August 25, 2011

What’s so great about Beca? Taking out both 2011’s Most Reputable Company gong and the supreme award, Most Reputable Organisation, on top of Company of the Year in the 2010

If the recent furore over gender pay equity seems like a blast from the past then the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards offer a refreshing vision for the future. As this year’s winners again prove – empowering individuals to give their best is what really puts the “force” behind “work”. How? Vicki Jayne counts the ways.

September 7 Recruitment and Selection. Christchurch. Organisation Development Institute. www.managementsouth.co.nz 7-8 Business Process Management. NZIM Northern. www.shortcourses.ac.nz 12-13 Building Relationship Versatility. Christchurch. NZIM Southern. www.nzimcentral.co.nz 13 Solutions Based Thinking. Auckland.

Joseph Grenny and colleagues have spent 20 years studying what makes leaders influential. They wanted to understand what enabled leaders to change hearts and minds independent of their formal authority