Leadership
Why You Need To Build A Stress Management Plan For Your Team – Now
We all know there’s a huge physical and emotional toll paid by employees suffering from excessive workplace stress. However, the costs of this stress are not paid by the individual alone. There’s also collateral damage among family, friends and colleagues; and of course, businesses. If you...
The HR Challenges Of High Growth Firms, And Why Planning For Them Early Is Key
The rapid growth of tech companies - and the growth of technology use inside of more traditional companies - will have a tremendous impact on the future of HR worldwide. In New Zealand, the technology industry is the third largest contributor to our GDP. For context, dairy is...
Can You Turn Someone In Your Team Into A Good Leader?
There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the importance of strong leaders to the success of business. Every day another article seems to be published with an example of how a business has successfully developed strong leaders who have made a massive impact to their...
Uni Students Might Not Be How Your Remember Them. That’s Probably A Good Thing.
Unorganised, lazy, carefree, dishevelled...
The Number One Reason New Employees Fail
There are a bunch of reasons why your new employee might fail. They don’t know what to do. They’re unclear of what’s expected of them. They haven’t been integrated into the culture of the business. Provided you’ve got the hiring part right, all these reasons can be chalked up...
You Want To Be A Commercial Manager? Really?
If only I had a dollar for every time a Finance Manager has told me they want to move to a ‘more commercial role’. The surprising truth is that there are very few who have a firm grasp on what ‘a more commercial role’ actually means. The...
It’s Time We Started Using ‘That’ Word In Business
Talent. We don’t like using that word. Sir Ed would never have called himself talent. Yet talent is without a doubt the single most critical factor in business success. I spend a lot of time in California at Booktrack’s San Francisco Office (just ask my very considerate wife!), where we work with the biggest tech...
Withholding Information From Your Staff? Be Prepared To Lose Talent.
I recently coached an employee who said they never really felt like part of the business they worked for. They generally heard about changes within the company from just about every other source but their manager. It’s hard for you to do your best without information,...