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No matter the size of your enterprise, cybersecurity is always going to be an issue. In this increasingly connected and digitised world, the benefits of technology come with serious responsibilities and security exposures. You need to protect your business from hackers, opportunists, virus and malware.

For every enterprise or business, there is always an end goal. For some, it’s a matter of creating a legacy and building a family business that will span multiple generations. Some entrepreneurs might consider businesses to be natural results of their passions. Hardwired to create, some entrepreneurs exhaust their energies on specific projects and then hop on to the next one because that’s what they’re driven to do. For others, it’s a matter of taking advantage of an opportunity and knowing when and how to quit when they are ahead.

A company is only ever as good as the people within it. While a CEO or business owner who knows how to run an enterprise certainly is off to a great start, no man is an island — and having brilliant employees that fill knowledge and skills gaps within the company can help push it to even greater heights.

Of all the advantages and opportunities this increasingly digital world has provided for businesses, its power  as a platform for marketing is one of the easiest, most cost-efficient ways to breathe fresh air into your existing system and business operations. Just ask any marketing expert and they’ll agree with us.

People dread meetings. While their objective might be to convey important information, manage performance or drive a project, meetings have developed a bad reputation as time-wasters. From office politicking to complaints and grievances, meetings have become a forum for anything but getting work done.

As we kick off 2016, it’s important for your company to jumpstart passion and boost productivity. A good place to start is with a review of how your workplace environment affects employee performance.

Understanding negotiations and the logic, ethics and strategy behind them is crucial for any entrepreneur. Whether an entrepreneur is on the receiving or giving end, price negotiation is about finding the price point where parties concerned are comfortable and willing to purchase a product or subscribe to a service. Any financial consultant will agree that price negotiations could also be part of a greater strategy in establishing power relations in a client-vendor relationship.

Any business coach or marketing expert will tell you that staying relevant in this infinitely connected world requires your business to get into digital marketing. Since over 14 million Australians have internet access, there’s no excuse for your business not to attempt tapping into this huge potential market.

Sometimes, getting customers to buy your product or sign up to your service isn’t the most difficult part of the transaction. After delivering your product or executing the service, the challenge becomes getting the customer to live up to their end of the bargain.

Entrepreneurs need a break too. This holiday season, take the time to revitalise your body and refresh your mind as you take on new challenges in 2016. While work never ends, any management consultant knows that taking a break can boost productivity, jumpstart creativity, test your business processes and promote work-life balance within your company.