August 22, 2004

I never had any particular truck for the homilies of former Chrysler chief executive Lee Iacocca but – and my view is no doubt influenced by my allocated seat in

Trust Matters By: Sally Bibb & Jeremy Kourdi Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Price: $59.95 It may seem axiomatic that trust is at the heart of anything worthy of being called positive

Ian Taylor, the man who ramped up Sheffield’s move into a director recruitment and corporate governance consultancy, has ended his five-year term as the consultancy’s chief executive. He steps back now into consulting and expects his work with boards and directors to grow.

Politicians dragged the chain on changes to the Resource Management Act 1991 for several years, before rushing amendments into law last year. By then the reforms prepared when Simon Upton

Matthew Shepard was young man who was beaten to death several years ago in an American gay-bashing case which became cause celebre at the time. Today his name is remembered

Following succession of government-initiated business improvement programmes directed particularly at small businesses, most of which achieved only marginally positive outcomes, it is refreshing to report on more promising new project.

Trust is not word to toss around in politics. Voters say they don’t trust politicians much. But trust is at the core of the impending Australian election. The issue is