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Paying it forward
Most businesses can benefit from a mentor and it’s often a partnership both sides will benefit from. Speak to any successful...
In Search of the X Factor
Ashley Sadler explains how to find an employee who truly has that X factor and will be a...
4 strategies for effective digital marketing
Simon Slade presents four digital marketing strategies to keep your marketing efforts...
Mind the people
Through his own business experience John Jones highlights the importance of...
Content marketing 101
Lisa East explains how to grow your company’s influence online through a...
Steve Hansen’s leadership masterclass
Dr Mike Ashby shares the lessons from the All Blacks coach’s winning approach to...
Gamification the name of the game
A new highly engaging generation of software has the power to super-charge any organisation’s worker productivity. John Jones...
Capitalising on the festive season
Mat Wylie has advice to make the most of the sudden influx of customers during the Christmas rush. You might not want to admit it’s...
Achieving goals one small step at a time
Succeeding with seemingly insurmountable tasks is all about breaking them down into small steps, explains Cath Vincent. Have you ever made...
Beyond accountability
Dr Mike Ashby discusses how responsibility is a far more powerful concept than accountability in your business. One of the...
Crying over spilt coffee
An incident involving a mug of hot coffee provides a powerful lesson on managing health and safety. By Kimberley Lawry. The...
Executing the 100 percent promise
Winning companies never disappoint their customers, because they deliver 100 percent of their promise 100 percent of the time. Dr Mike...
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Big vision, small steps for offshore success
The launch of a UK sandwich chain in New York provides lessons for Kiwi exporters. The long-planned opening day of UK-based,...
How to avoid death by PowerPoint
By David Burke-Kennedy. So you’ve been asked to present to potential or existing customers, colleagues, media or a business network...
Success as a project
Treating your business goals as projects gives them a much better chance of being achieved. Dr Mike Ashby explains. I’ve...
Are you a Donald Trump or Mother Teresa?
Is your relationship with money sabotaging your business success? Lynda Moore offers some insightful advice. Managing your...
Making data useful
Is data telling your business to make the right decisions? Mat Wylie explains how to use data to take the guesswork out of business. Long...
Developing the discipline muscle
If you’re in business for yourself, Tanya Unkovich offers eight strategies to help you develop a stronger personal discipline....
Selling the best version of ‘YOU’
Part one of a two-part series by Carmel Murphy on the importance of effective networking for building yourself and your business. Kiwis...
Scaffolding for your business
Dr Mike Ashby highlights the value that a good board can offer a business owner. If we’re smart business owners, we will realise that...
Are your business beliefs holding you back?
Cath Vincent says it’s time to step up and conquer your fears to open up new business possibilities. As I approached the...
Building world-class data systems
By Michael Whitehead. “What does it take to be world-class?” It’s a question I’ve had put to me –...
Review: Fire the laser
By Glenn Baker. I’ve attended a number of printer launches over the past 20 years and, while heralding faster print speeds, higher...
The benefits of using data smarter
By Kevin Kevany. Big things are happening in the fast-emerging, innovative world of 'Big Data' and New Zealand SMEs –...
Linux for business
By Robert Persse Windows XP is no longer supported. So when new security vulnerabilities appear Microsoft will not fix them –...
Stumbling towards the ideal mobile screen size
Mobile devices come with screen sizes ranging from tiny to huge. A Samsung Gear watch has a 1.5 inch display while tablet screens can go up...
World’s first MFP with erasable toner
It’s not very often something radically new comes along in the printer space. Speed, functionality and print quality ceased grabbing...
Test-driven: Motorola Moto G smartphone
Every now and then a new piece of technology comes along that actually lives up to its marketing hype. Motorola’s new Moto G...
3D Printing
Gartner, a research company that tracks technology trends, says worldwide 3D printer sales will grow 75 percent in 2014. Furthermore, the...