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Most businesses can’t find staff right now. Anywhere. No one is immune, it would seem.
In a recent conversation with my good friend and business mentor, Phil Symchych, who resides in Regina, Saskatchewan, smack bang in the prairies of Canada, he remarked that on local commercial radio at the moment, he is hearing more advertisements for staff than he is for businesses advertising their wares.
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So, here we are! One day off the end of the financial year and six months into 2022. A lot has happened and a lot continues to happen. Here’s what I’ve seen and what I’m hearing, in and around family businesses.
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When business owners talk with me about the issues that are troubling them in business, there’s usually a standard list that includes:
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A couple of weekends back, I took part in the Ford Falcon Tribute Cruise from Sydney to Mount Panorama in Bathurst. After two years of no cruise due to COVID, this year’s event was in support of, and raised money for, the victims of domestic violence.
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We’re 6 months into our new photocopier contract. The old beast was 5 years old and we made the decision to upgrade based on past experience that irrespective of use over time, things go wrong with age.
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I’d been a fan for over 40 years. His music was and is part of the soundtrack of my life. He doesn’t often tour Australia, yet this time, I made sure the diary was cleared and the chance to experience the mastery of a musical icon didn’t slip through my fingers.
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Election 2022 has been run and won. For the first time in almost 9 years, we have a new Government as Anthony Albanese led the Australian Labor Party to victory, despite recording one of Labor’s lowest primary votes in history.
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This coming Saturday is Federal Election day in Australia. It’s our chance that, constitutionally must occur every three years, to pass judgement on our Federal Government and determine whether they’re worth another shot at it, or whether we’re looking for change. I believe we’re in for an interesting result.
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I’m dropping Callum off at his place of employment managing before and after school care at Harrington Park. It’s a place I know well, located across the car park from Fairfax Reserve, where Callum has spent the past 17 years playing AFL. In saying that, it’s been a little while since I’d ventured that way.
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It’s been a very sad week in our home this past week as we said goodbye to our 12 year old King Charles Cavalier, Prince, on Monday.