Doing well by doing good has been Jules’ philosphy during this time of worldwide economic turmoil.

Jules knew she had to reduce the costs of training, so instead of hiring highly-trained, experienced trainers, she took unskilled trainers and taught them how to train the content to their own communities.

This is just one of the insights within Jules’ new article that was published in this months’ Entrepreneur magazine.

Check it out here.

Have you ever tried to sell someone something that you really believe in?

… and then despite your sincerest efforts you get a big-fat “NO” flung in your face?  I’m sure everyone knows how demotivating this can be… but I’m here to tell you that it’s not always a bad thing, it all depends on how you look at it.

Raelene’s new article that was published in this months’ issue of Sales Guru will show you that there can be a silver lining, if you are looking in the right place.

Check out the article here.

What’s your reason to get up in the morning?

In a tough economy it’s easy to let the rat-race get you down, but it’s proven that resilience is one of the keys to success. So how can you grow your resilience levels to withstand any storm? Jules has written a new article for the Star Workplace that I would like to share with you which can help guide you in the right direction.

Check out this article here.

Access to Bottom of the Pyramid markets. Everyone wants it! Over the past few years it’s been dawning on marketers that there are a lot of people living at the ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’.

Our company has been delivering community-based financial literacy education workshops for a few years now. We help unemployed and unskilled people in communities set up their own training companies, and then provide them with the training, content, mentoring and business-in-a-box tools to be able to deliver the workshops locally.

Jules’ new article, about this, is featured in the latest Practical Marketing Magazine.

Check it out here.

Our Avo’s are famous!

This week, 5 of our home-grown employees have been featured in the Star Workplace’s new appointments section.  Daphney Shiba – Sales Support and PR, Daryl Williams – Durban Account Manager and Facilitator, Janine Millhouse – Footprint Logistics Manager, Pie-Pacifique Kabalira-Uwase – Account Manager and Papama Sobuza – Account Manager.

Check out the clipping here.

Transformation is about a lot more than just fat-cats getting huge hand-outs.

We’ve all heard of BEE and to most of you reading this, the subject might feel quite taboo.  But there’s more to this whole BEE thing than you think.

Jules’ latest article in the Star Workplace will give you the whole inside scoop as to how BEE can help you and how you can use it effectively within your organisation.

Check it out here.

“It is said that when people start a new job, they join a company. But when they leave, they usually leave a boss.”

Jules’ new article goes viral. HR Future has swept it away and has posted it in their Opinions section of their website. It’s a great article and I’d love to share it with all of you.

Check out the new ‘Bosses are a Major Retention Tool’ article here.

Managers need to get involved in the training of their staff.

Sounds simple enough, right?

Well there are a few critical things that bosses must do in order to facilitate the post-training phase of any skills workshop.

To find out what these are, check out Grant’s new article in the Star Workplace here.

A mini history of Jules and Avo…

Jules’ new article, which appears in the Destiny magazine this month, highlights some of the ups and downs of her time since she planted the Avo Pip, so to speak.

Lovin’ the new look Jules!

To read Jules’ Destiny Profile, simply click here.

It is estimated that around one million South Africans lost their jobs last year as a result of the recession.  We all at Avocado Vision thought, somehow, that we were immune.  However, the recession in South Africa has, too, taken its toll on our company.  Thankfully not in the form of retrenchments, but rather in the form of a company restructure.

In the last 2 weeks, Jules has published two articles in the Star Workplace that speaks to the public about our experiences as a company which has just sailed the the rough seas.

Check out the link below to read through some of our advice and learnings that we have gained from a management as well as a staff perspective during these tough times.

Click here to read the PDF articles from the Star Workplace.