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
The best conferences and conventions now pack an even more powerful punch as they align themselves to the new demands of business.
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.
Air New Zealand is this year’s Hay Group/NZ Management magazine Most Reputable Organisation. Our research says senior leadership is key. So what, exactly, underpins a good name?
When it comes to reducing unemployment, the Government has had precious little to boast about, essentially because economic growth has been sluggish. When asked if he had confidence in his
I’m blessed with surname that many people manage to mangle (that’s OK), so I’ve always been sensitive to the nuances of names. But what’s in an organisation’s name? I like
Debt-averse, bargain-minded and technology-driven, consumers are laying down some new rules for retailers. Those who respond in kind can still stuff their tills with dollars.
Lion has announced the appointment of Stuart Irvine as its next CEO. He takes over the role in January 2013 when current CEO Rob Murray steps down. Irvine has extensive
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Imagine time in the not too distant future. Chocolate bars are sold in uniform plain packaging, stored behind grey screen and available only upon request by those aged over 18.
New Zealand’s businesses and public sector organisations will have accelerated access to innovation, commercialisation and entrepreneurial skills if Fulbright New Zealand business award scheme gets the support it needs to
Zero impact growth continues to confuse and confound many business leaders, according to new Deloitte report. The authors of “Towards Zero Impact Growth: Strategies of Leading Companies in 10 Industries”
From creating new recruitment website for national logistics company, to identifying cost over-runs at local IT firm, Waikato Management School (WMS) students are making real impacts in the business community
Can we as New Zealanders escape the old, frozen binary oppositions between town and country, nature and culture, men and women, young and old, Maori and Pakeha, left and right?
The 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Safety 2012) is expected to provide valuable learning and networking opportunities for New Zealand businesses. The organisers have confirmed as
Leadership New Zealand (LNZ) has launched the Sir Paul and Lady Reeves Scholarship Fund in memory of Bishop Sir Paul Reeves (1932-2011). Announced at the inaugural Sir Paul Reeves Memorial
Shimon Peres, Israel’s ninth president and an extraordinarily resilient leader, thinks the only leaders worthy of the title are individuals with “ambition for cause greater than themselves”. That’s reasonable observation.
Carolyn Smith is GM of China’s Westin Guangzhou.
Management thinkers are the direction finders for business. That’s why NZIM works at the point where theory and practice interlock.
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
This month is the deadline for the Land and Water Forum to finalise consensus on water management. lot hangs on this. The forum is policymaking experiment in collaborative governance, variant
In the past, managers who engaged in serious thinking about the future of customers, competitors, economics and government regulations typically relied heavily on external consultants. They did not have the
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
Smart organisations tap in to the energies, interests and abilities of each and every member of their workforce. Rosemary Williams showcases the winners of this year’s ANZ New Zealand & EEO Trust Work & Life Awards.
• By Richard Branson • Virgin • RRP $37.99 Richard Branson’s latest book Like Virgin provides an unmitigated dose of positivity backed by an impeccable track record in listening to
Only 28 percent of New Zealanders think they receive work training which is linked to their career development and goals. And only half think the training helps them be more effective in their role.
More than half of Australian companies using cloud computing now spend more than 10 percent of their total IT budget on cloud solutions or services. So says Frost & Sullivan which also notes that 31 percent of these companies dedicate more than 20 percent of their IT spend to the cloud.
KPMG NZ is warning NZ companies to tighten their online security. The warning comes after the international company’s security advisory services team discovered multiple weaknesses in the cyber security of Forbes 2000 global companies.
Mighty River Power and its CEO Doug Heffernan dominated the prizegiving at the Deloitte Energy Excellence Awards this week. The company’s wins include the premier Overall Energy Company of the Year award.
Kevin Gaunt, CEO of NZ Institute of Management, and Ruth Le Pla, managing editor of NZ Management magazine, warmly invite business leaders to join them for a breakfast conversation.
The rapid adoption of ‘bring your own device’ (BYOD) workplace practices is creating new security loopholes for organisations. A recent whitepaper by UK-based telecoms consultancy Juniper Research warns that the majority of employees’ phones and smart devices do not have any form of security software loaded nor are company materials protected.
Global entertainment software solutions firm Vista Entertainment Solutions took out the Supreme Award for trade with the US at the recent 13th AmCham DHL Express Success & Innovation Awards in Auckland.
The legacy of the enlightenment, Maori philosophy and aspects of contemporary science will form the backdrop for discussion in an upcoming presentation by Dame Anne Salmond.
New Zealand’s foremost historian and anthropologist, Dame Anne will give the inaugural Bishop Sir Paul Reeves Memorial Lecture on the dramatic changes in New Zealand’s thinking that are required to shape our future.
New Zealand’s entertainment and media organisations are wising up to what today’s digital consumers want. The second edition of PwC New Zealand’s entertainment and media outlook publication, which spans the next four years, says the local market is beginning to embrace the new ways in which Kiwis wish to consume entertainment and media content.
NZIM and NZ Management magazine managing editor Ruth Le Pla are inviting CEOs and their senior executives from the Top 200 NZ companies to join them at The Editor’s Breakfast.
This new series of breakfast conversations provides senior level networking opportunities and a discussion panel by policy shapers and opinion leaders as they examine recent innovations and help solve current issues affecting ev
A desire to understand why female students were not faring as well in the job market as their male counterparts has sparked research exposing the continuing existence of the old boys club in sports management.
The report, “Preparing female sport management stude
From September 2012 NZ Management magazine will be available in Air New Zealand’s 15 Koru Club Lounges throughout the world. This distribution gives the magazine unequalled exposure to its key target demographic of senior executives and professionals, including frequent travellers with high disposable incomes who are high users of technology and consumers of luxury products and services.
A University of Waikato Management School academic has criticised New Zealand’s employment legislation saying it should provide more options for employers between warnings and dismissal.
Professor Mark Harcourt has contributed to an international study on distributive justice comparing dismissal law in New Zealand and the US. He says our employment legislation still needs work in the areas of remedies and punishments involving dismissal law.
By year end, New Zealanders look set to have spent $3.19 billion online, according to figures just released by consultancies PwC and Frost & Sullivan.
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Employee levels remain largely unchanged despite feedback that seven out of 10 employers are feeling optimistic about the economy. Most, it seems, are holding out for better economic signals, according to the latest Hudson Report: Employment Trends.
The report says three out of 10 employers plan to increase permanent headcount during the forthcoming quarter. This is consistent with the previous quarter.
Tait Grindley, GM, business development at NZIM Inc, Northern, is passionate about building leadership and management capability in NZ.
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The Christchurch earthquakes have boosted government resolve to drive through the most radical overhaul of New Zealand public sector management in at least 20 years. Could management innovation finally flourish in the corridors of power?
Tax collectors were given longer leash to chase tax dodgers, among other tax-gathering measures in the Budget in May. These collectively would net $1.73 billion over the next four years,
How well does our finance sector stack up in the new realities of a post-GFC world? And has it picked up on the risk management lessons that the GFC provided? Nick Grant goes in search of answers.
Colmar Brunton has promoted Jacqueline Ireland to chief executive officer, replacing Harry Papafloratos, who passed away earlier this year. Ireland was previously managing director of Colmar Brunton Auckland. As result
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It wasn’t too long ago that being ‘on call’ was just for medical professionals. Fast forward 20 years and senior employees in range of industries and roles are expected to
New NZX rules could help give women an almighty shove into top business roles. ASB boss Barbara Chapman is all in favour, she tells Ruth Le Pla.
While changes which came into force last month under the Auditor Regulation Act 2011 are to be applauded, New Zealand is still lagging behind the sort of rigorous corporate scrutiny
I would like to take issue with the Inbox article in the June issue under the heading “Meet your coach, it’s your manager”, which is indicative of confusion between coaching
While 90 percent of Maori don’t think state energy assets should be sold off until the Waitangi Tribunal reports on the issue, less than half believe Maori own water in
Although much focus centres on the mega-companies, Netherlands-based independent payment solution provider Payvision predicts that heavily-funded, innovative start-ups will drive the global mobile payments revolution into the next phase, in
A new report from the New Zealand Initiative identifies three lines around which New Zealand could develop national environmental strategy. In “Navigating an uncertain future: Environmental foundations for long-term success”
Prominent New Zealand and international business leaders and executive coaches are among speakers at the first ever leadership summit to be held in Australasia by the International Coaching Community (ICC).
With an abundance of qualifying courses and following CPD opportunities at their disposal, young business executives are well prepared in theoretical terms to aspire to career advancement in their respective
Before you file any trade mark applications, or any time your business structure or strategy changes, it is worth giving thought to who should own your brands. Why does it
A strong ability to articulate vision and get people on board with what she needs them to do has helped drive Glenys Powell’s selection as this year’s Wellington Central NZIM
Forget the geek-speak, cloud computing brings business a great big bunch of strategic benefits.
Leadership is the single most critical success driver in any change management programme. It’s hardly surprising therefore, that the Advisory Group behind the Government’s agenda for once again revamping the
Sam Barclay is EVP and managing director, North America, for CRM software company StayinFront.
Many managers still question the value of ethnic diversity.
It’s five years from the first stutterings that turned into the global financial crisis – time enough for governments to have stopped treating symptoms and hoping for the best. The
I spent few days in Beijing recently on my way back to New Zealand from Europe. Many years ago I’d lived and worked in Taiwan where I’d had to learn
Leaders face unprecedented challenges and wave upon wave of change. Uncertainty and unease may be the new working landscape, and although harmless in and of themselves, the meaning that we
NZIM and NZ Management magazine managing editor Ruth Le Pla are inviting CEOs and their senior executives from the Top 200 NZ companies to join them at The Editor’s Breakfast.
Corporate governance has taken a hit in the latest annual survey by international search organisation Cornerstone International Group.
The number of firms who believe they have sufficiently diverse experience on their boards has fallen to 58 percent from 66 percent a year ago.
If even the heaviest emitters of British industry can recognise the benefits of green growth, why can’t New Zealand? That’s the question from the business leaders joined together under the Pure Advantage banner www.pureadvantage.org which has hailed
A second quarter Grant Thornton International www.grantthornton.co.nz Business Report (IBR) shows Kiwi businesses have growing confidence in the economy over the next 12 months, the majority are expecting an increase in turnover/revenue, and profitability is tipped to grow.
Half of the 3000 businesses surveyed are “slightly optimistic” about the NZ economy over
Improved news for those looking for a job in NZ as the most recent Seek New Job Ad Index comes in 8.6 percent higher than a year ago.
New Zealand could develop a national environmental strategy along three key lines, according to a new report published this week by the New Zealand Initiative www.nzinitiative.org.nz.
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New Zealand faces four main obstacles to reducing environmental damage. And these roadblocks are combining to delay and weaken action, according to a new report “Navigating an uncertain future: Enviro
Research commissioned by non-profit group Getting IT Right (GITR) www.gettingitright.co.nz shows 40 percent of IT managers believe no one is held accountable for IT project failures and this is costing the New Zealand economy millions of dollars each year in wasted labour and lost productivity gains.
• By Dennis NT Perkins • AMACOM • RRP $26.00 To understand what constitutes effective leadership, leaders should first understand themselves. That’s good advice which to some extent runs as
The increasing adoption of digital technology by chief executives is making them more accessible and more brand-conscious than at any point in the past.
The business leasing market appears to be on the move again – but at a slow and cautious pace, says John Dakin, chief executive of Goodman Property Trust, New Zealand’s largest industrial property company.
The NZX’s new Diversity Listing Rule is described as a groundbreaking step in New Zealand by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs and has also been applauded by the Equal Employment Opportunities Trust.
New research by the Department of Labour shows more employers are using the 90-day trial period to reduce the risk of taking on new employees.
While gender diversity within our corporations continues to garner plenty of media attention – highlighted by NZX’s much trumpeted move this week requiring listed companies to disclose the gender composition of their boards and executive teams – ethnic diversity continues to fly under the radar as a Leadership Management Australasia (LMA) survey shows.
A former Harvard law professor who gave up her high-flying State Department job because of family demands says women still can’t have it all.
Rachel Taulelei, founder and CEO of innovative seafood supplier Yellow Brick Road, has just been named one of this year’s emerging leaders at the 2012 Sir Peter Blake Trust Leadership Awards.
How do Gen X and Y leaders see the future? What do they value and how do they view working with their Baby Boomer colleagues? Ruth Le Pla explores the changing face of New Zealand leadership.
The call for greater diversity in governance can’t be satisfied without more aspiring directors and trustees stepping up. But as Sina Wendt-Moore points out, candidates aren’t always sure how to go about it.
When it comes to advising clients undertaking board fee reviews, public relations experts may be as valuable as we, the remuneration consultants, are. Dysfunctional boards pose potentially greater risks to
To nobody’s surprise, the Government’s 2012/13 Budget affirmed surplus would show up in its books in 2014/15. Or rather, the Treasury’s projections did the affirming, and the projections were critically
Following hard on the heels of this year’s nationwide Leadership Week events and initiatives we’re dedicating this issue of NZ Management to full-on celebration of leadership. It comes at time
It’s already helping drive the Christchurch recovery – but can New Zealand’s construction/engineering sector shuck off its historic volatility to provide the building blocks for wider economic growth? Vicki Jayne tries to nail the vital role of leadership in this sector.
Fletcher Building has named Mark Adamson as it next chief executive. Jonathan Ling will step down as chief executive at the end of September after six years in charge. Adamson
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We all know that physical exercise needs to be lifelong habit. However, for one reason or another, life might get in the way – an accident or medical condition, family
Leader amongst leaders; strength with humility; pulls no punches – all epithets attaching to Mark Solomon, chair of Maori economic powerhouse, Ngai Tahu. Although softly spoken, there’s no mistaking the passion for his people – his iwi and all Maori – or his determination to create the best possible conditions for iwi success. And now he’s being shoulder-tapped for leadership roles beyond Maoridom. He talks to NZ Management’s publisher Toni Myers.
The extraordinary contribution to New Zealand media, and in particular cartooning by Ian Grant was recognised at the recent Canon Media Awards. The Masterton resident was presented with the Print
