National’s Employment Contracts Act offended conventional wisdom about union-employer relations sufficiently to unite unions, the Labour Party, social activists, church leaders and even some employers in fierce opposition to what
What is leadership? How critical is it? And is New Zealand short of real leaders? As American author and leadership professor William Rosenback said when he visited New Zealand last
In today’s competitive and crowded marketplace, there remains large unknown landmass that is ignored by marketers and managers alike. Charting this unknown terrain is critical to business success because it
According to law, everyone must vote in Australia. And the preference system drafts nearly all votes into the Liberal-National coalition’s bag or Labor’s, like outback merinos penned ready for docking
Cover Story LOOKING FOR LEADERS TO SOLVE NEW ZEALAND’S THREATENING LEADERSHIP CRISIS New Zealand, like most countries in the world, is looking for leaders. It doesn’t matter where or at
Kiwi and Australian managers don’t trust employees who work away from the office. And equally alarming, workers who report to the office every day don’t like – and gossip about
Budget basher Jeremy Hope thinks attitudes are hardening toward “fixed bud-gets” and they are increasingly becoming management practice of the past. Hope, founder of the Beyond Budgeting Round Table, will
Even the world’s most sales and numbers driven organisations can change their ways. At least, that is the message super successful IT company Dell Inc is selling. Dell VP and
Getting tangled in regulation red tape is business obstacle that inevitably impacts more on small rather than large businesses. SMEs face much the same compliance issues with fewer resources to
How do companies that are used to competition, independence and business predation cope in an environment where collaboration, interdependence and business alliances are increasingly important? Not too well, according to
Global warming, destructive cyclones in the Americas, devastating floods here in New Zealand and rethink of our key environmental legislation – the Resource Management Act; with all this top-of-mind future
It is serious question – and one likely to be asked more frequently and in more varied ways as more organisations recognise the importance of capturing and managing knowledge. Knowledge
