It would be difficult to conjure up a more compelling local example. Black Magic’s awesome performance on the fickle waters of the Hauraki Gulf was world class. It was leadership and teamwork at its best. But most of all it was world beating innovation in action.
Integrity in leadership has become recognised as an essential component of successful organisations.
Everyone it seems is searching for the promised land online. From retailing to Hollywood, from selection to election, it’s hotbed of opportunity with new Internet companies launched by the day.
What are the warning signs of brewing boardroom coup? 1. Watch the board’s “sparkplug” director Many boards have respected lead director, someone with the power and savvy to organise and
Local exporters are facing some vexing questions.
The myth is: you can make mistakes provided you learn from them and don’t make the same mistake twice. The reality is: everyone loves winner. In business as in life,
His best friends are Batman, Action Man and Superman. His company motto is “making the world smile”. So how bad a job can that be?
Business ethics is, at its simplest, a company operating to a set of values that recognises fairness, rather than just legal compliance, in all its dealings. And at the beginning of the new millennium it is being given more credence than a decade ago.
How to differentiate top business leaders and organisations of tomorrow.
Despite ?e-business’ being the buzzword of the new millennium, New Zealand organisations are lagging behind their international competitors in adopting e-business practices and procedures. That’s the conclusion of the latest
The Internet has created wonderful new ways of communicating and doing business. But it must also be recognised that for all its seeming sophistication it is very crude.
OK, so some people say they are becoming tired of hearing about it, probably because the term ‘knowledge economy’ is being thrown around with reckless abandon.
No one knows what skills will be needed in the 21st century, but the key for employability will be motivation, says Sir Christopher Ball, the chancellor of the University of Derby and the millennium visiting fellow of the Auckland University of Technology.
I was disappointed by the error in the December edition of your magazine. On page 52 you rank Educational Institutions by Profit After Tax. You have omitted the Eastern Institute
Those who live by the deadline, die by the deadline. It probably feels like it sometimes; when pressure builds, when time closes in, and everyone wants your attention. It’s not
While everyone is focused on the ERB it is perhaps timely to remember there is other employment legislation on the agenda as well. Greene & Hansen advises that the following
Burdened by higher interest rates and weak NZ dollar, only 37.18 percent of respondents expect to increase capital expenditure in the next 12 months according to the latest quarterly business
Our industrial relations framework is set to change and at stake is one of the key components of successful organisation – the relationship between employer and employee. Whatever the final
Just about everything a manager needs to know by Neil Flanagan & Jarvis Finger Plum Press, 1988
The need to manage your career wasn’t a top priority even as recently as 20 years ago — most people only concentrated on managing to stay in a job.
Mary Kennett was the author of the March issue story “Further Down the Line for HR”. member of the national Deloitte HR team, Kennett is registered industrial/organisational psychologist and HR
So far at least, the law relating to personal grievances doesn’t look like undergoing major changes, according to Jo-Anne Knight of Brookfields. “The Employment Relations Bill however, does introduce significant
Priority dimensions is not about alternative lifestyles, crystals and incense — it’s about getting lives in order to achieve peak performance.
New Zealand dairying needs an injection of fresh thinking about staffing including how more people from cities can be encouraged to make farming their career according to farm management consultant,
The fine art of getting extra effort from everyone, including yourself.
Indrani Mahanama is Sri Lankan civil engineer by training and school teacher by necessity. She has not one but two Masters degrees in engineering, the first from Russia and the
For nearly seven years Backchat has been therapy I’ve been paid for. Ample time, in other words, to get most of the bees out of my bonnet.
Our first NZIM Woman Manager of the Year thrives on managing a fast growing business that saves women’s lives.
Some customers are simply too difficult or too costly to keep, and on reflection, should be fired.
NZ employers remain optimistic about employment growth over the next six months according to the Morgan and Banks Job Index Survey for January June 2000. Almost 40 percent surveyed planned
Senior lecturer in psychology Dr David O’Hare has received NZ $500,000 research grant from NASA to enhance pilot training using aircraft accident and incident case histories. It’s believed to be
Nobilangelo Ceramalus replies to Terry Bicknell over Compuserve (June issue). “(Bicknell) certainly missed the point – indeed, all the points. I said – went out of my way – to
The world’s one big machine when it comes to outsourcing, which is shaping up as a key management tool for 2000.
Rightly or wrongly, it’s the world’s richest people who we salivate over — not the world’s poorest.
Business Lessons from the World’s Top Sports Organisations Clive Gilson, Mike Pratt, Kevin Roberts, Ed Weymes HarperCollinsBusiness This is the long-awaited release of the study of peak performing organ-isations. Research
Claims and counter-claims keep the economy going round and round.
If the Finance Minister didn’t raise awkward questions about official forecasts, who would?
The All Blacks may not have made it to the Rugby World Cup final last year, but Kiwi technology was still winner at Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium at that final. Keeping
Politicians often strike difficulty at the point where politics meets economics. Policy that appeals to the average voter often doesn’t appeal to the people who generate the revenue.
1. 32 percent. The computer industry. Modems, computers, accessories and software. 2. 24 percent. The travel industry. Travel, hotels and events. 3. 19 percent. The entertainment industry. Interactive leisure products
There are two essentials to staying in office for a good long while, as Labour aims to do.
From next month the NZ Quality Foundation becomes the NZ Business Excellence Foundation. According to CEO Sue Wright, it’s part of global trend recognising that the time has come for
Here’s an alarming statistic to make few first time managers feel bit queasy. Within the first l8 months on the job, 40 percent of all new managers fail by either
Performance management practices will come under the spotlight by Deloitte HR this year, as it surveys the country’s private and public organisations. Michael Jamieson from Deloitte HR in Christchurch says
Mark Cowsill, CEO, Frucor Beverages has learned to ride the curves of the changing market place in both business and his career.
The election may have turned the spotlight on employment law, but no law will ever change the fundamentals of the workplace relationship.
Is it time to rub out the internet birthmark of dot.com? According to some observers, the dot.com frenzy will soon go the way of grunge rock as an outdated fad
Why are our savings levels so low, and can New Zealanders be persuaded to save more?
How often do you catch yourself talking to yourself? Don’t worry we all apparently spend much of our day talking to ourselves. We’re in constant dialogue with our brains, talking
The presenter’s stage is littered with tales of technology tantrums, butterfly tummies and meaningless monotones.
How will your board react if your executive director or CEO is invited on to another board?
Siemens recently launched its new Enterprise convergence Architecture, called HiPath, which allows company’s existing voice and data applications to interoperate globally over all networks. It paves the way for expanding
Sky City has made its first international investment — with its purchase of the Adelaide Casino in South Australia for A$180.25 million. This follows its intention to grow business interests
Is the power to affect our own destiny sliding slowly offshore?
For the first time in New Zealand, sounds, smells and tastes will be able to be registered and protected as trade marks by companies seeking to protect all the components
The winners on the web will be those who connect their business to their suppliers, customers and partners, and transform their processes.
Managing your career is pointless unless you pay serious attention to your health.
Technology undoubtedly makes the sales effort easier, but overlooking traditional sales values can be a risk.
Where are the new leaders in management? Only two thirds of the current crop have any potential, and at the current rate of travel, in five years’ time, only one in four will remain in this country.
What do hypnosis and market research have in common? For one US researcher, his interest in both has led him to business hypnotising focus group subjects. This point of difference
I know this guy in the United States who writes books by getting into his car and driving across the state of Colorado. It’s true. He dictates it as he
The web of course, is perfect medium for surveys. It’s fast and low cost. But are web surveys of any use, asks Rodger Gallagher in Customer Value Management. “Do they
There’s a lot more to introducing technology than purchasing the hardware and supporting software. To avoid costly mistakes, remember that the success of any technology purchase is directly proportional to the time and effort you spend on planning beforehand.
An Asian cultural awareness test aimed at improving your ability to do business in Asia is being developed by the Asia 2000 Foundation of New Zealand. This comes after research
A man piloting hot air balloon discovers he’s hopelessly lost. He descends to lower altitude and sees man on the ground. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: “Excuse me,
Talk “planning” and people inevitably hark back to the New Zealand Planning Council – creature of the ’70s whose goal in life was to try and look ahead to where
As reader of Management Magazine I was somewhat concerned by the tone and content of Nobilangelo Ceramalus’ comments in “Compuserve, Seriously” page 71 April 2000. I’d like to offer some
There’s a good reason for governments clinging to the Kiwi: without it, they’ll no longer be able to exert control over it.
The entrenched Kiwi philosophy to acquire cars as assets is changing.
Change appears daunting and suspicious when we’re not quite sure what the changing landscape will look like. This kind of suspicion has dominated employer response to the Employment Relations Bill
Big, rich organisations have to be vigilant if they are to avoid the trap of letting their wealth generate costly carelessness.
Six months in and the Government has had its first public spats, its first political stumbles, its first management failures.
Practice makes perfect. Rehearse in front of helpful but critical colleagues. Experience builds confidence. Do your homework. Research your audience, venue and any technology you plan to use. Warm up.
Wellington solicitor Joanna Mossop is the 2000 winner of the Fulbright-Buddle Findlay Award in Law. Valued at more than NZ$40,000 the award provides the opportunity for postgraduate study and research
Don’t let difficult people run riot in your workplace. The negative attitudes of difficult workers will permeate your whole workplace if you don’t deal with them.
Leaders are seen as respected, trusted role models, they can be counted on, and demonstrate high moral and ethical standards. Inspirational Motivation: Leader’s behaviour motivates and inspires followers, team spirit
Does your board work in the dark on key issues, or does it have a strong flow of information?
Where does the United Nations Secretariat in New York turn when it needs world-class support to improve the quality of staff selection? New Zealand, that’s where. Having developed tailored competency
It’s easy to imagine you’re on the management treadmill; make more, serve more, create more, work smarter, with fewer people, in less time.
Many see volunteers as the retired cardie brigade willing to do anything for a good cause and a cup of tea, but don’t forget they have rights.
According to PriceWaterhouse Coopers report and Internet Advertising Bureau, online advertising hit the $1.2 billion market in the third quoter of 1999.
Most managers struggle with the variables of running one business. Paul Bayly not only runs four businesses, but outside his business life, he’s a Major in New Zealand’s Territorial Army.
Compatible world standards will evolve in engineering, manufacturing, commercial law, management techniques, accounting, lending and underwriting methods, advertising etc. However, uniformity shouldn’t be mistaken for standard products, says Kiplinger. Successful
Should leaders tell employees the organisation can’t afford pay increases, then walk off with big hikes themselves?
The meaning of work — we hear about it all the time. The new workplace ideal isn’t financial success, prestige or power. It’s “meaningful” work.
Other companies make wider assessments before severing their ties with their customers. Auckland PR company Botica Conroy and Associates worked with Microsoft New Zealand for nearly 10 years, since the
What has happened to the corporate takeover movement – particularly in the US?
We now have a law enshrining people’s rights to blow the whistle on wrongdoers in their workplace — is it an additional compliance cost or a sensible risk management strategy?
They say an overworked strength becomes a weakness and this appears to be the potential risk with email.
The real e-business tidal wave is about to swamp unsuspecting New Zealand businesses.
NZIM WOMAN MANAGER OF THE YEAR: in association with Management magazine: WINNER: Gillian Cossey, general manager, St Marks Group, Auckland WISE SELF EMPLOYED WOMAN OF THE YEAR: in Association with
Fletcher Challenge subsidiary Winstone Wallboards makes gib board. Twelve months ago they installed JD Edwards’ OneWorld software to manage their supply chain. The results have been remarkable, says IT manager
The constant drive to sharpen the competitive edge and lower costs has improved customer services.
New Zealand women managers match their colleagues in North America and Australia in displaying good leadership.
If you felt pressured into getting a website up because your competitors had, you’re not alone. If you felt pressured into getting a website up because your competitors had, you’re not alone.
Blamestorming: Sitting around in group discussing why deadline was missed or project failed and who was responsible. Concepting: Devising concepts. Formerly called ?thinking’. Flight risk: Used to describe employees suspected
Millions of dollars are lost each year in New Zealand as employees’ personal problems spill into the workplace. How can we stem the tide?
“The world stands on the threshold of a long, strong, surge in economic growth and living standards unprecedented in world history.”
