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Successful leaders constantly look for opportunities to improve results – often through changing what is being done, how it is being done or who is doing it.  Deciding on the needed change might seem difficult enough, but embedding these changes into business as usual can be far more challenging. Organisational changes have an intended impactRead more

The new Government has promised a raft of changes that will both individually and collectively have an impact on organisations.  These include: Increasing the minimum wage to $16.50 per hour on 1 April 2018 and to $20 per hour by 2021. Increasing paid parental leave to 22 weeks on 1 July 2018 and to 26Read more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 3 January 2018.  See www.theinformer.co.nz At this time of year many leaders will be thinking about setting personal and organisational goals for 2018. Perhaps in this increasingly busy era where technology has us connected to the world around us 24/7 the most important goalRead more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 25 October 2017.  See www.theinformer.co.nz Employing staff can be daunting.  Will they do a good job?  Will your customers and employees like them?  What are the legal requirements?  The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment and the Inland Revenue Department have free information toRead more

Have you ever felt overwhelmed or out of your depth?  Perhaps it seems like you are standing in a dark room with all the doors closed.  Your vision for your business stands beyond those doors inviting you to join it but you can’t seem to get through those doors.  Or maybe things are ticking overRead more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 30 August 2017.  See www.theinformer.co.nz Have you ever been asked to sponsor an event, community organisation, or prize?  If you’re in business, chances are you have.  While generosity is generally good for your brand, does your sponsorship spend really work for you? A sponsorshipRead more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 27 September 2017.  See www.theinformer.co.nz Heraclitus famously said ‘the only thing that is constant is change’.  This is certainly true in the business environment.   While we are improving our organisations, for example by changing our marketing material or introducing innovation in the supply chain,Read more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 26 July 2017. See www.theinformer.co.nz. Organisations increase the likelihood of being successful when everyone in them is pulling in the same direction. Unfortunately it is not easy to get everyone working towards the same goals all of the time as there are a number ofRead more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 5 July 2017. See www.theinformer.co.nz. Many of us rely on the work of others to help us achieve our goals, but are we leaders? Simon Sinek says that “leadership is a way of thinking, a way of acting and, most importantly, a way ofRead more

This article was first published in the Mercury Bay Informer of 24 May 2017. See www.theinformer.co.nz I was shocked to learn at a gathering of professional business advisors that the biggest health and safety risk in their industry is stress. Even more shocking was that the advisors accepted this fact as unavoidable. While stress isRead more