July 27, 2010

An Auckland woman is offering the hottest new trend in executive team-building – Japanese cooking classes. Sachie Nomura-Siu says cooking together is great way to build team bonding and get

New Zealand is rich in potential. But it does not have the leaders required to realise that potential. Talking to top Kiwi leaders about where New Zealand is weak and how we need to grow.

Face it, Facebook is strategy you shouldn’t ignore. Facebook is now the number-one website in the US, even ranking above Google, with around 500 million active users using the site

Daniel Robertson was a university student when he launched an online book retailing company. It’s now turning over $50 million a year, proving that a small Fishpond can swim in a big net.

As the world changes, so do politicians’ leadership styles. It’s not business as usual. After every big technology-induced economic boom and crash, things are done differently. After the “great financial

Marilyn Wright Kensington Swan has promoted Wright to senior associate in its corporate and commercial team in Auckland. She advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, with an

Forget motivation. Focus on engagement. That’s the New Zealand Institute of Management’s advice to employers stretched to find the bonuses and cash rewards conventional wisdom says keep good people on the payroll.

If you believe too many executives think, “It’s all about me”, you’re right. Research shows that an ethos celebrating individual achievements has been shoving aside other motivations, including empowering people, say Hay Group Boston’s Scott W Spreier, Mary H Fontaine and Ruth L Malloy.

How can women move to the next level in management? Dame Jenny Shipley talks about an exciting new initiative.

Young engineer Brett Christie has gathered 3000 young professionals into networking groups around the country – and this overachiever still finds time to be a fitness instructor.

Many CEOs feel inadequately equipped to deal with the complexities of modern business.

The new business world is becoming so fast and complex, the job description of a leader has had to change. We asked the experts what you need to succeed.

The young people who will be our leaders of tomorrow give inspirational Kiwi Graeme Dingle confidence in New Zealand’s future. Brenna Cukier, 17, interviewed him.

Chief executives globally are more convinced than ever of the need to embed environmental, social and corporate governance issues within their core businesses. The imperative to act is moving from

•Lynn Cronin and Howard Fine • Footprint Books • RRP: $42.62 (exc GST) Women are still struggling in today’s business world, playing game with rules that work best for men,

One of the world’s most comprehensive studies of leadership and leadership development will show whether confidence in our business leaders is continuing to slide. NZ Management magazine has joined forces

There will be some surprises when results of comprehensive study of New Zealand’s most reputable organisations is published in the September issue of NZ Management magazine, says the study coordinator

A stitch in time saves lives. It’s a fact of business that staff are going to have to undergo surgery. What does that mean for your workplace?

LEADERSHIP NZ CAFE SERIES: Members and alumni of the Leadership NZ programme met for Cafe Series event in Auckland on July 14, on the Generation Gap. 1 Vicky Pond Dunlop

Just how different is Jeffery Wigand from the character Russell Crowe played in The Insider? The man who exposed tobacco’s deadly governance practices is even more heroic in real life.

Only 17% of senior New Zealand business decision makers favour profits-only role for their organisations. Some 75% believe business should generate profits, but balance that with contributing to the broader

Those involved in the private school sector say they are an important way to exercise choice in education.

Jane McCann of Thought Partners consultants tells me she’s clocked CEOs completing 300 transactions before morning tea each day. We may be answering the emails and going to the meetings,

Finance Minister Bill English obviously enjoys answering patsy Parliamentary questions that have been crafted to allow him to claim or infer that his economic management is greatly superior to that

Those who love direct marketing do so because it’s targeted, measurable and personal. As technology advances, there are more opportunities than ever before for Kiwi businesses to indulge in their love of DM.

COVER STORY Wanted: Great NZ leaders The Top 200 Campaign This year’s Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Companies campaign, ‘Understanding the New World’, examines six major contemporary issues and opportunities for

•Dave Urlich & Wendy Urlich • McGraw Hill • RRP $54.99 The world of work has changed, and many of us are still trying to fathom the consequences, up side