New data from Employment Hero shows New Zealand’s small and medium business sector continuing to add headcount in May, even as wage growth stalled completely on an annual basis, highlighting a labour market where businesses are growing cautiously rather than competing hard for talent on pay.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is no longer a distant concept or a futuristic experiment, it’s here, reshaping the way businesses operate and hire talent.
There’s no quick fix to addiction. By the time it’s discovered in the workplace, it’s often past the point of simply making a referral to the Employee Assistance Programme. For a complex problem, professional help is crucial. Private rehab is a great way to support your employee quickly and discreetly into sobriety. Ocean Hills is run by a team of qualified addiction and mental health clinicians using science-backed therapies and education. Located in Hawke’s Bay, our guests have the space and support they need to step back from their lives, get educated about addiction and begin the process of rebuilding. They learn the practical skills and tools to build a sustainable life of sobriety. Get help quickly Our waiting lists
Having attended the recent ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export Awards, Josh Tan has been reminded of Kiwi exporters’ commitment to sustainability and diversity. A lot goes into great exports – navigating new market entry and sustainability strategies, adapting your product/service, foreign legal and regulatory compliance systems, cultural and language barriers and much more. It isn’t an easy gig, but we have plenty of outstanding exporters right here in New Zealand. The recent 2023 ExportNZ ASB Wellington Export Awards celebrated the finest the region has to offer, with everything that makes a good exporter great on full display. Three key features stood out to me on the night: Many successful exporters were embedding sustainability within their businesses. The impressive sector diversity that
Te Whangai Trust is an inspirational community-led social enterprise creating opportunities, training and advocacy for people who struggle to enter the labour market. For Adrienne and Gary Dalton, the couple behind the formation and growth of South Auckland-based Te Whangai1 Trust, the task of driving a successful social enterprise while empowering marginalised people to enter the workforce and break inter-generational cycles of welfare dependence, is both relentless and immensely challenging. They describe their 16-year journey as a profound mix of triumphs and trials. “Our most formidable challenge was honouring our late daughter’s vision for the Trust,” says Adrienne. “We staked everything – mortgaging our farm to launch Te Whangai with 100 percent debt funding. This was our commitment to uphold
Adrenalin Publishing, the home of NZBusiness, is celebrating its 30th birthday. Owner-publisher Cathy Parker provides some interesting insights on her three-decade rollercoaster ride.
Monique Richardson explains how you can empower your team across three different levels in order to deliver superior customer experiences. The ability of a business owner to empower employees is crucial for delivering an exceptional customer experience. Merely saying, “You are empowered,” is not enough. True empowerment involves equipping team members with the knowledge, authority, and decision-making capabilities necessary to act in the best interests of both the customer and the organisation. An empowered workforce offers numerous benefits, positively impacting team members and customers alike. When team members know they have a supportive leader who will stand behind them, it fosters a culture of creativity and innovation, encouraging the generation of new ideas and alternative approaches. Empowerment is associated with
The skills needed to thrive in an uncertain future fall under the term ‘entrepreneurial mindset.’ Darsel Keane says there’s little clarity about what an entrepreneurial mindset actually is. The phrase ‘entrepreneurial mindset’ has exploded in popularity over recent years but we’re yet to land on a cohesive definition of the term, according to research spearheaded by University of Auckland doctoral candidate and director of the Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Darsel Keane. Last month, Keane, who’s in the early stages of developing a tool to measure the outcomes of entrepreneurial thinking, shared the findings of her project exploring the definitions and uses of the term at a conference in Denmark, a country that’s embracing entrepreneurship education. “They teach
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Everyone talks about the importance of business strategy, but what does it actually mean in practice? Strategy trainer Ryan Sproull cuts through the jargon to give SME owners a clear, practical framework for thinking strategically about their business.
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