Easter will mark an important tipping point in New Zealand’s construction employment sector, yet recruiting experts Hays says that many employers could be caught on the hop.
The habit of constant correction allows us to drive greater performance and results, over an extended period of time, with smaller and more realistic actions that we can improve on without it appearing a significant leap or change, says Fiona Hewitt.
As glamourous as it might sound to most people, there is a lot more to business travel than VIP airport lounges and five star hotels. In fact, business travel exists in a range of different dimensions, from long drives and side-of-the-road motel stays to jet-setting around the world for trade shows and conferences. With such a wide scope, it is no surprise that the industry continues to boom.
Our cover story features Darrin Grafton, CEO of Serko on travel, tech and talking the talk; “Leaders need to be clear communicators who can take people on the journey with them.”
Reflecting on what has been a wonderful Christmas season, we often relate this particular time of year to sharing stories and tales with the little people in our lives to help drive and build their excitement for all the wonderment of Christmas. I myself will never forget the evenings before Christmas Day that my parents told me stories of Santa, and the magic and wonder of reindeer delivering presents to every boy and girl in the world.
Immigration New Zealand’s long-term skills shortage list features more than 50 occupational groups ranging from construction, engineering and finance to health & social Services, ICT and trades.
The number of women working past the age of 65 is tipped to double in the next 20 years, according to new research commissioned by the National Advisory Council for the Employment of Women (NACEW).
"Charisma is a distraction to good management. You don't need to have the personality of a Steve Jobs, Richard Branson or Jack Welch to lead a business. Most successful businesses are run by people who are quiet and persistent," said Mark Faust, President of Echelon Management International, based in Cincinnati. He has been consulting with CEOs on strategy and effectiveness for more than 25 years.
Not long ago, E&Y released a report titled "Differentiating for Success, Securing top talent in the BRICs", detailing attitudes towards work and establishing the ideal employer value proposition for BRIC-based (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) companies. Though the findings focused on the BRIC countries, the lessons for companies in other countries worldwide are obvious—especially when we look at the similarities across all countries.
No matter what your industry, a chronic skill shortage can threaten growth and future prospects, making it important to lay a long-lasting foundation that will help provide companies with quality employees for many years to come.
Twitter is a managers and leaders best resource for up to the minute news, insights and commentary on trends from top business leaders, publications and organisations. Invest some time to make sure you’re following the right tweeters and you’ll have the latest inspiration and ideas on tap.
Where are you currently in your career pathway? Are you in a new management / leadership role and figuring your way? Have you been a star performer accountable for your results only but are now having to manage others?
This issue we feature Victoria Crone, New Zealand Managing Director of Xero. She talks about leadership, change and how tech is fun – not nerdy.
The dust has settled and New Zealand has settled back into life after the election, we have voted, made our political statement and gone back to whatever version of normalcy we all live.
Be honest – how many YouTube videos have you watched this week? A few, right? Don’t feel bad – so has everyone else. In fact, a recent study by comScore Inc in the US has shown that the average internet user watches around 186 videos a month.
New Zealand ‘s Tech Export Sector’s revenue has increased by 62 percent over the last decade to a record $8.3Billion, says the Technology Investment Network in its tenth annual TIN100 Report. The report measures the performance of the New Zealand technology export sector.
At a recent Frog Intrapreneur Breakfast for Auckland’s top business leaders, the merits of ‘shaking up the existing order’ in the workplace were explored.
They can, however, afford to be twice as wise!
All the wisdom required to be a professional director can be found in: The Complete Guide to Good Governance in Organisation and Companies available for $85 (incl GST).
In this issue our cover story is Project Management Success. Leadership is about getting the job done through people and bringing out the best in these people.
Steve Jobs provides business leaders with a perfect template of how to deliver expertly tailored rhetoric, according to new research.
The country’s top private tertiary performers and the increasing importance of private tertiary providers were celebrated at the Independent Tertiary Education New Zealand Awards held in Queenstown recently.
In many industries, new products and services are entering the market at increasingly shorter intervals. Consequently, creativity and innovative capability are becoming ever more critical in determining the success of modern companies. But why do so many organisations find it difficult to leave well-trodden paths?
Management intuition is under threat, undermined by the speed, depth and breadth of global change. Managers must now commit to changing their everyday operational mind-set to remain relevant. The way to do that is through learning. Reg Birchfield reports.
The differences between generations will reshape the workplace.
Hudson, a leading provider of specialised recruitment, talent management and RPO solutions in Asia Pacific, today released The Great Generational Shift a landmark report looking at the changing nature of workplaces and offering ways to address multi-generational challenges, based on an assessment of over 28,000 professionals across the globe.
As part of its commitment to learning and development, The Warehouse Group’s Board announced today the appointment of Bindi Norwell as its 2015 participant in the Future Director programme.
Our cover story this issue features Dr Mary Quin, Chief Executive of Callaghan Innovation, a stand-alone Crown Entity established early last year to ‘accelerate the commercialisation of innovation by firms in New Zealand’.
Employee engagement is a three-way process which calls for responsibility, accountability and ownership from employer, employees and the organisation. We talk about employee engagement as what employees need to feel engaged and what the managers and leaders can provide.
Mentoring and coaching have been around since the ancient Greek poet Homer scripted his Mentor to advise Odysseus on a tricky family project around 2500 years ago. And now these two learning techniques are flavour of the month when it comes to management and leadership development. Reg Birchfield reports.
While conferences and conventions are still the way people choose to network and share knowledge in any industry, it is undeniable that technology and the digital world have caused a shift in trends.
A new umbrella association for workplace health and safety professions in New Zealand has been established. The Health and Safety Association of New Zealand (HASANZ) was launched on 10 September
Bucking the trend of most countries around the world, New Zealand small to medium enterprises (SMEs) are extremely comfortable with New Zealand tax policy and the tax risk on their
When it comes to corporate social responsibility (CSR) reporting, New Zealand is ranked fourth to bottom among the 34 countries surveyed in a Grant Thornton New Zealand survey, with only 16% of businesses reporting on their CSR activities. Only Estonia, Poland and Sweden had a lower ranking.
Wellington management professional, and NZIM member, Mee Moi Edgar, has taken two years off from her career to work for the humanitarian aid organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders).
Deloitte-BusinessNZ survey offers insight into what business thinks are the most crucial issues facing nation. The business community thinks investment, innovation and sustainability are most important for achieving sustained economic
Simpson Grierson is the first organisation in New Zealand to meet the standard required to be awarded the Rainbow Tick. A Rainbow Tick recognises that a workplace understands, values, and
Dataprofiling could soon become commonplace in the workplace, according to PwC’s report, The future of work: A journey to 2022, with nearly a third of workers happy for their employer to have access to personal data, such as their social media profiles.
Herman Trend Report: Worldwide, it is estimated that 69 percent of employers reported having difficulty recruiting the qualified workers they are looking for. At the same time, many countries still face high unemployment.
June 2014 Quarter Canterbury once again holds onto the top spot in the ASB/Main Report Regional Economic Scoreboard. Narrowly holding onto the top ranking from Auckland, both regions are similarly buoyed
Too many businesses are ill-prepared for increased health and safety obligations under the Health and Safety Reform legislation that will become law early next year and this is putting them
ManufacturingNZ and ExportNZ have released their manifestos for the 2014 election. The manifestos make recommendations to all political parties on policies needed to support companies involved in exporting and manufacturing.
A diverse panel of New Zealand’s successful – and busy – managers and leaders share what works for them.
Minter Ellison Rudd Watts recently held a Corporate Governance Symposium for directors and executives in Auckland and debated key themes around the central question of How should boards best govern for value creation?
Management thinkers everywhere are calling for a management renaissance. The New Zealand Institute of Management agrees that changes in management thinking, practice and education are overdue. Meanwhile, NZIM is going through its own renaissance. Reg Birchfield reports.
Mega trends are defined as transformative, global forces that define the future world with their far reaching impact on business, societies, economies, cultures and personal lives.
Business Manifesto 2014 makes recommendations to all political parties on policies needed for growing enterprise. “Policies decided on at election time can have a big impact on the ability of
In today’s fast moving, ultra-competitive global business environment, we are seeing the rise of new leadership. A company cannot base its success on the competence of a few leaders.
Hindsight, as they say, is a wonderful thing – ‘If only we’d known then what we know now’. Think about a retailer being widely ridiculed on social media for a couple of days because it couldn’t see a discount crisis looming and nip it in the bud. Or a manufacturer having to recall thousands of units because the first few breakdowns weren’t spotted in the early days of distribution. If only they’d known – prevention is a lot easier on the bottom line than recovery.
The Productivity Commission has released the final report for its inquiry into Regulatory Institutions and Practices.
New Zealand Institute of Management Inc has appointed Fiona Hewitt its new chief executive. Ms Hewitt has a 20 year career in senior management working for high profile New Zealand travel, insurance, entertainment, non-profit, sporting and human behaviour organisations.
The number of skilled jobs advertised online grew by 2.5 per cent in June 2014, according to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s latest Jobs Online report.
Migration to cloud platform will enable next generation datacenter for organisations to enable mobility, productivity and big data opportunities
Management reluctance to move on from survival mode strategies is stalling global growth, according to global consultancy CEB. Its research suggests that just six percent of the world’s business enterprises
Returning Kiwis are being met with open arms by employers who want to fill jobs with experienced locals, according to the latest Hays Quarterly Report of hiring hotspots and recruitment
One in three (33 percent) New Zealand employers report that their employees are clocking up increasing amounts of overtime, according to the 2014 Hays Salary Guide. Out now, the Guide
While many Not for Profit organisations (NFPs) consider social media to be an important channel to deliver their communications and fundraising goals, few incorporate social media as a core strategy
The BusinessNZ Planning Forecast shows the New Zealand economy is set to achieve around 3.5 percent growth in the short term – one of the highest growth rates in the
The business world is now more connected than ever before. And companies with global operations have executives who are doing business with new emerging markets – different countries with diverse cultural groups of locals and other international executives. While the opportunities for business growth and success are immense, challenges also abound!
Economic confidence slowly translates into stronger hiring as employers focus on cost containment rather than investing in headcount to support future growth Reversing the downward trend of the previous two
Two teams will represent New Zealand at the Asian Association of Management Organisation’s (AAMO) Asian Management Game that gets under way later this month. The game is promoted by AAMO and organised by the Macau Management Association.
The talent shortage we read so much about didn’t impact the response to NZIM’s call for young directors to join its new Young Managers Advisory Board (YMAB), according to NZIM’s general manager Tait Grindley. “We’ve had some outstanding young managers stepping up to the challenge.”
ASEAN country business leaders are more creative and intuitive than their Kiwi counterparts, also according to Thornton’s IBR International survey.
Chief executives should lead their organisational cybersecurity programmes. CEOs and senior managers must step up to the front line in the battle against cyber-attacks, according to a new report from global consultancy, McKinsey and Company.
Election jitters in New Zealand boardrooms and a hard-hitting Australian budget have closed the business confidence gap between the two countries over the last three months, according to consultancy Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR).
Election jitters in New Zealand boardrooms and a hard-hitting Australian budget have seen the gap in business confidence levels between the two countries narrow sharply over the last three months.
Fifty percent of organisations are planning to increase salaries, 49% are expecting no change and just 1% are expecting to decrease wages according to the latest report from specialist recruitment
Leadership styles differ significantly around the world with business leaders in ASEAN countries placing greater value on creativity and intuition than those in New Zealand, according to a recent Grant
The most effective leaders are humble according to a study of 1500 workers in Australia, China, German, India, Mexico and the US.
Despite the millions, sometimes billions, of dollars spent on change management programmes, most fail.
The success rate of major change initiatives is just 54 percent according to a 2013 Strategy&/Katzenbach Centre survey of global senior executives on culture and change management.
The Government’s Business Growth Agenda seems to be delivering a stronger economy, according to lobby group, BusinessNZ. But there were some holes in the Agenda that needed addressing, said chief executive Phil O’Reilly.
The New Zealand Institute of Management has negotiated a new publishing partnership with Auckland-based Adrenalin Publishing to resume publishing one of the country's most iconic and influential professional magazines – New Zealand Management.
Kiwi chief executives hang around longer than their American counterparts. A New Zealand-based study conducted by executive recruitment firm SEQEL Partners puts the average New Zealand CEO’s tenure at 6.4 years.
New Zealand’s economy continues to strengthen, according to the ASB Quarterly Economic Forecasts released this week. Increased construction activity and higher dairy incomes are driving the recovery.
Many New Zealand businesses will only commit to more sustainable management practices if the government legislates for them to do so, according to a multi-pronged analysis of Kiwi businesses carried out by Waikato University.
Ethically speaking, organisational New Zealand rates among the world’s best behaved. This reputational ranking exists despite the appallingly bent governance that killed the country’s finance sector and a few too many recent examples of questionable leadership practices in the private, public and political arenas.
Christchurch-based Canterbury District Health Board executive Dan Coward has been re-elected chairman of NZIM. Deputy chair is fellow director and 2012 NZIM/Eagle Technology Young Executive of the Year and general manager – sales and marketing of Wellington-based Medical Assurance Society, Glenys Talivai (picture).
“New Zealand businesses are insufficiently prepared to turn the promise and opportunities facing them into the success stories we need to make a real and lasting difference to our economy, society and personal wellbeing,” NZIM chief executive Gary Sturgess recently told an International Pacific College (IPC) Tertiary Institute presentation in Palmerston North.
