Awards are a good thing for business to have — having “award-winner” in front of your business name gives potential clients a decent level of trust in your business before they even work with you, and it reinforces to your current clients why they
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Top 10 tips for starting your own business
Is 2021 the year you want to start a new business? Here's the advice I gave the NZ Herald when they asked me for my thoughts on starting a new venture this year… Read the full article at the NZ Herald HERE or below... Starting a business is no
What to consider before starting your own business in 2021
In my line of work, as well as seeing established companies, I also see a lot of start-ups and it’s always pretty clear to me which ones did the right thing getting into business and which should have done a bit more homework… In my opinion, there
Thanks All Blacks (truly)
The mighty All Blacks have just lost 2 games in a row. This hasn't happened in 9 years. 9 years ago, when it happened under Sir Graham Henry, the ABs showed mental resilience and grit and then in 2011 they went on to famously win the Rugby World
PwC New Zealand CEO Mark Averill on culture, strategy, performance and ‘just 2 things’
PwC New Zealand's CEO and senior partner Mark Averill joined Business Changing's high-performance group of business owners in July for a bit of a Q&A session. Below are some of the main takeaways from his talk, that you might be able to consider
Ex Zespri CEO on dangerous assumptions…
During lockdown, I convinced Tony Marks to join some of our Business Changing coaching clients on a Zoom call, to share some tales from his incredible career. Tony was the sales and marketing GM of Air New Zealand (on the exec team) for more than 10
Ex Zespri CEO on business planning…
When we spoke to former sales and marketing GM of Air New Zealand Tony Marks in mid April, he shared with us his predictions for Air NZ — he made this back in mid April 2020 and you might be surprised how accurate he was (clue: much of it looks to be
Q&A with Mainfreight’s Don Braid
We were lucky enough to have a really incredible chat with Mainfreight CEO Don Braid about what he has learnt as the CEO of Mainfreight. Mainfreight is the fourth largest company in NZ, doing over $3 billion in sales and over $300 million in EBITDA,