Stefan Olsen

KPIs, scorecards, dashboarding – call them what you like. Either way they're a great way to keep track of your business at an operational level. In this video I briefly outline 4 Top Tips for using KPIs:

Good clarity leads to better decision making. And better decision making leads to better implementation. So in this video Hutch poses a simple question – what's the role clarity like in your business and what changes might you need to make for improved implementation?

In conjunction with Hawke's Bay Business Hub I'm holding a Friday coffee talk focusing on understanding the key financial numbers in your business and linking those to your operational activity. It's happening 10am to 12pm on Friday 7 August 2020 @ the Hawke's Bay Business Hub, 36 Bridge Street, Ahuriri, Napier.

Do you have stock sitting around doing nothing in your storeroom? If you do and haven't worked out how to convert it into sales yet, think of it as bundles of cash just sitting there – dead money.

I was at a meeting yesterday and one of the people there said that buzzwords drive them crazy. And I agree! So after the meeting I sent the following email – 24 buzzwords in 6 paragraphs!

Does your business have momentum? Is it constantly looking to the future and moving forward? In this video Hutch talks about the flywheel effect and how certain activity, people or processes within your business could be holding it back from reaching its true potential.

Hi all, as many of you will recall, I delivered a workshop on the 8th of April 2020 around Business Continuity During COVID-19. So here's a PDF of the presentation. Feel free to spread it far and wide.

If you need help with Business Continuity Planning and Finance & Cashflow Management during COVID-19, your business may be eligible to access the RBP Management Capability Development Voucher Fund that subsidises business advisory services for New Zealand SMEs.

COVID-19 has dramatically changed life as we know it in New Zealand. I've talked to literally dozens of business owners over the past couple of weeks so in this vlog I want to share 5 things I encourage you to think about:

COVID-19 has had a major impact on business and life as we know it. The initial shock of lockdown has passed and now the focus is on what's next. As part of Hawke’s Bay Business Hub’s series of FREE VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS I’m running sessions via the video conferencing platform Zoom looking at Business Continuity Planning & Re-Starting Business.