It may have kicked off in an atmosphere of scepticism, but New Zealand’s home-grown bank has proved to be the little Kiwi that could. Its rapid growth, high customer approval
Frank Young, Vice President North Asia, The Lincoln Electric Company What prompted you to seek work out of New Zealand? High taxes and limited career prospects. This was during the
Karim Temsamani Sydney-based Temsamani will manage Google’s domestic business and strategic partnerships as the newly appointed general manager for Google Australia and New Zealand. He joins from Fairfax Media (Australia),
Over one in three (37 percent) New Zealand employees’ pay is currently linked to performance and this figure is rising, according to survey by recruitment firm Hays. Presently 15 percent
What does your employment brand look like? Who’s it attracting and why? At time when labour markets are tight and skills shortages rife, the power of brand to both attract
Many businesses trumpet team building as an integral part of happy, productive workplace and Oxfam NZ is offering way to help – and raise money for worthy cause: the Oxfam
One way to address New Zealand’s ongoing skills shortage is engage the pool of untapped potential in mothers who have either not returned to the workforce, or returned to the
TOP 200 JUDGES Rob Challinor, founder and executive director of boutique investment bankers Northington Partners, is former Deloitte partner and corporate finance adviser. He is currently chairman of Fisher Funds’
New Zealand Aluminium Smelters (NZAS) is back in top spot in this category after winning in 2004 for its workplace safety programme and being finalist in 2006 for its efforts
Hear the term ‘productivity’ and in your mind’s eye you see boffins in white coats with clipboards and stopwatches examining and recording how long it takes someone to carry out
This battle rages on two fronts. Finding the best available people and keeping talent already recruited. The second of these two conundrums is easier to solve if you know what keeps people in your camp. A recent Australian study provides some answers. Reg Birchfield precis the findings.
A personable mix of passion and humility allied with the business nous that’s helped transform an IT startup to profitable entity within six years saw Mason Pratt take top place
Helen Clark completes eight years as Prime Minister on December 10. Will she still be Prime Minister year from now? To do that, of course, she has to be able
John Palmer has reputation for achieving good results in difficult situations. From past roles with the kiwifruit industry, Trustbank and Wrightson, to today’s roles at the helm of Solid Energy
Strategic planning deals with the futurity of present decisions. Traditional planning asks: “What is most likely to happen?” Planning for uncertainty asks, instead “What has already happened that will create
In the latest great philosophical and scientific debate, the bulk of the New Zealand public have finally admitted that climate change is happening. But rather than accepting this and moving
Management magazine’s listing of New Zealand’s largest organisations includes New Zealand subsidiaries and local branches of overseas companies, producer boards, cooperatives, local authority trading enterprises (LATEs) and state-owned enterprises that
With climate change, global warming and emissions trading top of mind for many businesses, Massey University climate change researcher Peter Read reviews three books which look at the challenges, options and implications for New Zealand and the world.
New Zealand sets standards globally in terms of financial education and last month’s launch of the draft national strategy to introduce personal financial management into the school curriculum confirms this.
Lion Nathan’s annual report has won major international award for the third time. New Zealand corporate design company Insight Creative secured the ‘2007 Best International Annual Report’ award for the
Mary-Jane Daly, Chief financial officer, NZI What are the values that you will not negotiate on? Professionalism and delivering to high standard are really important to me. Early in my
Most Kiwi workers will be treated to Christmas party or gift from their employer this year, but there’s no guarantee it will translate into increased loyalty or even boost morale.
Improving business capability could be as easy as – card game? Well, not quite – but new self-assessment system that enables large or small businesses to pit themselves against the
The newly elected Clark government unambiguously set out its fiscal-policy objectives in the Budget Policy Statement (BPS) of 2000. Over the next four years, it declared, it planned to build
Business, education, arts and sport. To succeed at leadership level in any one of these is commendable. To stay at the top and give back to all four is outstanding.
It’s been good year for Lloyd Morrison. Actually it’s been many good years. Since founding infrastructure-investor Infratil in the mid-1990s, the Wellington-based investment banker has grown the company substantially and
Successfully implementing New Zealand expertise around the globe is key to the winning formula of infrastructure company Infratil. Its long track record of consistent success went through the roof this
Over the past three years we have used the Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 awards programme to encourage New Zealand business to take up the challenge of increasing our global aspirations.
Its leading-edge software could be described as high-tech, high-volume traffic cop – and these days the traffic it’s monitoring flows through some of the world’s busiest communications hubs. Born out
With many of the country’s biggest companies restructured, taken over or moved offshore, what does the future look like for New Zealand business? Are we in a holding pattern waiting for the next crop of giants to mature or has the business scene changed for good?
COVER STORY Class of 2007 – Waiting in the wings With many of the country’s biggest companies restructured, taken over or moved offshore, what does the future look like for
I have read that one of the key attributes of successful leader is the ability to handle ambiguity effectively. This has made me think, as I tend to be perfectionist.
Founded with one Bedford truck and $2700 in paid up capital back in the 1970s, Mainfreight has demonstrated that it can successfully go the distance – from local carrier to
