July 25, 2011

Inbox: Projecting professionalism

To Mark Langley’s mind, there’s still considerable upside for organisations to tap into the latent, under developed potential of professional project management. Langley is the global CEO and president of

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Responsible governance: Fonterra’s hard muster

Responsible governance at New Zealand’s giant dairy industry cooperative Fonterra is delivered through effective and constant communication. It’s all about 17,000 employees and 10,000 plus farmer shareholders being sufficiently informed to keep them moving in the same successful direction, chief executive Andrew Ferrier tells Reg Birchfield.

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Responsible governance: Fonterra’s hard muster

Responsible governance at New Zealand’s giant dairy industry cooperative Fonterra is delivered through effective and constant communication. It’s all about 17,000 employees and 10,000 plus farmer shareholders being sufficiently informed to keep them moving in the same successful direction, chief executive Andrew Ferrier tells Reg Birchfield.

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NZIM: Stepping up! Game goes global

The New Zealand Institute of Management wants New Zealand managers to compete in a pan-Asian Management game. The move is a step in NZIM’s strategy to build stronger relationships with Asian managers. NZIM Northern chief executive Kevin Gaunt explains.

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Leadership: I’m not responsible

One after the other, Rupert Murdoch, his kids, executives and collaborators – including top cops – uttered the words, or slight variations on them. “I’m not responsible!” They were, however,

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Inbox: Most reputable of all

NZ Management’s Most Reputable Organisations will be revealed next month. The survey to find the organisations that directors, CEOs and other top level leaders think are New Zealand’s most reputable,

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Inbox: Leadership for our times

Dancers in wheelchairs, former Governor General, student whose leadership opportunity arose from the Christchurch earthquakes, Pacifica cultural group, young partially sighted social entrepreneur and scientist and former New Zealand of

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Inbox: Leaders need to dream

Leadership is not process. Outstanding leaders make time to dream.” This was one of several key messages Global Women’s chair-designate Dame Jenny Shipley gave delegates in her closing address to

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Execs on the move

Ralph Chivers The Institute of Directors (IoD) has appointed Ralph Chivers as its new CEO. He has spent most of his working life in the telecommunications industry. He was the

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Economics: Better times ahead?

Hints of an economic recovery early in the new year, albeit tentative, were dissipated when the second devastating earthquake rocked Canterbury in February. Some sectors did expand in the March

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Cover Story : Pick & mix politics. Are they bad for us?

The pick and mix of politicians, parties and policies served up by our electoral system (MMP) looks bad for New Zealand’s state of health. Too much choice makes selection difficult and too many sweets erode teeth that should be chewing on crunchier, hard-to-swallow issues. By NZ Management’s political writer Colin James, economics commentator Bob Edlin and writer-at-large Reg Birchfield.

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