Bosses should stop encouraging employees to become leaders - and teach them how to be followers instead.

New Zealand stocks booked their worst quarter since June 2012, retreating for a second quarter.

Turns out the millennial generation has some pretty high expectations from their employers.

Brian Fallow asks, can the techniques economists use predict the winner of the Rugby World Cup? It is about quantifying the relative explanatory power of the variables.

Investors love a good success story, and few local stories have the blockbuster appeal of New Zealand dairy, writes Graham Turley.

Elon Musk is a notorious workaholic. As the head of SpaceX and Tesla has long made clear, he doesn't really need much vacation.

Moves to take the heat out of the Auckland housing market appear to be having an effect.

Fonterra's chief executive has asked for a freeze on his $4m salary.

A man fired after racking up a $23k bill on his work phone and returning to work late from a holiday was justifiably dismissed, the ERA has found.

Are businesses placing less importance on university degrees?

Teaching economics to adolescent boys often requires the use of bad analogies to reduce their natural inclination towards sleep, writes Peter Lyons. I am blessed with a monotone that invites slumber.

Harvard research suggests women aren't in leadership positions because they just don't want the jobs as much as men do.

Falling interest rates and static prices is making Auckland housing more affordable, say Massey University lecturers.

Businessman Michael Thompson argues he should be able to keep more than half of an $8 million payment the Supreme Court says is relationship property.

A decades-long employee of a transport firm will receive thousands in "distress compensation" after he was made redundant.

Ministers can't make blanket refusals to release documents the High Court at Wellington has been told.

The process around the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement is coming under judicial review in the High Court today.

A foreign worker at a luxury Waikato resort narrowly escaped being crushed by a three-tonne tractor with faulty brakes.

Ngarimu Alan Huiroa Blair of Ngati Whatua appears to have been predestined to be a leader.

This column highlights a "blinding flash of insight" business, cultural and sports leaders have experienced, and how this changed their lives forever.

Mike Pero's name still synonymous with the enterprise he founded.

People of a certain age and experience could well cut a career as an executive contractor - although the gig might not suit everyone.

"Cultural intelligence" will be more important than a high IQ when it comes to hiring staff in 10 years, says high profile lawyer Mai Chen.

Dairy giant announces improved profit just days after increased the number of jobs it was cutting to 750.

Henri Eliot gives his top ten tips on how company directors can improve public speaking.

Can any human being really conceive of what it's like to serve a 10-year prison sentence?

Collectivist beliefs may be holding back Maori economic success, three economists say.

New Zealand is 'holding our ground' in the TPP talks, says Tim Groser, but there isn't any gold plated dairy deal on the way.

Evidence of a cooling in the Auckland property market is growing - but there's plenty of reasons to think there may be life left in the boom yet.