The NZIM Foundation is asking individuals and corporates for their financial support. Set up 10 years ago, the NZIM Foundation helps develop New Zealand’s young leaders by providing scholarships and
To improve our living standards, businesses need realistic and achievable goals.
The government-appointed Savings Working Group’s report released this week has endorsed the concept of “nudging” in preference to compulsion when it recommended that all employees be signed on as KiwiSaver contributors, but with the right to opt out if they wish. Economics correspondent Bob Edlin investigates the reasoning behind this approach.
The most interesting product launch so far in 2011 would have to be Rupert Murdoch’s new baby – The Daily digital newspaper with video, 360-degree photographs and the kind of interactivity you would expect media to offer on a tablet. The debut cover story was a report from Egypt, “Falling Pharaoh”, tailor-made for the medium, given the compelling images coming out of the region.
Why do so many business partnerships crash and burn?
Our lucky country has the potential to provide all citizens with quality of life that we once all took for granted. For many people such standard of living is rapidly
Is the Prime Minister John Key the trader or John Key the manager of traders? In that distinction lies a clue to his prime ministership.
New Zealand should focus on developing international entrepreneurship and management skills, according to the New Zealand Institute’s (NZI) latest discussion paper released at the end of last year.
Brent Hansen has built a high-profile international career on a distinctively Kiwi management style. Here he explains the benefits of ‘New Zealand-ness’.
Dear Editor While, like Colin James in his November column (NZ Management magazine, ‘From the edge of the world’), I would be delighted if New Zealand were to produce economist
Are you missing out on the power of women at work? Firms fronting up to issues associated with gender diversity are locking in key driver towards improving their business success.
Spending time on quality activities pays off. That was one of the messages from David Hensher, professor of management at the University of Sydney, and the founding director of Australia’s
Despite great deal of energy spent on trying to balance the gender make-up of senior management teams, men still receive more promotions than women. But you can overcome the odds,
Information Leadership’s director Sarah Heal shares insights on how to make your information work for rather than against you.
New Zealand employers can now access highly skilled Kiwis overseas more easily through new online tool just launched by the Kiwi Expat Association (Kea). The Kea Job Community (www.keajobs.com” target=”_blank”>
Suppose the ‘normal’ working week lasted for 21 hours. Not 35 hours, not even four days, but 21 hours. It’s flexible and variable, but it’s normal and generally expected, by
Michael Stedman knows what can happen to an organisation when the handbrake of mindless bureaucracy is released. He talks about vision, belief and how to avoid becoming a one-trick pony.
Shelley Campbell The Sir Peter Blake Trust has appointed Shelley Campbell as its new chief executive. former chief executive of Waikato Primary Health Organisation, Campbell is member of Cancer Council
A new study has highlighted how an empty desk or two might just be the tip of a very large iceberg when it comes to calculating the true cost of ill health in your workplace, reports Peter Tynan.
NZIM courses see page 55 www.shortcourses.ac.nz 8-9 Negotiation Skills. Christchurch. Organisation Development Institute. www.brightstar.co.nz 13-18 Company Directors’ Course. Wellington. Institute of Directors. www.shortcourses.ac.nz 14-15 Project Management. Queenstown. University of Auckland
Companies with codes of ethics perform better and are more admired by their peers, says Philippa Foster Back, director of the UK Institute of Business Ethics.
Current initiatives to rebalance our economy are no way to shake off debt.
PUBLISHER’S LETTER INBOX: New and views FOCUS: Top 200 photos AS I SEE IT: Claire Szabó, English Language Partners MANAGERS ABROAD: Brent Hansen NZIM: strategy to attract international Kiwi managers.
• By Shawn Achor • Random House New Zealand • RRP $36.99 This book is better than chocolate. It tells me not to drop fun times with friends and whanau
• By David Grant • Random House New Zealand • RRP $45 The life and times of former New Zealand trade union supremo Ken Douglas effectively parallels the life and
International connectedness is key for Claire Szabó, chief executive of English Language Partners NZ and 2010’s NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year.
