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.

In Germany, about 12 percent of people consent to be organ donors; in Austria it's 99.9 percent.

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

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.

"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.

In March I received my permit to work in the US and my Green Card is imminent so I swung into job-searching mode in April.

Auction clearance rates have dropped and attendance rates are down as soaring prices flatten out.

An Auckland ferry crash that left more than a dozen people wounded was allegedly down to faulty technology and inadequately-trained staff.

Legal high godfather Matt Bowden's company must pay a former employee more than $85,000.

A chef who was accused of inappropriately touching a pizza cook in a Canterbury restaurant was fired after several staff members allegedly refused to work with him.

No news was not good news when the US Federal Reserve left rates on hold last week.

Cabinet Minister Paula Bennett has played to the political gallery by jettisoning the $88 million Chinese bid to buy Lochinver Station because it did not provide enough new jobs.

The performance of the Australian and New Zealand economies has an important impact on a number of areas, particularly the labour sector and our red hot housing market.

The family of a contractor seriously injured when a digger was hit by a train last year will receive $110,000 from KiwiRail in reparation.

A work accident in which a 300kg gate came off its track and fell on a man was the subject of a WorkSafe New Zealand prosecution yesterday.

Policymakers inevitably get things wrong from time to time, writes Brian Fallow. But if they are to learn from their mistakes, they first have to acknowledge that they are mistakes.

Are you interested in getting full and involved participation from your people? Instead of telling someone to do a task, ask them how they think it should be done.