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Managing and developing staff
Good managers get the best out of their employees. This can be through providing them with a safe working environment, ensuring they are properly trained and allowing for a healthy work-life balance.
Tips for managing and developing staff
As a small business owner, you may have close relationships with your staff. This can help to recognise when a staff member is not themselves.
How you can support staff if something is wrong
Get tips on building a mentally healthy workplace from small business owner Beau Murray and workplace psychologist David Burroughs.
Brought to you by Everymind and available on Soundcloud.
Free training available now
These free training courses will help you maintain positive relationships with your employees.
Online support
Ahead for Business connects you with online treatment programs for anxiety, depression, stress and substance use. There are a number of online courses that can be completed anonymously and are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Some of the courses are free, while others require a paid subscription or a GP referral for free access.
There are a number of links included to mobile apps, which provide tools to help deal with stress - this can help you tap into resources whenever and wherever you need.
Find a list of online programs here
MindSpot provides free online mental health support programs for people experiencing difficulties with anxiety, stress, depression and low mood. You can choose to do the programs independently or get help from a health professional.
Online advice and expertise
Learn how to make the most of industry associations and networks from small business owner Rebecca Carmichael and Peter Strong, CEO of the Council of Small Business Organisations Australia. Brought to you by Everymind and available on Soundcloud.
Listen to Rebecca and Peter here
Learn about managing disputes from small business owner Melissa Horvat and Kate Carnell, the Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman. Brought to you by Everymind and available on Soundcloud.
Listen to Melissa and Kate here
Flying Solo's podcasts provide advice to people looking to grow or start a small business, on a range of topics from managing relationships to going digital. They can be found through Apple and Android podcasting apps, as well as directly on Soundcloud.
Find the Flying Solo Small Business Lifestyle Podcast Show here
Mental health capability check
Complete a 5-minute capability check-up on your business’ approach to mental health. You will receive a scorecard and recommendations on how to create and maintain a mentally healthy, safe and productive working environment.
Click here to take a mental health in the workplace check-up
Find help to plan your business activities
Do you have a business plan? Whether you’re just starting out or looking to expand your business, developing a formal business plan can help you understand what you need to do to achieve your goals.
There are templates and guides to help you write a business plan.
Find a business plan template here
It's important to plan for the future, and consider what will happen with your business when you decide to move on. Having a succession plan in place can help you maximise the value of your business when you do decide to leave.
Succession planning and template
Find out what registrations, licences and permits you need to run your business now and into the future.
Visit Business.gov.au for advice on registrations, licences and permits
Workplace bullying
Safe Work Australia provides information about workplace bullying, your obligations and where you can go for further assistance.
Further advice is available to help you avoid bullying in your workplace, and what steps you can take if it does occur.
Look after yourself to look after your business
Achieving a work-life balance is important for your business and your family life. There is advice and support out there to help you look after yourself, maintain a healthy work-life balance and manage fatigue.
Sickness, injury and other life events that require extended time off work can happen. Planning for the unexpected is a proactive way to protect you and your business.
Tips for planning for time off
Sometimes the demands of running a small business can leave little time or energy for other parts of your life. Striking a healthy work-life balance, where you adjust your daily activities to achieve a sense of balance between your work and personal life, can reduce stress levels and increase job satisfaction. Check out these tips to help you find the right balance in your life.
When running your own business, it’s easy to find yourself working long hours or burning the candle at both ends.
Work can make us feel good about ourselves and give us a sense of purpose; it’s an important way to help us to protect and improve our mental health and wellbeing. However, sometimes work and life stress can negatively affect our mental health and our ability to do our jobs.
What is workplace stress and how can you manage it?
Understand stress and prioritise your wellbeing
Learning from others' experience can be a useful way of developing tools to help you with your wellbeing and your business on the go. Heads Up showcases a series of small business case studies that focus on practical advice and experience of small business challenges.
Work health and safety duties
Learn how to manage your work health and safety duties and who to contact for help.
Managing your health and safety duties
Work-related mental health conditions not only impact on the individual employee but the business as a whole. Find out more about mental health in the workplace, your obligations and how you can support your employees to build and maintain a mentally healthy workplace.
Visit Safe Work Australia for advice on workplace mental health
Learn more about the rights and responsibilities of employers and employees under discrimination, privacy and work health and safety legislation.
Visit Heads Up for information on rights and responsibilities in the workplace
Family and friends
The stress of running a business can lead to feelings of isolation, which can affect your business and personal relationships. Family and friends can provide support, and maintaining these relationships is important to you, your business and your personal relationships.
Read more about the importance of maintaining personal relationships
It can also be a challenging time if you are supporting a business owner through a difficult time. There are resources available to give you advice about how you can provide support, and how you can look after yourself as well.
Beyond Blue and HeadsUp have developed a guide for people who have contact with small business owners and are concerned about their wellbeing.
Find a guide for work contacts, friends and family here
Beyond Blue has been working with intermediary organisations to develop resources for small business advisors to help them support their clients and customers with mental health and wellbeing.
Hear from industry leaders about how you can support small business owners' mental health