Build your financial security with OBT Financial Group – Lockyer Valley’s Business of the Year 2015 and specialist financial advisers to individuals, business owners and farming families on accounting, tax, business advice and wealth planning for over 30 years.
Honing her skills on a range of roles, first starting in her hometown of Perth, Chell eventually made her way to the Sunshine State. By then she had been bitten by the bookkeeping bug and was hooked. Chell has now become a valuable pair of hands on OBT’s Bookkeeping Team.
Understanding the RIGHT things to do in a business
Understanding the RIGHT things to do in a business is of critical importance. Business solutions from our team can help prioritise where you should allocate your time for the biggest impact.
The CFO – A Vital Role in the Cockpit of Your Business
We explain the role of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and why it is important in a business and outline best practices in managing your accounting function as well as ideas on appointing a Virtual CFO to ensure strategic oversight of your finances.
What’s important to your team
Managing people is one of the toughest parts of running a business. Team development issues can have a real impact on your business reputation, customer retention and profit. Here’s how you put a system in place to listen to your team and use their feedback to make real changes to your business.
Your business processes
Business Processes: Sometimes You Develop Them… Sometimes You Destroy Them There is a lot of talk in business about developing and implementing business processes. Once we understand the series of actions which result in a desirable outcome, we should teach people how to follow that… Read More >>
Matiese Jones OBT Receptionist
OBT Receptionist Matiese Jones has had roles in some of the regions most well-known and popular businesses. But when a friend of a friend told her there was a position going at OBT, she was quick to apply!
Managing Customer Expectations
Establish expectations for long-lasting customer relationships In business, the first opportunity to set those expectations is prospecting and early sales conversations. In these early stages, doing the small things can be really impactful. Follow up quickly, arrive to meetings early, provide only useful information and… Read More >>
Better team engagement
8 effective ways to improve team engagement Mastering the concept of team engagement has become a primary focus in the business industry. For many businesses, team engagement is a growing, overwhelming and challenging task around the world. Often confused with team satisfaction or happiness, team… Read More >>
Successfully Manage Your Team
How to successfully manage your team As a business owner, managing your team may be the most impactful and challenging task you face. Particularly as businesses grow, owners find it increasingly difficult to communicate with every client, approve every purchase and dictate every practice. In… Read More >>
Why train staff when they just leave?
World-famous entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson says you should train your people well enough so they can leave… Then treat them well enough so they don’t want to leave. It’s a very important point. Many small businesses struggle to find good people; in fact businesses of any… Read More >>
