June 28, 2010

Thinking differently about managing a fleet of cabs has worked for Kiwi company TaxiCharge, says Reg Birchfield.

How are New Zealand consumers thinking and behaving when it comes to sustainable issues in general? Is our behaviour in line with our global image as clean country? The Colmar

A Kiwi company of ‘enviropreneurs’ is creating truly recyclable packaging solutions, from the bottle to the pottle.

It’s not rocket science… or maybe it is. Winners of the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards showed inspiring leaders can come from fields as varied as medicine and astronautics.

You are just about to move jobs. Tell us how that came about? Since finishing my PhD in strategic management at Waikato University last September I have worked with business,

New Zealand managers are not up to scratch, so where do we go to from here? This is a significant economic problem for New Zealand, one that has not, historically, been seriously addressed either by business or political policy analysts, writes Reg Birchfield.

Grant Milne Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh has appointed Milne as country head of its New Zealand business. He succeeds Kirk Williams who will now focus on leading the

The public is outraged by CEOs who get big payouts even as their companies are failing. Iain McCormick looks at how Australia handled this issue – and what boards can do here.

Last year John Key, ex-banker, went to his first National party conference as Prime Minister as the adulated winner who had restored the party to power. This year he is

At one Coromandel tourist spot I visited last year with my family I was invited to donate gold coin for stop-mining bumper sticker. This possibly sums up our ambivalence about

Increasingly, companies are using methods other than pay to reward and motivate staff. Brenda Ward looks at two companies ­– BDO and Vodafone ­– pursuing different initiatives to increase staff engagement

Much has been made of Australia’s superior economic performance and the ways New Zealand can catch up. In workplaces around New Zealand, managers can also do their bit. So, based

Are boards responsible for the emotional well-being of their chief executives? Or should they, at the first sign of stress, bundle their high-paid CEOs out? Clive Plucknett tells Reg Birchfield how boards should react.

As Australia adopts rules on women board members, Susan Hornsby-Geluk speculates that New Zealand may well follow suit – and on what that will mean.

If you’ve been manager for some time, what challenges do you face now that you did not face 10 years ago? Thinking back that far is sometimes difficult, but it

As online training takes off, Brenda Ward looks at the benefits of virtual learning versus traditional face-to-face methods.

Creating positive perception among Bay of Plenty people over one of New Zealand’s largest roading projects won The New Zealand Transport Agency the Supreme Award at the 36th Public Relations

As Australia adopts rules on women board members, Susan Hornsby-Geluk speculates that New Zealand may well follow suit – and on what that will mean.

Sponsored by The University of Auckland Business School Short Courses www.shortcourses.ac.nz 0800 800 875 July 10-17 ESCO – The Discovery. Christchurch. NZIM Southern. www.iod.org.nz 12-13 Sales Skills. Queenstown. University of

• Edward Moulding • AuthorHouse Publishing • RRP $17 By the time you have finished reading this book, you will have sense of how to make your workplace safer, cleaner,

• Keith Davies • David Ling Publishing • RRP $29.95 Homespun it may be, but former Fisher & Paykel chief executive and Mainfreight managing director Don Rowlands life story, and

• Marshall Goldsmith • Allen & Unwin • RRP $29.99 What possible value could book with name that sounds like bad 1980s’ disco hit have to offer? But hey, Goldsmith’s

Cover Story The human face of banking: Putting the people back into banks The Top 200 Campaign As part of this year’s Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Companies campaign ‘Understanding the

The global financial markets remained “fragile”, Reserve Bank governor Alan Bollard said when releasing the latest Financial Stability Report. The sovereign debt concerns facing some European economies presented “a risk

I’m fortunate to talk each week to some of New Zealand’s best minds in business and industry, and I’m incredibly heartened and humbled by what I find. You only have

When it comes to anti-corruption policies, New Zealand companies may not be as good as we think we are, finds Reg Birchfield.

The wrong peripherals and workstation set-up can be damaging and costly. Pauline Herbst gets to grips with ergonomics.

Warriors captain Steve Price has recently added a new cap to his career – an MBA with Southern Cross University at Manukau Institute of Technology.

A new survey shows business decision makers are more likely than most New Zealanders to believe personal tax cuts in the Budget will fully compensate them for the rise in

Every Kiwi company should be looking at doing business with China, says a Kiwi who has experienced that country’s growth first-hand. Martin Freeth finds out why.

We need more authentic Kiwi leaders, says AIA’s new group CEO, Wayne Besant. As he moves from banking to take a fresh perspective into insurance, Besant tells Brenda Ward the finance industry has to do more to help Kiwis understand money.

Alastair Sloane test drives practically every new car in his role as the NZ Herald’s motoring editor. He runs Brenda Ward through some of the top cars for you and your business.

Clark in Brussels: 1 Minister Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, was in Brussels to hand over the EU/UN Partnership Report 2010, and met with Catherine Ashton,

If managers don’t want to end up in court, they should be looking seriously at new changes to our health and safety laws, says lawyer Grant Nicholson.

When you get sick, you should take time off to recover. Yes? Well, maybe not.

Are boards responsible for the emotional well-being of their chief executives? Or should they, at the first sign of stress, bundle their high-paid CEOs out? Clive Plucknett tells Reg Birchfield how boards should react.