These days there is little drama – anticipatory or apprehensive – when the Minister of Finance rises in the House to perform the budget-reading ritual. The 1993 Fiscal Responsibility Act
Shellie May, operations manager of Christchurch medical supplies distributor MedXus, is the lucky winner of Harrier mobile desktop PDA that was up for grabs in April’s joint Management/Telecom technology competition.
There is worker unrest in New Zealand’s finance sector, according to major employment study released last month. The study, conducted by global recruitment company Robert Half International’s finance and accounting
When should Kiwi job applicant voluntarily disclose to potential employer that they are HIV positive, have criminal record, or are homosexual? There are, for those playing The Diversity Game, choice
New Zealand may have improved its international competitiveness rating two places to 16th in the world on last month’s IMD International Competitiveness Survey, but we still have some serious issues
Mark Davis Experienced finance manager Mark Davis was recently appointed chief financial officer of The Radio Network and took up the position last month. After gaining Bachelor of Management Studies
For those companies that haven’t yet got the message, recent Robert Half Finance and Accounting International Survey offers further confirmation that flexible working conditions are vital for the advancement of
People should be careful what they photocopy and scan. That is the message from Auckland-based Copyright Licensing (CLL), which warns that employees in some organisations expose themselves and their organisation
The first criminal prosecution under the Health & Safety in Employment (HASIE) Act highlights some of the misconceptions around what constitutes “workplace stress” and why employers shouldn’t get too stressed
A design course to help CEOs and senior managers to re-think their attitudes and use of design in their business has been launched in Auckland. A collaboration between The Icehouse,
The average British office worker loses nearly three hours day, or 80 days year, to office inefficiencies or distractions – and technology is the biggest time waster. According to recent
The benefits of paying attention to employee work/life balance were highlighted in recent Australian survey that compared outcomes for organisations that either have or have not successfully implemented work/life programmes.
New Zealand companies may benefit from easier access to Singapore’s government procurement market estimated to be worth $10 billion year, thanks to recent relaxation of access rules. New Zealand’s Trade
The Leadership Manual: Your complete practical guide to effective leadership By: Hilarie Owen, Vicky Hodgson, Nigel Gazzard Publisher: Pearson: Prentice Hall Price: $59.95 Given the positive avalanche of books and
Deloitte New Zealand chairman and partner John Hagen is stepping down from his job at the top of the global accounting firm. With his pedigree in business acumen he’s bound to re-emerge in another arena – more likely than not in some of the nation’s more influential board rooms.
In the blink of an eye, or maybe the click of mouse, enterprises of every kind have made the switch from phone, fax and ‘snail mail’, to email. Well, looking
Pollute stream and you might profit from the business you do while polluting. But the pollution costs someone. The cost is an externality and some say the polluter alone should
Many of us vividly recall the trials and tribulations of our first management role. More often than not we were thrust into the position with little preparation. “Deep end learning”
The New Zealand Institute of Management and specialist publisher Brookers have joined forces to conduct a national salary survey that measures the depth and quality of New Zealand’s pool of executive talent.
May 26-27 The Maori Challenge University of Auckland Business School. Contact: 0800 800 875, [email protected] or www.shortcourses.ac.nz May 30-31 Report & Proposal Writing Contact: Avelien Benjaminsen, 0-9 303 9103, [email protected]
Last month I wrote about the Inquiry into New Zealand’s Constitutional Arrangements and, as result, I have had an unprecedented number of people ask me how they can make submission.
Q We are manufacturing company with just over 300 employees. The board meets monthly to review progress against the business plan. It takes quite lot of my time to prepare
A global public relations and communication survey back in 2001 revealed that almost half an organisation’s reputation is, at least in the minds of its various publics, the direct result
If United States investors were furious with the Federal Reserve last month for leaving vital sentence out of its monthly policy statement, try this local example of sloppy reporting for
Predictions at the beginning of the year may not have been all that optimistic but 2004 was, by and large, a great year for Kiwi corporates. The dollar was up but steady. Economic conditions were stable and so most New Zealand companies enjoyed revenue growth. If the captains of New Zealand enterprise couldn’t make money last year, when could they? Is it, then, time to celebrate? Was it really a champagne performance?
In a highly competitive and unpredictable global marketplace, a strong brand delivers a compelling market advantage. But just how much impact does the chief executive add by being fully aligned with the brand? What does being aligned with the brand really mean? And are today’s most effective CEOs brands in their own right? Jim Robinson investigates why today’s CEO must become ‘Leader of the Brand’.
