Our cover story features Darrin Grafton, CEO of Serko on travel, tech and talking the talk; “Leaders need to be clear communicators who can take people on the journey with them.”
Also in this issue we hear from Mike Lewis, winner of the Deloitte Top 200, NZIM/ Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year award for 2014; we investigate the growing importance and value of Board Evaluations; we explore why you must be an effective coach to be an effective leader, we gain insights into keeping clients in a competitive market; business leaders share their views on the opportunities, trends and challenges for their respective industries and companies for the upcoming year; we report on aligning corporate strategy with financial targets; and why storytelling is the most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.
Our columnists advise on the demographic transformation of New Zealand and its impact on your business plan, the importance of being in the here and now and ask if sitting is the new smoking.
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February 2015 Issue:
Cover story: Leading Serko
Leaders need to be clear communicators who can take people on the journey with them. Darrin Grafton, CEO of Serko on travel, tech and talking the talk.
Young Executive of the Year 2014
Read and be curious. Expose yourself to different ideas and industries. And stretch yourself. That’s the advice of Mike Lewis, winner of the Deloitte Top 200, NZIM/ Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year award for 2014.
The growing importance and value of Board Evaluations
Good boards are realising that evaluation is a great deal more than box-ticking compliance, and that much can be gained from using an external facilitator.
The leader as coach
To be an effective leader, you must be an effective coach.
Keeping clients in a competitive market
To stay in business, you better be delivering the best quality customer experience in your part of the market.
2015: Challenges, trends and opportunities
Business leaders share their views on the opportunities, trends and challenges for their industries and companies for the upcoming year.
Aligning corporate strategy with financial targets
Business success naturally flows from investing in the right growth opportunities to build shareholder value.
Storytelling: The heart of leadership
Storytelling is the most powerful weapon in a leader’s arsenal.
Leadership: A pre-shot routine for leaders.
People management: New Year’s management resolutions.
Diversity: The demographic transformation of New Zealand and its impact on your business plan.
Success: Be here now.
Well-being: Stand in the place you are; sitting is the new smoking.
Economics: Paying staff in a changing world.
