China Business Summit 2020
In order to achieve a sound recovery NZ businesses will need to plan and consolidate the China relationship. The sixth China Business...
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Glenn Baker
Glenn is a professional writer/editor with 50-plus years’ experience across radio, television and magazine publishing.
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How to make employees feel safe returning to work
Mark McCrindle and Ashley Fell have research-based advice for business owners looking to ensure their employees feel safe when returning to...
Why failure is not a dirty word
Is the fear of failure holding you back – in life and/or business? Janine Garner offers a strategy for embracing and overcoming your fear...
Small organisations named as diversity awards finalists
A Te Puke chartered accounting firm and Dunedin-based research institute are among four small organisations named as finalists in the 2020...
Pivoting through a pandemic
Business entrepreneur Nick Bartlett and wife Tamara executed an 11th hour product pivot prior to the Covid-19 lockdown, which offers...
Understanding Europe post-Covid, pre-Brexit
Ashley Balls surveys the post-Covid and pre-Brexit landscape in Europe and identifies an emerging world of opportunity for Kiwi exporters....
Warehouse Stationery donates ad-space to businesses
Warehouse Stationery is offering $150,000 of it’s ad space to ten small businesses, plus the creative firepower from a leading...
Treat others the way you want to be treated
A leader’s role is to understand the different personalities of their employees in order to bring out the best in them. It all begins...
Two powerful ways to grow your sales
If your business has been experiencing sluggish sales growth in recent times, then perhaps these two suggestions from Logan Wedgwood can...
Creating a culture of customer-centric high performers
Creating a customer-centric culture that’s great for both your customers and your people will improve your business’s performance...
Better Exporting Seminar: Technology and Innovation
This event will showcase and celebrate New Zealand technology and innovation. Our three presenters will give you an update on their race to...
Growing manufacturing capability through technology
A short, sharp seminar where you get in front of the Industry 4.0 experts who will walk you through the role tech plays in the future of...
New free skill-matching website
A Taranaki software company has launched a free job matching site that gives contractors and employees greater access to work and smooths...
How to back local business post-Covid
Want to really support local business? Then don’t ask for a discount, writes Nelson-based Jacquie Walters. As the owner of a...
Lockdown fuels cryptocurrency investment
Kiwis’ enthusiasm for brushing up on their financial and shares knowledge during lockdown extended to a newfound love of...
Pandemic fuels offshore tech opportunity
Hamilton-based software company Company-X is putting an international spin on remote working and support with its hands-free...
Brands must find ‘New Zealandness’ to stay relevant: report
How should marketers connect with Kiwis in a post-COVID world? A new study has identified the trends to help brand strategists and CX...
Solid performances against the odds
Catherine Beard finds good reason for optimism amongst the fallout from the Covid-19 situation. New Zealand’s primary sector exports have...
All shipshape and Bristol fashion
Regular diversification and pivoting of their business model has seen Robert and Margie Baldock’s business Shipwreck Trading safely...
Making veterinary vision a reality
North Canterbury sports vet Sara Bagheri wants to set up a community vet service for those who cannot afford the cost of veterinary care....
Getting the most out of your staff
Maximising capacity and capability to drive engagement and motivation. Do you want to build a resilient workplace culture where your people...
Initiative to support domestic tourism
A new tourism industry initiative is set to bring domestic operators together in a bid to reinvigorate the industry in a post-COVID...
Where empathy and values drive decision making
For business owner Maria Thackwell the Covid-19 lockdown provided an opportunity to reaffirm the human-centric values such as empathy and...
Protecting small businesses from cyber threats
Armed with the right technology and knowledge, small businesses don’t have to be vulnerable targets for cyberattacks, writes Aaron...
How you undermine yourself daily, and how to change it
One simple little word that you use day after day in your life could be undermining and devaluing your performance in life and...
Data reveals Covid’s initial impact on small business
Xero has released analysis from its Small Business Insights program for March and April, revealing the initial impact of...
Online retailer credits lockdown for sales surge
Entrepreneur Daniel Williams had to think ‘outside the box’ to sustain business growth in a time of economic uncertainty. Like many...
How to get your business moving again
Now, more than ever, it’s vital to create a compelling future for your business. Cillín Hearns has a proven strategy to help...
Need tax certainty? Try a binding ruling
For business owners a binding ruling from IRD has become a commonly used means of obtaining certainty as to how a transaction will be...
Whitepaper reveals NZ’s independent earning trends
A new whitepaper reveals that independent earning, freelancing and contracting is becoming more prevalent than ever before as...