This blog, “strategyaudit” is intended to offer thoughts on topics that may be of interest to those struggling with the challenges of running a small business.
35 years working in the Australian food industry as an executive, and for the last 17 years as a contractor and management resource for businesses and groups varying from very large FMCG operators to small groups of growers and manufacturers and everything in between, has given me plenty of opportunities to gather experience, anecdotes and common sense.
Peter Drucker once described what older contractors like myself bring to a business as “Intellectual Capital on demand”. That is a description I like. Gaining experience and commercial wisdom takes time, and those that deliver it are focussed on your challenges, not on the corporate machinations that absorb so much executive time and energy. Happy to talk to you about it.
You may notice a new tab on the menu, “Software productivity”. A constant challenge for SME’s is leveraging the potential productivity benefits of common business software packages. It seems we use big lumps of time doing simple things, scratching our heads, and being intimidated by the menus and functions. Therefore, to adress this problem, I am collaborating with another source of Intellectual Capital, someone who seems to be able to get “inside” a software program, and has taught others how to use them for 15 years. Together we will be bringing you useful tips, links, and a personalised education service, not training, education, matched to your needs. Keep watching, and try this one for size, it has already saved me a couple of increasingly rare hairs.
Let me know what you think.
Allen Roberts
Mobile: 0410 627 318
