September 2, 2012

The Institute of Directors’ relaunch, restoration, facelift – call it what you will – of its Four Pillars of Governance Best Practice text is welcome. It is, in its significantly

When Lauren Voyce joined the senior leadership team at McDonald’s NZ she was just 26 years old. Her role as youthful head of HR and talent chimes well with predominantly

• By Terry Leahy • Random House • RRP $37.99 It’s difficult not to feel cynical about business books that offer magic numbers. I admit, therefore, to feeling ambivalent about

There are many misconceptions about senior executive interviews and what the post global financial crisis world means for top-level recruitment. Stylistically, interviews range from the informal chat to structured behavioural

A six-strong field of talented young executives has emerged as the finalists in this year’s Northern region New Zealand Institute of Management (NZIM) / Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year.

Directors don’t think fraud and corruption is much of a problem in corporate New Zealand. Retiring Serious Fraud Office chief executive Adam Feeley thinks otherwise. He talked about the consequences of governance complacency.

There are many misconceptions about senior executive interviews and what the post global financial crisis world means for top-level recruitment. Stylistically, interviews range from the informal chat to structured behavioural

Fonterra director John Wilson will replace Sir Henry van der Heyden as the company’s chairman when Sir Henry steps down in December. Wilson has been on the board since 2003

Without relentless innovation, success will be fleeting, management guru Gary Hamel argues in his 2012 book What Matters Now. Less than one company in 100 makes innovation everyone’s job, every

• By Mark de Rond • Harvard Business Review Press • RRP $49.99 For those people who, like me, feel numbed by the hackneyed and simplistic catch-cry that we must