Research by the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Agency (EECA) has found that switching to energy efficient lighting is one of the best returns on investment available for businesses looking to
We all aspire to be great leaders. When we look at leaders, we admire one quality. That quality is the ability to inspire people. How do they do this? Is
Explaining what cooperative is has become second nature to me during the past 12 months. Surprisingly, it seems many New Zealanders, particularly in the business world, have an antiquated view
Explaining what cooperative is has become second nature to me during the past 12 months. Surprisingly, it seems many New Zealanders, particularly in the business world, have an antiquated view
Public sector managers can expect faster and more far-reaching change if National gets second term on November 26. This could be the biggest reshaping since the radical 1980s’ reforms. One
The NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year will be named at this month’s Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Awards. The award is in its 16th year and Reg Birchfield explains why NZIM believes it is important to New Zealand management and leadership.
It’s great to be part of something. It’s even better to be involved with group of likeminded people discussing the state of the world in 40 years’ time, looking at
Jonty Kelt, a member of Kea North America, is co-founder and CEO of Group Commerce.
It’s election month. Politicians beckon. But before spending your precious decision-making time on any individual or ideological consideration, ask yourself one question: who do you trust and why? Trust, you
This year’s trying times have unearthed strong talent in the latest Communicator of the Year awards. The College of Fellows of the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand (PRINZ) has named Christchurch Mayor Bob
A $50,000 annual scholarship set up to foster the next generation of women leaders is calling for applications for its 2012 scholarship. The Yvonne Smith Charitable Trust awards one scholarship
Travelling executives who find themselves jet-lagged in an unfamiliar city half way around the globe can now call on the assistance of PA at the touch of button. TravelSim, company
Raelene Castle is chief executive of Netball New Zealand. She received an Emerging Leaders Award at this year’s Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards.
Transformational leadership is the common quality displayed by finalists for New Zealand’s top professional accountant title in the 2011 New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants Leadership Awards. Independent director Jan
Global management consulting firm McKinsey & Company has taken another bite at trying to answer the old problem of what exactly it is that women want. In this case, its
Asia is carving out for itself an independent and very pragmatic sphere of influence in international environmental regulation and trade in renewable technologies. What does that mean for New Zealand?
Some business truths are immutable. One such truth, according to American management guru and growth champion David G Thomson, is that sales, more than any other single factor, define growth businesses. And growth businesses are good for us. America’s growth guru was in Auckland recently and talked with Reg Birchfield.
The ongoing effects of the global economic downturn might mean people aren’t leaving their posts at the moment – but it doesn’t mean they don’t want to. A survey of
Hayley Barnett looks at how business and academia can work together more effectively. Both academics and business leaders say maintaining an equal partnership is the key to New Zealand’s long-term success.
As the Rugby World Cup campaign draws to close there’s much reflecting on the good, and not so good outcomes. It gave us an excuse to party and boy could
Economic and political commentators paid plenty of attention to the credit rating downgrades announced by Fitch and Standard and Poor’s late in September. The implications for interest rates and New
The size of the task is enormous, the scrutiny intense – so, one year in, how does Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay rate his progress on the biggest corporate transformation in New Zealand’s history? Vicki Jayne asks.
Cover Story Super sizing Auckland – NZ’s biggest corporate transformation The size of the task is enormous, the scrutiny intense – so, one year in, how does Auckland Council CEO
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