Vesna Hrsto

Imagine this: For every dollar your business invests in effective mental health initiatives, you could see a return of $2.30 in improved productivity and reduced costs. And for small businesses, the ROI can be much higher writes wellbeing coach and peak performance expert, Vesna Hrsto. Yet despite the clear financial incentive, a staggering 65% of Australian workplaces have no formal policy or approach to support employee mental wellbeing.

Feeling stuck in the daily grind of leak fixes and electrical faults without seeing your business grow? It’s a common trap for tradies, but here’s the hard truth: running a successful business is more than just being a wizard with tools, writes former plumber Dan Pollard, founder of job management software startup Fergus. It’s about stepping up, taking charge, and connecting with your customers in a way that makes you the only call they’ll ever consider making.

When was the last time you took time out? Tom Valcanis shares why sometimes we all need to stop the clock – even soloists… In one of my favourite boyhood adventure graphic novels, The Adventures of Tintin, the bumbling pair of detectives Thomson and Thompson are driving in circles around a fictional African desert. At one point, a faster car zooms past and Thomson steps out of the vehicle.