October 29, 2012

Lion’s outgoing CEO Rob Murray will join the Lion board from April 2013 as non-executive director. Murray originally joined the former Lion Nathan board in 2002 as non-executive director, before

Dear editor I always enjoy Reg Birchfield’s very thoughtful articles in NZ Management magazine. I am an unashamed disciple of Deming and the school of total quality management (TQM) which

The talent development focus in the corporate sector is mostly on graduate skills and performance, and executive and professional development. But what about the ‘feedstock’ for driving the economic engine

People risks have returned to the top five concerns for Kiwi businesses, according to the latest Marsh biennial Survey of Risk, launched in October. Lost productivity and reduced efficiency due

NZ business leaders are, on the whole, pretty positive about their own diversity policies, according to joint Hay Group/NZ Management magazine research. For the past three years, Hay Group and

Turkey’s increasingly egocentric Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, recently announced his intention to build stunning new mosque on prime Istanbul city site overlooking the Bosphorus. This grand edifice will rival

The reputation of directors, boards and their governance performance has taken beating in the eyes of shareholders, investors, media, regulatory agencies and the public at large. Yes – the environment

NZ has more trouble filling key management and leadership roles than most developed economies. That, in part, is why the NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year Award is so important.

Lion’s outgoing CEO Rob Murray will join the Lion board from April 2013 as non-executive director. Murray originally joined the former Lion Nathan board in 2002 as non-executive director, before

Dunedin employers looking to hire migrant staff are getting help in the form of an Employing Migrants Successfully information pack that can be customised to their needs. The new pack

The Labour party is now four years in opposition and two years away from its next bid. Its conference mid-month will be measure of its transition. Labour has to do

Four business leaders talk about their very different strategies to identify and develop talent within their organisations. By Vivienne McLean

The reputation of directors, boards and their governance performance has taken beating in the eyes of shareholders, investors, media, regulatory agencies and the public at large. Yes – the environment

New Zealand’s first Women on Board’s Gender Diversity Summit, held in Auckland this month, effectively also marked the end of the first year’s reign of the pressure group’s co-founder and chief executive Lesley Whyte. She talked to Reg Birchfield about WOBNZ, why she felt compelled to establish it and where it goes from here.

Being director must be the most exciting thing you can do with your clothes on! You get to examine the entrails of some fascinating organisations, watch the tectonic economic forces

Many jobs are not only being outsourced to people in other countries. They are also being “other-sourced” to automated workers. Jared Weiner, futurist at consultants Weiner Edrich & Brown, predicts

Assess In uncertain economic times, communicating your company’s current strategic position is paramount in reassuring employees and aiding retention. Focus on open and continuous communication throughout the organisation. Align your

Being director must be the most exciting thing you can do with your clothes on! You get to examine the entrails of some fascinating organisations, watch the tectonic economic forces

NZ’s tourism sector is at the crossroads. A number of initiatives are set to galvanise action. Nick Grant outlines the options.

Think dispassionately for moment about global trends. Finance market mayhem, cyber crime, grand scale corporate corruption, organisational complexity, environmental apocalypse and terrorism to order are individually and collectively testing the

Think dispassionately for moment about global trends. Finance market mayhem, cyber crime, grand scale corporate corruption, organisational complexity, environmental apocalypse and terrorism to order are individually and collectively testing the

Transformational thinking can help executives cut through the tyranny of the urgent to focus on what’s truly valuable for both themselves and their organisations. It’s not for the faint-hearted. So how does it work?

COVER STORY Why diversity really matters Tapping in to the creative energies of all people in NZ will make material difference to our wealth and future as nation. We’ve long

New Zealand’s first Women on Board’s Gender Diversity Summit, held in Auckland this month, effectively also marked the end of the first year’s reign of the pressure group’s co-founder and chief executive Lesley Whyte. She talked to Reg Birchfield about WOBNZ, why she felt compelled to establish it and where it goes from here.

Tapping in to the creative energies of all people in NZ will make a material difference to our wealth and future as a nation. We’ve long embraced the mantra, writes Ruth Le Pla, so are we making headway?

Andrew Geddis is not an economist. He acknowledges he has had no formal training in economic theory, although “I dabble on occasion in some law and economics theory in the

Anyone who reckons we don’t have war for talent at the moment is buying in to an urban myth of damaging proportions. Talent management is one of the single most

Matt Carter is director, organisational development, at Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin.

New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) has made five appointments to its international team: Clayton Kimpton (pictured), senior commercial advisor, is the new regional director for India, Middle East and

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A lifetime of good health means looking after our mental as well as physical wellbeing. Maintaining good emotional health is vital. We need to continually make sure our resilience is

Business leaders who tap in to employees’ reasons for fronting up to work each morning can unleash deeper levels of engagement and help create more energised workplaces.

Strategic Pay’s latest HR metrics survey benchmarks everything from recruitment and training, to sick days, absenteeism and staff turnover. Jarrod Moyle unravels some of its findings.

Strategic Pay has released research providing snapshot of female representation in NZ board rooms. When looking at organisation size, those with between $5.1 million and $10 million annual turnover have

Organisations that actively engage with their contract staff can reap considerable benefits. Yet recent global report by HCI (Human Capital Institute) shows 54 percent of businesses surveyed do not offer