October 31, 2007

INTOUCH : Young executive honoured

Dr Alison Collins, science team leader in the Crown Research Institute, Landcare Research, has won the Southern Region 2007 NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year. She leads team of

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INTOUCH : Executive pulse

To help pre-fund national superannuation the Government established the New Zealand Superannuation (or ‘Cullen’) Fund by putting aside money each year from the tax we pay. Should similar fund be

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INTOUCH : Managers abroad

David Hawtin, market strategist, Ericsson, Sweden What prompted you to seek work out of New Zealand? I met and eventually married Swede and we have moved back and forth between

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INTOUCH : On the move

Rodger Shepherd Fairfax Media has appointed Shepherd, formerly chief executive officer of PMP NZ, to the newly created position of group head of publishing of Fairfax Media’s newspaper and magazine

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INTOUCH : Why engineering is fun

A career in engineering doesn’t mean being stuck in some lab – neither is it nerdy or anti-social activity. It’s fun. That’s the message from senior vice-president worldwide for Lenovo’s

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INTOUCH : World-class candidates

More than 100 quality nominations have been received for the 2008 World Class NZ Leaders Awards reflecting diverse spread of Kiwi high fliers in range of different industries around the

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INTOUCH : Economic Crime Prevalent

Only 70 percent of economic crimes suffered by New Zealand businesses are reported to an organisation’s board, audit committee, or executive management, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ analysis. Surprising when, according to

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NZIM : Leadership – The Drucker Legacy

No management guru has had a more profound impact than the late Peter Drucker. For more than 60 years his writing and teaching helped shape and define modern management. His lifetime contribution underpinned the theme of this year’s Australian Institute of Management (AIM) Management Convention in Sydney in September.

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TABLED : Risky Business for Directors

Tightening labour markets, fluctuations in oil prices and exchange rates, natural disasters, and technological revolutions changing the way we share data, continually combine to ensure an unpredictable business environment. Risk

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BOOKCASE : Group Genius

• Keith Sawyer • Basic Books • $59.99 Great ideas are seldom, if ever, singular. Put another way, ‘eureka’ is rare. In this, his seventh and latest book on creativity,

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BOOKCASE : The 80/20 Principle

• Richard Koch • Allen and Unwin (Nicholas Brealey) • $35 A 10th anniversary update of business staple, The 80/20 Principle: the Secret of Achieving More with Less, includes new

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BUSINESS RISK : Identity crime

Identity crime and its associated fraud is problem that is on the rise in this country. New Zealand businesses lost an estimated $1.4 billion to identity crime and fraud last

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CASE STUDY : Converting TNS – How to Wag the Dog

This year’s takeover of local market research company Conversa Global by international player TNS-Global turned the traditional takeover model on its head. TNS, a London FTSE-listed company with billion dollar revenues and offices in 70 countries, bought Conversa – a five-year-old New Zealand company. But rather than imposing the global model on the local company, TNS put Conversa firmly in the driving seat.

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COVER STORY : A question of values

What role do personal values play as a compass for boardroom behaviour and director decision making? How and when do they get tested? We ask experienced New Zealand directors what values they bring to the table and whether those values outweigh regulation as a determinant for ‘doing the right thing’.

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FACE TO FACE : Jan Dawson – On an even keel

Jan Dawson is one high-flying business woman who seems to have work-life balance sussed. Her role as chair of KPMG makes her New Zealand’s top female accountant, but she’s also a mother of two and a high-flyer in the world of yachting. We follow her career tacks.

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GOVERNANCE : Is the board bored?

Most directors know that sinking feeling when the courier delivers the board papers on Friday in a very large envelope. The three hours put aside will not be enough – all will need to be read and the fishing will have to wait.

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INTOUCH : As I see it

Merilyn Havler • General manager • Beiersdorf New Zealand What are the key components of good leadership and why? At Beiersdorf I lead team of 40, oversee roster of nearly

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