Thursday, 19 June 2008
Dealing with the Petrol Crisis
| Some people are predicting by Xmas petrol will be $2 per litre in Australia. This has significant impact on small businesses. With your employees - some of them will begin to question if they can afford to continue to travel to your business if petrol costs continue to rise. If you want to retain your team you need to look at options such as working from home a few days per week, petrol card bonuses once a month or organising car pooling within your office. Start NOW before you get the first resignation letter and tell everyone what you are doing - communicate clearly and repeatedly and you will head off some potential problems. You also need to rethink all those meetings at different locations - you know the ones where people drive to your location for a meeting. People are going to start to ask - what is the return on investment for my petrol expense for attending this meeting? This is a brilliant time to explore options such as Skype group chat or other virtual meeting technology. Also look at the costs of your fleet on the road - maybe smaller cars are going to become your new company fleet standard rather than the big Commodores. Petrol is a great opportunity for you to look at ways to improve your business bottom line and boost efficiency - if you just look at it that way! Ingrid Cliff Heart Harmony Putting your business into words Labels: petrol expenses |
This is a good opportunity to start thinking about substantial reductions in fuel usage. In the not so distant future our markets and legislators will be demanding substantial reductions in carbon emissions. Wouldn't it be nice to be leading the way?
-Picnic Pete