The prize for the year’s most innovative fundraising event goes to the Ronald McDonald House Auckland Trust’s which, with the support of Auckland Downtown Rotary, is staging a gala dinner in Auckland’s Victoria Park Tunnel just before the official opening.
After a brief rebound, the global economy is back on its heels again and the developed world’s global output in the medium term won’t be better than anaemic. But businesses and managers must not stop their quest for growth even in gloomy times, says McKinsey & Company, which has some advice on how to achieve this.
Meanwhile a survey of New Zealand employees shows that nearly a third cite acknowledgement and appreciation as their key motivator in the workplace, with a lowly 11.8% rating money as their first priority.
The number of employers planning to increase staffing numbers by the end of the year has edged up slightly, according to Hudson New Zealand’s latest quarterly Employment Expectations Survey.
Since Muhtar Kent took the helm of Coca-Cola, in July 2008, he has set a course for ambitious, long-term growth with the goal of doubling revenue by 2020. How is he planning to achieve that?
Consumers have always resold large, durable goods like cars and houses. But now almost anything is ripe for resale, from electronics to clothes, and even experiences.
New data from Seek New Zealand reveals high paying job listings are on the rise, with a 30 percent increase over the past year in jobs listed with a salary of over $100,000 per annum.
“We are, I believe, on the cusp of change. There is, at last, a realisation that there is something very strange about boards and senior management teams being so devoid of women,” says Korn/Ferry’s Australasian managing director, Katie Lahey.
