Skills That Grow Your Business (Not Just Your Submission) For many small businesses, the Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR) feel like once-a-year chores—tick-box exercises that exist only to satisfy SETA compliance. If that’s your experience, you’re…
3 Costly Mistakes Businesses Make with Their SETA Submissions (And How to Avoid Them) Submitting your Workplace Skills Plan (WSP) and Annual Training Report (ATR) can feel like a tedious compliance task, especially for small businesses juggling limited resources and…
What Counts as Training in Your WSP? Don’t Sell Yourself Short — Here’s What You Can (and Should) Include in Your Submission If you’re like many small business owners or Skills Development Facilitators (SDFs), you might assume that training only…
The Power of a 1-Person HR Department: How One Person Can Transform a Small Business You don’t need a full HR team to make a big impact. In fact, some of the most effective HR departments are run by just…
HR Policies Your Small Business Actually Needs (And Which Ones Can Wait) When you think of HR policies, you might picture a giant binder, legal jargon, and pages that no one ever reads. Maybe you’ve glimpsed the big-company handbooks and…
Employment Equity and Small Businesses: What You Need to Know When most small business owners hear the term Employment Equity, it often triggers a mix of confusion, anxiety, or a quiet assumption that it’s only relevant for corporates. The idea…
The Hidden Cost of Not Having HR Structure: Why Small Businesses Can’t Afford to Wait If you ask most small business owners what keeps them awake at night, their answers usually revolve around sales, clients, cash flow, or delivery. “How…
How to Build Trust with Your Team Even When You’re Still Figuring It Out If you’ve ever felt the weight of leadership and thought, “I’m still learning. How do I lead confidently when I don’t have all the answers?”, you’re…
Stop the Scatter: How to Build a Simple Marketing Strategy That Actually Works If the phrase “just post more content” makes your eyes twitch, you’re not alone. Marketing for small business owners often feels like juggling flaming torches: multiple social…
What to Post When You’re Tired, Busy, or Just Out of Ideas There’s nothing quite like sitting down to “create content” and… nothing comes out. Your brain feels blank. The cursor blinks. And somehow the pressure only grows the longer…