would fall back in love with their…
Tis the season to be jolly because we all love Christmas and the holiday season. As HR consultants, we are often asked to provide professional guidelines to ensure that parties and celebrations don’t turn into incidents. This time of year should be a great time for business, with customers either excitedly spending more or allowing you that time to focus a little more internally on all the things you’ve planned to get done but haven’t had time to do. Your employees are happily looking forward to the…
At this time of the year some businesses experience a ‘ramping up’ of service provision and some a ‘quietening down’ over the Christmas break. Whichever way your business ‘cookie crumbles’ it’s important to consider what your business will be doing over period of Christmas. Transparent communication with your team needs to be a priority. If you have questions about a Christmas shut down, reach out to us. We are here to help you make the right decisions for your…
Start with the holidays! Then add the important personal milestones and build the plan around it. I’ve been running Impact HR for 16 years. And I’ve grown it while I had 2 children and have been through cancer treatments. What I’ve learnt along the way is that planning backwards is essential to stay in love with your business and manage through the busyness. And yes, it is unapologetically different to what you are taught in corporates. As I’ve worked with business owners, I’ve heard so many stories of how…
Planning isn’t about the Plan; it’s about the Questions! The true power behind a Planning Process is not the answers you eventually use to write the plan. It is about identifying the right questions at the beginning of the process. Recently, as I was working with a client on their 2026 plan, it became very obvious that the questions I was asked to think about, were the same ones from last year. What worked? What didn’t? How can we achieve more with…
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