 Success In The Creative Sector
Surprising as it may sound, many creative people (artists, writers, designers, musicians, film-makers etc.) unintentionally avoid success. While they want to be successful, their day-to-day actions often don’t support this.
The truth is, that if you are finding it difficult to progress your creative career or business, then you haven’t yet learned to approach it in a way that works for you. You may have a ‘Ferrari‘ between your ears but if you drive it like a ‘Morris Minor’ you are still not going to travel very fast.
The focus of these sessions is on learning how to approach the business side of the creative life successfully and being ready to handle success when you realise your dreams.
Creative 1: Flying With The Eagles
In this workshop you will learn how to:
1. Understand what really works for you (not what others say should work for you);
2. Understand better your unique ability to learn and how to best put it to use in your creative career or business; and
3. Learn effectively from experience so that you progress quickly in those areas most critical for your success.
Creative 2: Stepping Onto Centre Stage
In this workshop you will learn how to:
1. Appreciate and value the uniqueness of what it is that you offer to the world;
2. Recognise opportunities quickly when they start to appear; and to
3. Adjust your life so that you can manage the growth in demand for you and your creative product.
 Date:
Part 1: 2nd October
Part 2: 9th October
( both parts must be attended)
Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Location:The Business Centre
Presenter: Lawrence Green
To book a place please contact Gabby Simpson
Ph: 04 494 0990 or email: gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Small Business Guide to ACC
Most Small Businesses know nothing more about ACC than the fact they have to pay a bill to them every year.
In this information session you will learn:
- How ACC is an insurance for you and your business
- How to make claims
- What cover is provided
- Your entitlements
- Managing the cost of cover
Date: Wednesday 8th October
Time: 11am-12.30pm
Location: The Business Centre
To book a place please contact Gabby Simpson
Ph: 04 494 0990 or email: gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
 Business Operational Systems
To thrive in a tough economic climate businesses need to implement efficient systems to all aspects of the business to grow profitability. Business goals need to have direction & systems in order to be achieved.
This course will cover:
- Analysis of business systems
- Efficient Systems development
- Economic use of resources
- Leadership structure & culture
- Measuring performance of business & staff
 Date: Thursday 16th October
Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: The Business Centre
To book a place please contact Gabby Simpson
Ph: 04 494 0990 or email: gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Presenter: Steph Smith
 Leadership: Getting The Most Out Of Your Employees Your employees will never have the same level of commitment and motivation to the business as you, the owner. However, if you can understand what motivates your employees to give their best you can reduce turnover and absenteeism, boost individual performance and create more satisfied customers. In effect, you can boost productivity and profitability at the same level of investment in salaries and wages.
In this workshop you will learn: - The truth about the drivers of motivation;
- Whether a lack of motivation is an employee problem, a leadership problem or both;
- How to shape the workplace to support the development of motivated employees;
- How to identify the hidden drivers of motivation;
- How to create a plan for motivating superior performance in your business; and
- How to implement this plan given the demands and challenges of your day-to-day business.
Date: Thursday 23rd October
Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: The Business Centre
To book a place please contact Gabby Simpson
Ph: 04 494 0990 or email: gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Presenter: Lawrence Green
Lawrence Green is a business coaching consultant, leadership development specialist, sport psychology consultant, author and artist. He has over twenty years experience in helping people to achieve and over twelve years experience in working with the challenges of business and leadership success.
 Mindset: The Lazy Entrepreneur
Most business owners are on the slow path to success. Not because they lack talent or a good business but because they consistently apply slow path strategies to success in their businesses. The result is that they work way too hard doing too many of the wrong things. Ultimate success is still possible but it takes a lot longer and you have to work a lot harder than you need.
Lazy entrepreneurs think more and do less. They are constantly on the look out for “fast path strategies” where a little effort on their part produces great results (as opposed to a lot of effort producing little result).
Fast path strategies are strategies that maximise the opportunity for leverage. While most business owners understand the concept of leverage and a lot even talk about it, few put it into practice successfully.
Business leverage involves using something as a lever (people, technology, processes.) in a way that magnifies success for a relatively small effort. In this presentation you will learn:
1. How the concept of leverage works;
2. How to identify the opportunities for leverage within your business;
3. How to create and implement a leverage improvement plan; and
4. How to get lazier and lazier for better and better results.
Date: Thursday 30th October
Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Location: The Business Centre
To book a place please contact Gabby Simpson
Ph: 04 494 0990 or email: gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
Presenter: Lawrence Green
Lawrence Green is a business coaching consultant, leadership development specialist, sport psychology consultant, author and artist. He has over twenty years experience in helping people to achieve and over twelve years experience in working with the challenges of business and leadership success.
 Tax BasicsTax Basics is a three hour workshop that runs through the core tax issues faced by small businesses.
This workshop will cover:
How income tax works, company tax vs individual income tax shareholder salaries & dividends.
Interposed activities, provisional tax, terminal tax & GST basics.
Date: Monday 20th October
Time: 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Venue: Porirua
To book a place please contact Gabby Simpson
Ph: 04 494 0990 or email: gabby@thebusinesscentre.org.nz
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