A report by Hay Group shows CEOs have set bullish growth targets for this year, but the majority don’t have adequate performance management systems in place to achieve these… a panel of 11 forecasters is predicting an unspectacular, albeit steady, recovery for the NZ economy… with the ASB’s quarterly regional economic scoreboard showing Auckland is leading the way… and some interesting new research shows the more women you have on team, the better its performance. Read more »
CEOs in New Zealand and Australia, as well as around the globe, have set bullish growth targets for this year, and are demanding significant increases in workforce productivity to meet them, according to new research from global management consultancy Hay Group. The report also found an alarming number of businesses are mismanaging performance management. Read more »
The Treasury economic forecasts released in conjunction with last month’s Budget copped plenty of criticism for being overly optimistic and based on number of tenuous assumptions. However, they are slightly more conservative than the latest NZIER’s quarterly consensus forecasts of 11 economic and financial agencies. Read more »
More evidence that Auckland is leading the economic recovery comes from the latest quarterly ASB Bank’s NZ Regional Economic Scoreboard which shows it’s out in front of the rest of the country in the economic stakes. The next best performing areas are Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Wellington. Read more »
Given the brouhaha surrounding EMA CEO Alasdair Thompson’s ill-chosen comments about women and productivity, here’s some interesting topical research on Harvard Business Review’s blogs site – it shows while there’s little correlation between team’s collective intelligence and the IQs of its individual members, the more women group includes the higher its collective intelligence rises. Read more »
The construction/building/engineering, information technology, telecommunications, manufacturing and utilities sectors are all looking to hire more staff in the next three month
Waste and recycling leaders are welcoming figures just released that show their sector is achieving an overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in recent decades. The Waste & Recycling Industry
New Zealand businesses are losing billions of dollars a year due to unwell workers pushing through instead of taking time to recover, says a recent report. In the latest Umbrella
New Zealanders are still finding it tough financially with little reprieve expected in the next 12 months, according to Ipsos New Zealand’s latest edition of Understanding Aotearoa New Zealand: Cost
