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Articles by Matt Malouf
The Stop Doing List
Here’s your opportunity to learn what not to do to grow your business. You are taken off the routine of uncreative, hectic pursuit and directed on the path to growth and have more time, more profit, more freedom. You need to switch your mindset to one of success and you will find your inner genius and use it to grow your business. Malouf shares his proven strategies with you: it’s not about doing more; it’s about doing what matters.
Countering negativity and resistance in business
When operating in a very traditional industry or aspect of business, it’s not uncommon to face hesitancy or even stubborn resistance to any form of change. This is exactly what Synovum Care’s Natasha Chadwick has found in trying to disrupt the way aged care services are provided in Australia.
Setting a price that reflects your value
“I’m not a cheap experience. An initial appointment with me is $300 for a haircut,” explains Jules Peacock, owner of Lily Jackson Hair & Makeup in inner Sydney. “In my experience with meeting a client for the first time, you really need time. You need to provide a service that is really going to create something that’s profoundly beneficial to them. I need to know who they are. I need to know what their expectations are.
Getting workers to win the war against cyber crime
Whether through innocent mistakes or because they were targeted for their access to sensitive information, employee error can easily open the door to malware or information theft. The spread of the WannaCry ransomware that recently debilitated hospitals, businesses and government departments across the globe has amplified awareness of such threats. Successful attacks often involve poor processes and exploit human tendencies.
WannaCry/Wcry ransomware: What you need to know
Trend Micro has been tracking WannaCry since its emergence in the wild in April 2017. Here’s what users and enterprises need to know about this widespread threat and what can be done to defend against it. Several firms in Europe were the first to report having their mission-critical Windows systems locked, showing a ransom note. This quickly developed into one of the most widespread ransomware outbreaks currently affecting a large number of organisations around the world.
Cyber criminals profiting from business complacency
Fresh on the heels of the ‘Wannacry’ ransomware attack, which affected the majority of countries around the world and debilitated parts of the UK’s health system and German transport network, the NSW Small Business Commissioner released figures suggesting one in three SMEs in the state has fallen victim to some form of cyber crime.
Are you inadvertently fuelling your competitor’s business?
Speaking on the My Business Podcast, Jules Peacock – operator of high-end salon Lily Jackson Hair & Makeup – says she’s surprised to see how some people in business are closed off from accepting new ideas, to the detriment of their clients and ultimately to their business. “I’d been in Australia for about three years having completed my apprenticeship in New Zealand and then went to London.
How can you protect your IP while doing market research?
Paul Cave has a simple mission – to launch a business that enabled people to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Yet climbing a famous bridge as a tourist activity proved to be a world-first, and so he wanted to closely guard his idea while negotiating with the various stakeholders to turn that idea into reality.
5 steps to have 'courageous' conversations with employees
As a business owner, it may be that your job requires you to have these conversations with people on a regular basis. Performance issues often require courageous conversations. Or maybe it’s something more personal or you may have to tell someone that they didn’t get the promotion and give some hard feedback as to why. A common myth is that raising the issue might make things worse, however a carefully constructed conversation might save things from getting worse.
Mastering stress and sustainable high performance
Once upon a time, I was in the leadership team at one of the world’s largest business management consultancies. I was a workaholic, putting in 14-hour days and operating at the sharp end. My life revolved around work. I stopped exercising to fit more in, my diet went to the wayside, and I spent less and less time with my family. On some level, I felt a sense of entitlement. I had made it in the corporate world and suffering was a given, or at least that’s what I had convinced myself.
‘Technology-empowered $50 operators - here’s how I’m pushing back’
As the founder and operator of Lensaloft Aerial Photography, Andrew has turned his two life-long obsessions – photography and “anything that flies” – into a successful business. Speaking exclusively with My Business, Andrew reveals how he has overcome everything from emergency landings and Mother Nature to a sudden onslaught of low-cost competitors in order to stay in business for the last 12 years.
Why persistence can and does pay off!
When his two-year business plan to start taking tour groups up the Sydney Harbour Bridge dragged onto 10 years, Paul admits he felt the weight of the world on his shoulders. “I had a two-year business plan and that took 10 years, so it was a long time!” says Paul. “I think during that period when the concept of climbing the bridge ... I actually thought we'd find something else somewhere else in the world that we could replicate. We didn't find something else.
Work is a slice of your life, not the entire pizza
The proponents of such parlance tend to be those who advocate getting up before the crack of dawn and working all hours. So is this how they should be interpreted, and if so, is this really the path to success? One thing for sure is that nothing worth having comes easy, so hard work is definitely a prerequisite if you want to succeed. But does getting up earlier and working even longer hours really lead to you becoming more successful?
The funny side of being in business
After regaling a property owner about how fantastic the open house was, I hear a deathly silence on the other end of the line, which is followed by the comment, ‘There are people in my backyard.’ I had locked a buyer in the backyard of a house after finishing the open for inspection.
How secure is your data in the cloud?
Data security is increasingly becoming an issue of concern, particularly with more business activities being facilitated by the internet: for instance, transactions, data storage and business applications. And with businesses utilising cloud computing in growing numbers, naturally security around how data is stored in the cloud is an issue. Generally speaking, security measures offered by cloud providers are good and many have invested heavily in this area.
5-step plan to escape the busyness trap
Our world is too busy. This busyness has created a population where stress-related heart disease and cancer are at an all time high. Time is irreplaceable. If you lose money, you can always make more; waste your time, and you’ll never get it back. All of us have a limited number of seconds in our lives. We don’t know how much time we really have, yet we don’t treat it with enough respect. This is even truer in business.
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