Their staff are more engaged, their voluntary turnover is lower than average, they’re pretty good at rewarding good performance – and most have fewer than 500 staff. That’s the profile
No wonder we’re losing talent across the Tasman. According to recent global survey of nations as brand attractors, we’re lagging seriously behind the Aussies. While they’re sitting at the top
If there’s one message that Sir John Whitmore would like business leaders to take on board, it is “trust people more and control them less”. The man rated as number-one
The drain of Kiwi brain power across the Tasman is likely to remain problem as job demand in Australia surges at time when the local labour market is also under
When it comes to company security, balanced approach is what counts, according to Ofer Reshef, principal consultant and security specialist at technology solutions company Optimation. Reshef recently told invited audiences
No matter how many wonderful management theories are bounced around the boardroom, the frontline reality is that if their immediate manager is manifesting all the emotional intelligence of lizard, employees
It’s official – New Zealand is the easiest place in the world to launch and run new business. For the second year on the trot, we’ve topped list of 155
Companies can knock back employee work hours without also knocking back their profits – it’s all to do with working smarter, says new report from the United Kingdom. Managing Change:
A newly launched website www.skills-exchange.org.nz provides link between businesses and community projects that need either skilled or unskilled labour input. Skills Exchange is an online tool developed by AUT and
The politicians were still campaigning as this column was being written. They were threatening the health of the economy, too, by promising to put more money in our pockets if
You take your senior management team on team-building weekend. You want them to bond, to get to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses, to learn to work cooperatively in pressure
Rob Fenwick recently added the role of chancellor of the Order of St John to his already impressive list of responsibilities. Tying them together is a desire to mesh environmental, socially sustainable and business goals. So how does a “keeper of the long view” work in a commercial world of short-term fixes?
Have you noticed the ridiculous prices on notebook computers recently? I’m sure I saw new laptops being advertised for less than $1000 in flyer that came to my letterbox. Such
The election was marked by binge auction, heavily negative campaigning and racial divisiveness. That is an uncomfortable legacy. The primary governmental need now after the nastiest election in decades is
An article by Batch Hales in Management (“Teaching and learning – they are not the same thing” July 2005) prompted some thoughts around the issues raised. Hales’ contention was that
Organisations and Individuals The more the organisation grows, the more the individual can grow. The more the individual in an organisation grows as person, the more the organisation can accomplish
Sometime this month the select committees of the 48th Parliament will be appointed. These committees will – in as far as it is humanly possible – be proportional to the
