Stressed out: A mental health guide for business owners
NZBusiness identifies the triggers that can lead to depression and anxiety amongst business owners, demystifies the subject, and shares some expert coalface advice.
NZBusiness identifies the triggers that can lead to depression and anxiety amongst business owners, demystifies the subject, and shares some expert coalface advice.
Simon Mundell, CEO and founding director of strategic execution consultancy Advisory.Works shares his insights on business growth, strategic planning and execution, and how to thrive in challenging times. Q1: Every
Our business finance section this month delivers the latest news and developments on payroll, accounting and bookkeeping.
Tanmay Mittal, GM Asia Pacific for mobile engagement specialist Plexure, shares his insights around doing business in Japan – one of the world’s most fascinating, and challenging, marketplaces. Having grown up
A room with a view delivered a spectacular evening of celebration on September 11th, when the Hamilton Central Business Association staged its Celebration Awards.
Buy OCTOBER issue here Seek (help) and you shall receive It has been many years since my wife and I owned a business, and yet the stress of that whole
This month NZBusiness goes to the experts to identify the triggers surrounding mental well-being, help demystify the subject, and share some coalface advice.
With the benefit of hindsight, Richard Conway delivers some valuable lessons for start-ups. Søren Kierkegaard, the Danish existentialist philosopher, said: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” I’ve been reflecting on the past decade with these words in mind, and identified some valuable nuggets of knowledge that would have helped that naïve immigrant who, after arriving in New Zealand, started his first business in 2009. After all, you don’t know what you don’t know! Here’s a list of things I didn’t know but wish I knew when I started my business. 1 Accounting is necessary Starting as a one-man-band I didn’t have the first idea about how to set up my accounts or business properly. Initially
GO Rentals has deployed technology to speed customer transactions and improve their experiences – technology that quickly pays for itself through savings and efficiencies. Go Rentals markets itself as the car rental company that works hard to not be an average player. “This year we celebrate our 20th birthday, so we have a lot of experience but are still nimble and able to make decisions that put the customer at the centre of our business,” says managing director James Dalgish. “We believe that GO stands out by innovating in an industry that has the perception of being heavily paper-based.” One way it is accomplishing this is through technologies that enhance the experiential offering and speed up customer transactions. A major
The business landscape is changing. With 2020 just around the corner, Fiona Clark offers some timely advice on how to face up to the challenges that come with change. They say the only constant in life is change, and that is equally true when it comes to business. Business is changing and we need to keep up and stay relevant or risk getting left behind. The way we did business five to ten years ago will not be enough to keep us successful in the next decade. And even years of a successful track record is no guarantee in a changing economy, dynamic market and with increased client expectations. Our world is constantly evolving, and the Information Age we
Welcome to the future. Edison is a health and ‘life extension’ company riding the emerging precision medicine wave. Its founders Jay Harrison and Rich Tangney are excited to be on the cusp of a healthcare revolution. There is a famous quote by Thomas Edison on the wall of Edison’s Parnell clinic. It states: “The doctor of the future will give no medicine, but will interest his patient in the care of the human frame, in diet and in the cause and prevention of disease.” No surprises then for where Jay Harrison and Rich Tangney found the inspiration for the name of their precision medicine business. That quote, although from an entirely different era, still sums up nicely what this business
Purchasers want to know what to do with products when they have finished with them. New disposal and recycling rules are on their way too. So what can you do? There’s been an upsurge in concern about waste and pollution. In response, more help is being offered to businesses of all sizes looking to introduce their own product ‘take back’ schemes. The Sustainable Business Network (SBN) has secured a grant from the Waste Minimisation Fund for a two year product stewardship campaign. It will encourage and support producers, brand owners, importers, retailers, as well as consumers, to reduce the environmental impact of the products we make and use. The campaign includes a series of roadshows in major cities up and
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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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