General manager of the Intercontinental Chongqing, Sharon Fraser had already worked in Malaysia and Vietnam before moving to China. After five years in Shanghai she moved to Chongqing which, home to 32 million people, is the largest metropolis in the world.
Working remotely is an increasing trend in New Zealand businesses and Robert Half data shows many Kiwis harness the power of technology to ‘check in’ when away from the office.
In wired and wireless workplace, technology is meant to help manage the tidal wave of information that pours in each day. But it can end up complicating matters. Here are
Competition has been an important contributor to the rapid economic growth achieved during the past 200 years. The most effective businesses are rewarded with profitable growth while the least effective
Underperforming boards and directors are delivering poor company performances and too many company failures. Companies that should be doing well are doing little more than surviving. Directors’ and boards’ reputations
Board behaviour analysis is simple technique that can be use to improve governance and make meetings more effective. It’s based on classifying what directors say in board meetings and also
My brother-in-law is fanatical about ‘use by’ dates on grocery store items. He would rather die of thirst than drink milk two days beyond its so-called expiry limit. little extreme
New Zealand has an almost ‘corruption free’ global business and political reputation. Transparency International (TI), the world’s leading watchdog of corrupt practices, ranks us second only to Denmark as the
As world leaders prepare for Rio+20, Desso’s Andrew Sibley sketches out the new environmental agenda. Cradle to cradle thinking, he says, provides a blueprint for manufacturing.
Organisations must have singular, sustained and people-focused management and leadership if they want to hike their productivity. Reg Birchfield says that means treating people with respect.
In the first of a major new NZ Management series on productivity, Reg Birchfield explains why understanding the word is so important.
Alan Bollard delivers his third-to-last monetary policy statement this month. The good news is that last year inflation dropped into the bottom half of his 1-3 percent target range. So,
The New Zealand Institute of Management is dedicated to lifting management competency. The nation needs good managers to boost productivity. And productivity determines the state of our economic and individual wellbeing. Reg Birchfield asks if it can be that simple.
Five NZ business leaders share how they stay connected and on top of their game while on the move.
2012 Rhodes Scholar Elect Max Harris was a keynote speaker at the latest Deloitte/Management magazine Top 200 Awards.
We might, or maybe not, soon witness some inspired, intelligent and thoughtful leadership. The time is right and the need for it is unquestionably great. The question, however, is whether
The reputation of the financial services industry didn’t smell too good for a while. Reg Birchfield talks with Guardian Trust’s managing director John Botica about how he’s trying to freshen up his company’s image.
What’s it like to wake up every morning knowing your work helps save lives? Nick Grant goes walkabout with Starship Foundation CEO Brad Clark to find out.
Thomas Pippos Deloitte New Zealand has appointed Thomas Pippos to succeed Murray Jack as chief executive. Jack now assumes the role of chairman. Prior to his appointment, Pippos was the
A recent Southern Cross Health Society survey of nearly 1500 adults showed that cancer is the most feared health condition of working age New Zealanders. Unfortunately having colleague or staff
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? If they’re already just distant memory, you’re not alone. Each New Year, Kiwis up and down the country make vow that this will
Many Kiwi businesses are lagging behind global uptake of sustainable practices. Hayley Barnett asks local energy efficiency experts why more of our companies aren’t tapping into environmental opportunities and what some businesses are doing to go green.
On the face of it, we’re focusing on scarcity in this issue. We’re homing in on future world in which water will be in short supply and teasing out what
Good news, if you were disquieted by the gloomy outlook painted in this column last month or are thinking about emigrating. National’s Paul Goldsmith was among the first MPs to
Access to clean water will become one of the defining concerns of our lifetime. Business leaders must plan for a world in which water and other natural resources will become increasingly scarce.
New models for addressing everything from world poverty to food security and affordable education are sprouting up across the globe. Ruth Le Pla wonders if business could, after all, help save the world.
Twenty years ago Michael Enright helped New Zealand learn how to innovate through industry clusters. Now he’s back, spearheading a new project to nudge us into the next phase of international competitiveness.
