What are the prerequisites for successful life and what needs to change to help women achieve balance and success? Your journey through life is reflection of your state of mind.
Bad news for New Zealand managers emerged from recent survey run through employment website Seek. It seems more than half the 809 respondents don’t like their bosses. Asked if they
The traditional model of executive search has had its day – in fact the word “search” is anathema to the process of successfully putting people into leadership roles, according to
Financial services and technology are industry sectors likely to improve in 2004; manufacturing, airlines and automotive industries will, on the other hand, continue to struggle according to the most recent
Managers looking for tools to improve business performance don’t need to look much beyond four basics, according to five-year study that analysed 200 management techniques employed by 160 US companies
American strategic business futurists, Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, offer these 10 workforce and workplace forecasts for 2004. Remember, they are for the US market but they are trends to
The New Zealand Institute of Management Foundation, set up last year, was officially launched in Wellington by the Minister for Small Business and Associate Minister of Maori Affairs and Commerce,
The local division of global freight company DHL Express has found itself with an unexpected export – its staff. The company has long-established programme for Kiwi employees to gain overseas
Global consultancy Deloitte used the prestigious annual Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Awards at the end of last year to release and reveal the international group’s new corporate name and logo.
Brilliant minds do not necessarily make brilliant managers and the difference is often due to person’s emotional intelligence, the bit that dictates the way we deal with other people and
Despite conventional wisdom, postman extraordinaire Wes Brown doesn’t set much store by framed corporate mission statements. Why not?
We all know about the bugs and worms that invade our computers when we don’t take proper precautions, but the buzzing noise coming from my PC recently sounded more like
The company car remains the most visible and contentious benefit offered to managers and employees. Its legacy as a status symbol, the associated direct and indirect costs, increased Fringe Benefit Tax, and options to lease or buy all contribute to the quagmire that spawned the ‘cash is king’ trend. Employees and employers, writes Kira Schäffler, should sharpen their understanding of what a company car is worth*.
If you were listing New Zealand’s risks for foreign investor, what would you include? Small size and distance? Volcanoes and earthquakes? The vulnerability of our major exports to climate change
The New Zealand Institute of Management took global initiative last year and announced both the creation and the first findings of its Management Capability Index. Other countries are set to
Vance Arkinstall Dominion Finance Group appointed Arkinsall as director of the company late last year. He is the CEO of the Investment Savings and Insurance Association of New Zealand, which
“The corporate jungle has a new species – the project manager,” says Tom Peters.
The most expensive computer you will ever own is stored in your head. Smart businesses are now investing in programming their employees’ human computer using performance psychology and ‘neurobics’.
February 11-13 Four Quadrant Leadership, Sheraton Auckland. Contact: Avelien Benjaminsen, 0-9 525 3300, [email protected], www.nzim.co.nz February 16-17 2nd Annual Effective Performance Measures for Budgeting, Planning & Financial Reporting Conference, Sheraton
Business academic, author, former editor of the Harvard Business Review, and adviser to the world’s largest multinationals, Rosabeth Moss Kanter has been described as one of the 100 most important women in America and among the world’s 50 most powerful women. Her books include the best sellers Change Masters, When Giants Learn to Dance, World Class and Evolve. She is a champion of social entrepreneurship and a thought leader in change management and globalisation. Her Change Toolkit, is a web-based tool that helps executives diagnose issues, define projects, and lead change. She explains how it works and her latest thinking on change, leadership and globalisation to Stuart Crainer.
Kevin Lawrence was recently a mid-summer guest of the luxury-train line The Royal Scotsman, which for the past 18 years has been accommodating the world’s indulgence-seeking travellers.
Given that an ounce of prevention is worth several billion dollars worth of lost productivity, it’s not surprising more workplaces are taking a proactive approach to employee health. But how are they going about it and what really are the benefits?
Coaching and mentoring have not only become important aspects of executive development but are increasingly seen as essential ingredients of business success. Why the sudden popularity, and how well do they work at both organisational and individual level?
Welcome to 2004. Management magazine is now in its 50th year of reporting and writing about New Zealand managers and their experiences. We should be doing it still in another
It’s appropriate, in this first issue of 2004, to wish readers happy and prosperous New Year. Whether the year turns out happy and prosperous, however, may depend on whether you
Managers, over the course of the 20th century, transformed the world in which we live and work. And for 50 years Management magazine reported and recorded that transformation in New Zealand. But in the fading years of the past millennium, the pace of management change quickened and now it is time to ask: where to from here?
Are New Zealand directors in a unique position to embrace sustainable business practices? And could our sustainable corporate governance strategies be an example to the world? Yes, apparently. Why? Read on.
Re-imagine! By: Tom Peters Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Price: $55 (Hardback) Imagine it. Tom Peters has, as he puts it, “cranked out” book number 11. But, this is book with difference.
