By Zac de Silva, principal of Business Changing, originally written for the December issue of the Chamber of Commerce's Innovate publication, p37: read that HERE. The problems that plagued Fonterra recently were well publicized. Our biggest
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I had a really great retail experience today and, in the spirit of positive word of mouth, I want to share it. It also highlights two key factors you should take into consideration when hiring staff. I was after a Christmas gift for my son
What tagline do you stand by?
I just read a great profile on an inspiring woman, Naomi Ballantyne, who founded both Sovereign (with Chris Coon) and Partners Life on the North Shore. With her astute business skills, she's created 2 insurance companies and Sovereign are obviously
What’s luck go to do with it?
Some people say that the success of their business has nothing to do with luck - it's all about hard graft and good decisions. In most cases, they'd be right. However, for some of us, a stroke of luck can really transform our business. It may be
Be a business athlete
I was talking to a man recently who has competed in Coast-to-Coast (that multisport race that traverses the South Island of New Zealand), ridden the Lake Taupo Challenge four times (a solo ride of 160km, including some gnarly hills - holy!) and
Losing focus at this time of year? I feel your pain…
It can be hard to concentrate and stay motivated at this time of year, right? I'm hearing it from a lot of my clients - they're frazzled after a big year, they need a break, the smell of Christmas ham, pine needles and festive drinks are proving too