Our recent Business Changing State of the Nation survey showed one thing very clearly: the issue of recruitment is one of the main issues business owners and senior managers are battling with right now. Finding the right talent, getting them to sign
Business strategy
If you’re not innovating, you’re dead
As Peter Drucker said, “Innovate or die”. (Your business, that is, not you.) But it’s surprising how many businesses don’t innovate. I think that’s because people often hear the word “innovation” and think of Rocket Lab, Tesla, All Birds or Apple.
Know when to cut your losses
Have you heard of the sunk cost fallacy? It's basically when we invest a lot of money (or time or effort or resources) on something so we convince ourselves that it's worked or working even though the evidence clearly disagrees. An easy example
Be smart: Do stay interviews
Today’s tight labour market is causing major issues for all companies. It’s tough to recruit good people and you just know your best employees are ripe to be shoulder tapped by others, usually promising them the world in their desperation to fill a
An expert’s forecast for the global economy and what it might mean for NZ
"We have just had a week where a decade happened,” Dr David Skilling said to me just after Russia launched its attack on Ukraine. Dr Dave is a fascinating, clever man. We went to school together before he went on to Harvard University with a
5 ways to switch off and reduce those stress levels
I’m coming across more and more business owners and employees who struggle to switch off after work. This 24-7 work mode has been building for years, with smartphones and their easy access to work emails not helping. Now, more than ever, you need to