Great leaders aren’t always in front
As I rode 500km with a group of 48 business owners, I discovered that true leadership isn’t always found up front. It is one thing to be first across the line, but is that what makes a true leader?
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3 Common Misconceptions About Food Poisoning
I have to admit I love catchy titles and “3 common misconceptions” would have to fit into that category. That now gives me the challenge of coming up with the most common 3. When it comes to food poisoning, there are so many to choose from. 1. “It was the last meal that I ate” […]
Why businesses aren’t like go-karting
In my last post, I discussed 3 lessons I learnt from go-karting that apply to business. There’s some huge problems with the analogy… The track is NEVER the same twice. It’s mostly similar, and so lesson 1 (“loop, loop, loop”) applies – to a point. But we need to continually review what we are doing, […]
3 Critical Business Lessons From Go-Karting
I belong to a business development group called “The Collective”. As part of their development program is time to do something different. Recently it was Go-Karting. I’ve never been go-karting before and so my level of expertise in go-karting is almost zilch. So if you know nothing about go-karting then don’t feel like you won’t […]
7 most common mistakes made on “about us” pages
Here are the top 7 mistakes made on most “about us” pages. 7. Not having an “about us” page Customers want to know about you, or at least you hope they do. So if you don’t have one, they assume you have something to hide. I have to admit they are a bit of a […]
I don’t have my order!!!
“I have received an email from you saying my order is delivered but I didn’t receive it” We use Express Post for the majority of our deliveries, and couriers for larger orders and international orders. If you have received an email from us confirming delivery then it is showing on their web site as having […]
10 foods to avoid while pregnant … and why
Pregnancy hormones can lower a woman’s immune system to the point that infections and diseases that she would normally fight off can have much more serious consequences. When talking about food poisoning, the two main culprits are listeria (Listeria monocytogenes) and salmonella. In Australia, one in ten cases of listeriosis is a pregnant woman, and […]
The six big DON’Ts when using raw eggs
Salmonella bacteria is found in the faeces of most birds – including chickens. When faeces comes in contact with eggs, the bacteria is transferred to the egg. Only about 1 in 20,000 eggs have salmonella present on the inside, but a much larger number have the bacteria present on the shell. This can be transferred […]
Whose job is it to check the coolroom temperature?
It’s in your HACCP plan and you know it’s important – that’s why you put your, er, top people on the job. And just because the kitchen is a madhouse, doesn’t mean it’s not getting done when it should, right? They’re not just writing down 3° on the log whenever they remember? Hmmm… There […]
Protecting your customers from listeria
The news today is reporting a story about two people who have died from listeria infection. Ten people in total have been affected by this outbreak, which has been linked to rockmelons from a farm at Nericon in the Riverina in NSW. Every year in Australia, about 150 people are hospitalised with listeriosis and about […]
