Organisations that recognise work/life is a continuum and cater to that reality by offering employers more workstyle choice will increasingly win a lead in the preferred employer stakes. So who are our local champions of choice and what are they offering?
Telecom chief executive Theresa Gattung was headlined “the $2 million woman”, when newspapers reported her restructured pay package and the potential it created for her to earn more than $2
New Zealand and Australian Prime Ministers Helen Clark and John Howard differ on many key political issues. But they have agreed on the need for closer economic relations between the traditional trans-Tasman rivals. After 20 years of often painfully slow progress they have got CER moving again. But what will it take for New Zealand to maintain the momentum?
Perception is often mistaken for reality and the perceptions of ‘business excellence’ as concept are many, varied and often confused. Having just completed my first 12 months as chief executive
Fun and profit are not incompatible. Pleasure, whether in wine or art, can provide both sensual and financial returns, says wine writer Keith Stewart.
Author and business consultant Adrian Slywotzky comes from the hardheaded, bottom-line school of strategy. He focuses on helping companies maximise their performance. His latest book (written with Richard Wise) is How to Grow When Markets Don’t. It is Slywotzky’s response to the world’s sea change in economic fortunes. In it he examines the new realities of growing a business in a business world where growth has largely ground to a halt. He talks to Stuart Crainer for Management in his New York office.
This month’s relevant workplace neologism from www.wordspy.com: bozo explosion: noun. The large number of inept employees that company ends up with when it hires an incompetent executive, who in turn
