January 25, 2012

I enjoy reading the articles Reg Birchfield writes for NZ Management. I figure there’s plenty more I can learn so he keeps me thinking. In the last issue December 2011

QBE Chairperson of the Year 2011

New Zealand’s opportunity to dive into troubled world has never been better. At present, we feed about 20 million people globally, and it’s possible that we could feed 50 million

There is rule: government is defined by its first year of its second term. That’s what National bosses believe. The pressure is on John Key and his cabinet. Key made

Priorities, people and promise. Reg Birchfield lifts the hood on what to expect this year.

For the past six months this column has told you what the Vision 2050 programme is all about. You’ve heard from the project champion, the project manager and from two

Now managing director of London Shared, a UK-based asset management company, Jake Willis has been working abroad for eight years. His company specialises in shared accommodation for young professionals from New Zealand, Australia, South Africa and the UK.

There’s something deeply refreshing about finally admitting some of the old ways don’t work. This is new year with the same old economic problems and blind Freddy can see we’ve

NZ suffers from a lack of competent directors and too many ineffective boards. What’s wrong with NZ leadership?

Just over 44 percent of business decision makers think they’ll be personally better off financially during the next three years. This compares with 27.4 percent of New Zealanders overall who

Back in the 1980s, people would fret over how to spend the extra spare time that technology was about to force upon them. It was considered such serious issue that

MNSBC anchor Richard Lui provides the following advice to anyone wanting to start bridging the gap between business and social philanthropy. Become part of the social venture community. Go to

General manager at Pacific Coilcoaters, Hamish McBeath was recently acknowledged as the NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year.

A year and month on from the lethal earthquake which devastated much of the Christchurch CBD, Christchurch organisations will share their learning experiences in the wake of the quakes at

Organisers of the inaugural IncrediblEdge summit in Auckland are offering one complimentary ticket to Management magazine subscriber (see details below). Scheduled for 5-6 March, the summit brings together thought leaders

Ultimately, it may not be collapse of the financial markets that sends the wider economy spiralling into depression: it may instead be the European Union’s protectionism and massive tariff walls

Taxi billing specialist TaxiCharge NZ has gained carboNZero certification for third successive year. In 2009, TaxiCharge was the first company in the local taxi and passenger transport industry to gain

David Chapman, for 17 years the New Zealand Institute of Management’s National chief executive and its indefatigable advocate for better management education and training in New Zealand, died in Wellington

Meetings with posse of heavyweight players in the South China region were part of the programme for two young New Zealand managers recently. NZIM picked Hamish McBeath and Matt Carter

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When I went hunting online for cheery economic forecasts recently I didn’t come up with anything too perky. Fair to say, the pre-Christmas NZIER Consensus Forecasts should not drive anyone

February 2012 • Vol 59 No 1

• By Carmine Gallo • McGraw Hill • RRP $36.00 and $41.00 Dropping Steve Jobs’ name and reputation into book title is smart. It has paid handsome dividends for presentation,

• Grand Pursuit: The Story of Economic Genius • By Sylvia Nasar • Harper Collins • RRP $64.99 For all the stick it gets, economics profoundly impact our world. Even