Of all leadership enablers, none is more important than trust. Unfortunately, trust is seemingly diminishing global and local commodity. Global surveys now consistently suggest that trust in our institutions and
Some 31 percent of business decisionmakers expect their households to be financially better off in the next 12 months. This compares with 24.4 percent of adult New Zealanders as whole,
The call has gone out for employers to be smarter and provide senior staff with innovative ways to develop their careers. “Employers need to ensure their managers are better equipped
Leadership coach Jasbindar Singh challenges managers to identify the one thing that would make real difference to them. In recent blog she says talented executives often know the answer to
Melbourne Business School (MBS) is one of just three of the world’s top 50 business schools to have achieved 40 percent female participation in its new full-time MBA programme, which
Businesses would be well advised to review their arrangements with third parties in the same industry following the recent introduction of new legislation criminalising price fixing between competitors. The Commerce
For Rod Quin, recognising and celebrating the talent in his organisation is one of the most rewarding parts of his role as CEO. Senior management at Westland Co-operative Dairy Company
If you think your business is doing enough to improve productivity, think again. New Zealand’s business performance and competitiveness is in decline. Our OECD position has dropped three places to
A new report by Kelly Services shows Kiwis are still confident about demand for their own skills. This is despite low employment confidence levels and the sluggish pace of the economy.
ANZ has been ranked the most sustainable bank globally in the 2012 Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) for the fifth time in six years. The report cited the bank’s “sustainable
Kiwi by birth, New Yorker by choice and climber by inclination, Phil Veal is Kea NZ’s new chair.
Work-related stress is on the rise. More than one third (39 percent) of Kiwi respondents to a recent Regus workplace survey say their stress levels have risen in the past year.
Better management and governance performance could give our not-for-profit sector a well-deserved boost.
Forget asset sales. Forget fiscal consolidation. Forget cows and oil. When the Key Government is assessed at its end, its importation into some social policy of an actuarial/investment technique might
The Project Management Institute of New Zealand has announced the winners of the 2012 PMINZ Project Management Awards. Now in their fourth year, the awards aim to raise the profile of the project management profession through recognising outstanding projects.
The world financial crisis is challenging conventional thinking. So what could, and should, organisations change to reflect today’s realities? Take executive pay, for example. In many countries, significant proportion of
How to tackle NZ’s booming white collar crime.
Guy Spence was a regional finalist for this year’s NZIM/Eagle Technology Wellington Central Young Executive of the Year. He’s the manager at Opus International Consultants’ Gisborne office.
A few decades ago, reaching your 60s was time to start putting serious thought into spending more time with friends and relatives, tending to the garden and working on your
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Kea New Zealand has announced its new board. Incoming chairman Phil Veal (pictured) is also co-chair of Kea North America, and partner at middle-market advisory firm Growfire, based in New
The food and beverage sector has long been exhorted to capture more value within NZ. Nick Grant talks with a bunch of successful business leaders about their very different routes to market.
Last month we launched the first of our Editor’s Breakfasts. Run hand-in-hand with the New Zealand Institute of Management, they’re designed to create small-group series of conversations with business leaders.
Disputes about labour market statistics were triggered when the Government – defending its policies after swathe of cut-backs in the mining, aluminium and other sectors last month – preferred to
More than half of all workers believe switching employers is the key to career growth, according to a workplace survey by Kelly Services. The Kelly Global Workforce Index (KGWI) draws on responses from nearly 170,000 people across all generations in 30 countries. It includes responses from people in the Americas, and the APAC and EMEA regions.
How to lift your firm’s productivity – Why is it so hard to improve the productivity of our nation’s workplaces? Ruth Le Pla untangles the practicalities of getting more from less.
COVER STORY The Sharing CEO How to lift your firm’s productivity Why is it so hard to improve the productivity of our nation’s workplaces? Ruth Le Pla untangles the practicalities
It’s not too late to register for next week’s China Business Summit. Auckland Chamber of Commerce and NZ INC Ltd are holding the summit as a platform to increase business engagement between New Zealand and China.
Eighty-three per cent of small and medium sized enterprise (SME) decision makers in Australia experienced cash flow issues in the past year, according to a recent Bibby Barometer Small Business Survey. The most common reason was customers making excuses for slow payments.
Businesses are more keenly focused than ever on prudently managing their cash position. Vivienne McLean outlines the current raft of options.
• By John Coates • Harper Collins • RRP $34.99 For New Zealand readers in particular, this is scary book. But reading this book is risk worth taking. John Coates
• By Owen Glenn • Random House NZ • RRP $39.99 Owen Glenn, New Zealand’s financially successful freight forwarder, penned his memoirs to make difference. They probably won’t. Making Difference
