Events

Sometimes you need to reset expectations, sometimes you need a performance improvement plan, and sometimes it’s just the end of the relationship: In order to keep your business at peak performance you have to move quickly and decisively, decide to keep and develop or remove dead weight from your business. At our half-day toolkit, we will give you the framework for you to decide which path you should be taking in each case and at which stage. Hear from our legal experts on: Best practice methodologies for performance improvement plan’s – Managing, micromanaging and designing outcomes Measuring the intangibles – Behaviour, effort and attitude – it’s time to reset expectations End of the road – Knowing when and how to

Marlborough Vintners, 309 Rapaura Road, RD3, Blenheim. Speakers include: Geraldine McBride, an international, kiwi-born technology executive who sits on the boards of Fisher&Paykel Healthcare, National Australia Bank and SkyTV and is a co-founder of MyWave, an AI startup scaling out of NZ and Australia. Randy Komisar, managing partner from Kliener Perkins who’s fireside chat at the end of the summit was one of the two top rated presentations. As a direct result of his visit Randy was inspired to write “Straight Talk for Startups – 100 rules for beating the odds” which is currently ranked no.1 on Kindle’s Business Technology section. Jeffrey Paine is a founding partner of Golden Gate Ventures based in Singapore which since it’s inception in 2011

FROM STRATEGY TO SPEND – EXPERIMENTING WITH YOUR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES! When every dollar is a prisoner, how will you exceed your customer’s expectations? Air New Zealand has planes but their customers love their brand far beyond their time in the seat. But, how? Learn from the very best over breakfast as Ashleigh Jackson from Air New Zealand joins us to discuss experimentation, the obstacles they’ve faced and how their shift in thinking has changed their strategy. Ashleigh will talk about resourcing priorities for SMEs and the tools they are investing in to keep growing their customer relationships. Award-winning creative, Haydn Kerr from DDB, will explore how you can reinvigorate your relationship with your customers at scale. Haydn will discuss unifying

Get the latest analysis from our Business Confidence survey by CEO Michael Barnett plus financial journalist Bernard Hickey’s unique take on acting Prime Minister Peters and the economic scene. To register click here.

Customer expectations are high and personalisation is being demanded on a whole new level. How can you take advantage of all this new tech and are you sure it is even worth it?  For more information click here.

INVITATION: Hot Seat Interview with Simon Bridges: Leader of The New Zealand National Party and Leader of The Opposition Hosted by The Auckland Central Business Network, and as part of our SHOWROOM session, Simon will also be talking about life in parliament and his respective roles, as well as a special focus on the SME Business Sector. The Hot Seat Interview, will be for approximately half an hour, with plenty of time for Q & A’s and Networking Venue: The Alex Bar & Eatery, Alexandra Park Raceway Greenlane West, Epsom, Auckland Date and Time: Date: Thursday, 26th July, 2017 Timelines: Networking from 7:00 am | Meeting from 7:30 am to 9:30 am The cost of the event is $35 (incl. gst),