Formerly successful aged-care manager and operator group, Abano Healthcare grew to become New Zealand’s largest private specialist medical and healthcare organisation. And this year, as it is acknowledged as the
It’s not just environmentalists pushing for an agreement at Copenhagen – global military leaders have now added their voices to those urging action on climate change. Failure to act will
Should rich first-world banks help pay for the developing world to reverse environmental degradation? That’s the idea behind UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s proposal for tax on global financial transactions
Energy Star After 10 years of firsts on the environmental front, it’s perhaps no surprise that Ricoh’s recession is full of green shoots. by Vicki Jayne
What is OD, I hear you ask? This is the problem defined. You, the readers of this magazine haven’t, it seems, cottoned on to OD. It can provide you with
While current economic conditions continue to challenge organisational leaders and to impact negatively on bottom-line profitability, there are valuable lessons about management styles that can be learned, writes Kevin Vincent.
Brian Roche Currently senior partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Wellington, Roche has been appointed chief executive of the New Zealand Post Group and will take up the position at the beginning
Almost exactly 20 years ago Ruth Richardson won narrow vote in the National party caucus in favour of the Reserve Bank Bill. That sealed broad National-Labour pro-market consensus based on
An aging population means there’s a growing market for knee and hip replacements. But why are more suppliers in this specialised global niche looking to a Christchurch-based company for orthopaedic innovation? by Vicki Jayne
A measure of the size of the task to inform business and others on emissions trading has emerged. recent survey has found that just three percent of New Zealanders feel
The recently released 2009 survey of chief executive pay scales by national consulting firm Sheffield drew the usual headlines regarding executive remuneration and its relationship – or lack of it
NZ 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 and state-owned enterprises that
Of all the many comments on the leadership style and skills of Ralph Norris, formerly chief executive of ASB Bank and Air New Zealand and now chief executive and managing
Science is being shoved aside by “self-serving political myopia, with every country now trying to protect its own narrow short-term interests”. That’s according to Rajendra Pachauri, head of the Intergovernmental
During year when international airlines have been hit by recession, volatile fuel prices and the need to operate in more carbon-constrained world, Air New Zealand’s Rob Fyfe has been making
At some point in his career while looking ahead to 2020 and the looming demographic bubble of retiring baby-boomers, Dr Michael Cullen, the 2009 Designworks Top 200 Visionary Leader was
TOP 200 JUDGES Rob Challinor has over 25 years’ experience as director of numerous public and private companies. He is currently chairman of listed investment companies Kingfish, Barramundi and Marlin
While the boards of most New Zealand businesses could be expected to say they believe in ethical governance and are supportive of it, many struggle to identify specific examples of
Outstanding New Zealand wine producer Delegat’s continues to confound the critics and the global economy. This profoundly smart marketer of Delegat’s and Oyster Bay wine brands turned in another outstanding
Datacom is homegrown IT services company success story. As this magazine said last year when the company was chosen as finalist in the 2008 Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Company of
It’s often during times of adversity that natural leaders come to the fore – and David Larsen’s influence on his employer, RayGlass, was clearly evident in recovery strategy he developed
John Palmer’s reputation as an outstanding director and chairman of the board is well entrenched. He was voted QBE Insurance Chairperson of the Year in 2007 and wins the accolade
This is special year for the Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 awards. It marks 20 years since the first event attracted fewer than 230 business leaders and their partners to the
The bigger they were the harder they fell in 2009 The largest of New Zealand’s Top 200 enterprises took the biggest hits from last year’s financial fiasco and this year’s ensuing aftershock of economic recession. The first 10 years of the new century ended with mixed messages about the state of the New Zealand economy and its business sector, the state of the world generally, and both the turbulence and opportunities businesses will encounter over the 10 years from here to 2020. Some of those messages are reflected in the figures that make up this year’s Top 200 listing. by Reg Birchfield.
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Christmas should be time for merriment, but unfortunately the words Christmas cheer don’t always ring true for everyone. Family demands, work demands, social engagements and financial pressures can all take
This year we have been under immense pressure at work and I am feeling real lack of self-confidence. I am experiencing these feelings in both group works and in one-to-one
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A year ago, high flyers Simon Telfer and Vicky Taylor started a conversation across the aisle on a Qantas flight from Wellington to Auckland. It was the unlikely springboard to a network that now includes more than 300 other aspiring and practising young directors. Reg Birchfield explains.
What are the really critical issues facing New Zealand’s next 10 years? What are the opportunities for and obstacles to growth? Can we catch up with Australia? On the 20th anniversary of the Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 awards, five former winners talked about the future with Vicki Jayne.
Give us some economic predictions for 2020, the editor instructed. If I was gifted with that sort of foresight, I replied, I would be wealthy bloke and have no need
The annual listing of this magazine’s Top 200 companies is just one chapter in an ongoing story of New Zealand enterprise. While that story is not immediately apparent, little scrutiny
Many businesspeople swear by airport lounges, particularly if they have to work in transit and arrive fresh and ready for decisive action. However with many companies contracting travel budgets, does it really make a difference? Pauline Herbst rose to the challenge, testing airport lounges and some must-have tech travel companions on a business trip that touched down in Frankfurt, Berlin, London and Hong Kong.
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It’s been a tough year, but things are, the pundits assure us, getting better. It’s time to live a little and remember why you put in all that effort and those long work hours. And there’s no time like the present to do that.
Information service provider Zintel Group chairman Nick Gordon swore he would never employ more than 20 people. Now his Australasian enterprise employs more than 250. He talks to Reg Birchfield about what has driven the sudden growth.
At the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards: 1 Anna Davis, Gaylene Findlay and Margaret Doyle (BDO Spicers, Taranaki). 2 Guest speaker, Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia. 3 Holona Lui
Adrian Wimmers is head of infrastructure and projects group, KPMG Corporate Finance How would you describe the New Zealand identity? We’re like frog in saucepan with the heat on. We’re
The NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants has recognised three of its members with leadership awards for excelling in their careers, their businesses and in services to the community. Kevin Brady
The Royal New Zealand Navy can officially call itself world-class organisation after gaining gold in the New Zealand Business Excellence Awards. It is the first navy in the world and
Remuneration expectations for most professional and management roles remain subdued, according to new research in the contracting and permanent employment sectors. A survey of more than 3600 contractors by contracting
Hiring expectations among New Zealand employers continue to rise as businesses turn their attention to planning for future growth, according to the latest Hudson Report. Employer sentiment has now built
Seventy five percent of business decision makers would like to see the Government appoint an independent committee to research and advise on future climate change policy. This is five percent
While New Zealand’s innovation “ecosystem” already contributes to our export performance and wealth – it could do lot better. That’s the gist of recent report from The New Zealand Institute
More good news on employment comes from report released by Seek showing that new job ads placed on its website have risen 12.2 percent in the four months from July
Three lucky subscribers to NZ Management have won Sony IDC PX720 Digital Voice Recorder valued at $159.95. The subscription prize, offered in partnership with Sony and advertised in October, was
Ecostore’s commitment to the environment was recognised when it collected two awards at the recent NZI National Sustainable Business Network awards last month. As well as taking out the Trailblazer
Instead of being dispatched to Asia, 100,000 used plastic milk bottles day, collected from around the South Island, are now being recycled through new world-class facility in Christchurch. The Comspec
The world is much closer to running out of oil than official estimates admit – that’s according to International Energy Agency insiders who question recent predictions in the World Economic
