David Chapman, the New Zealand Institute of Management’s National Chief Executive, is moving on after 17 years at the helm. He talked with NZ Management about his style of leadership, his achievements and his few disappointments.
Determination, weeks of training, 36 hours and whole lot of willpower. That’s what it took for five teams to represent OfficeMax New Zealand at the Oxfam TrailWalker event last month,
Cashflow is the biggest challenge facing New Zealand’s small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) this year, according the new research of 44,000 businesses conducted jointly by Bizzone (organiser of the
Westpac was the only company from this part of the world that made it to the 99-strong list of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for 2009. Compiled by Ethisphere and
Victorian governor David de Kretser is the latest to wade into the debate whether carbon taxes are more effective means of reducing greenhouse gas than Australia’s planned emissions trading scheme.
While nations acting to avert climate change are focusing on policies to limit global warming to two degrees celsius, it seems many climate change scientists believe that goal is now
Despite the economic downturn and government cutbacks, New Zealand’s “Environmental Choice” label is going from strength to strength. Why?
The opportunity to upgrade the country’s million sick homes has never been greater. Nor has the opportunity to muff it. At stake is major chance to re-orientate the building and
Vicki Jayne discovers that standing in a circle with a horse can teach you some very interesting leadership skills.
Employers who take practical action to boost employees’ literacy and numeracy will be recognised for the first time in this year’s EEO Trust Work & Life Awards. The Skills Highway
Geoff Vazey, Wes Bernard Christchurch City Holdings has appointed two new directors to two of its subsidiary companies. Vazey, currently professional director, brings commercial and governance experience to the board
Gordon Davidson details the life cycle of organisations and the “critical transition points” faced as an organisation grows from its early beginnings as a small business to a mid-sized organisation and then in the case of some, to a large, mature business. At each transition point there are growth and structural challenges that the organisation must successfully confront and resolve before it can safely move on to the next phase of its growth and development.
The good thing about being government is that you don’t have to make ends meet. You just borrow. Bill English is borrowing big and will go on borrowing big after
Helen Tatham speaks with two executives who are currently involved in professional development courses.
Bonus is the Latin word for good, though you would hardly get that impression from reading the financial press recently. Everyone is feeling the pain and cynicism abounds. It is likely that your company’s current bonus programme is now hopelessly unachievable, indeed irrelevant in the present circumstances. So what do you do about bonuses for this year? And what do you do when the economy starts to pick up again?
The sky is not falling on our heads; it’s certainly challenging out there but staying positive will make huge difference in this difficult economic climate. Whether you’re large or small
Managing team is never easy, but in today’s economy it poses particular challenge. Most companies are feeling increased pressure to do more with less – in many cases, lot less.
In the third instalment of Deloitte’s five-part series on how to ride out the recession, Matthew Hitch talks about the importance of making sure the foundations of your business are secure in an uncertain recessionary environment.
Economic forecasters – quarter by quarter – have been ticking down their growth expectations for New Zealand as the domestic recession persists and the international recession widens. The NZIER’s March
• Mary Holm • Random House NZ • $29.99 Only half of the people who joined KiwiSaver in its first year chose which provider and which fund they wished to
• AG Lafley & Ram Charan • Profile Business • $39.99 Innovation has become the catch-cry of business world beset by recessionary economies and fiscal failure. Cash is, as always,
A low key recession-proofing initiative which started as a bit of fun for Wellington business Trilogy has gathered international attention and support.
I have observed over the years that many business difficulties, both internal and external, arise from inadequate communication. Messages can be muddled or not get through at all because we
While some would suggest that we face tight labour markets because of the greying workforce, others advise tuning out “the sky is falling” predictions of widespread talent shortage. So what
Good employee communications is good for the bottom line. And yet, employee communications is often one of the most difficult areas to get right. That’s because we often take it for granted that we will communicate competently because we communicate all the time and generally we are good at it – in our personal lives.
What does Triple Bottom Line mean? I have been in meetings when someone mentions it but no one explains it. Yes, I know what you mean. Traditionally companies have measured
High-tech companies turn ideas into high-value products – and they could turn New Zealand into a more prosperous and lively place to live. So says Paul Callaghan, the country’s most distinguished physicist and newest business prophet. His Wool to Weta thesis is certainly turning heads in a time of deepening recession.
Frazer Scott is the director of business management for Microsoft’s entertainment and devices division. He is responsible for driving the organisational planning process, execution of key projects, and coordinating management
The nine-day fortnight was one of the headline suggestions to come out of the Government’s recent Jobs Summit. The scheme is designed to give businesses extra help to ride out
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Base salaries for chief executives continued to rise ahead of the annual inflation rate in 2008, with median increase of 5.2 percent on the previous year, according to Sheffield’s latest
Cranfield School of Management, through partnership with the Hui Taumata Trust, is offering new scholarship for New Zealand Maori. Up to two scholarships will be awarded annually to outstanding New
British multinationals operating in countries that lack basic human rights give around 70 percent more money to charity than firms that do not have presence in such politically controversial nations,
R Philipp Seager, the first full-time chief executive (then called secretary manager) of NZIM’s Auckland division, passed away late last year aged 94. Seager was appointed to the NZIM role
The intricacies of the Resource Management Act were swapped for Rules of Engagement when Duncan Cotterill’s leading Nelson specialist Camilla Owen visited the Solomon Islands to see her colleague, Lieutenant
