Running a business

Human resources

If you employ people in your business, you will know that it takes careful management and guidance to get the best out of them. For the long term sustainability of your business, you need to be able to retain the right people in positions suited to their skills and experience.

Visit the following SmallBiz website pages for more information:

• Professional development
  Operating a successful business requires investment in staff training and professional development.
• Employment issues
  Good employees can be your greatest asset, so recruiting and retaining the right person is very important for your business and for the team.
• Conflict resolution
  To solve problems as they arise, small businesses need effective conflict and grievance handling procedures tailored to the needs of their workplaces.
• Overcoming skills shortages
  There is no uniform solution to overcoming skills shortages but different approaches can work and partnerships involving government, business and communities are often effective.
• Work / life balance
  The value to employers of satisfactory work / life balance for their employees should not be underestimated in both a social and economic context.

You can also learn more about managing your employees in the run module on the Small Business Tool Kit. Detailed information about the employment process is available from the Tool Kit’s employment module.