This series by Tom Neil highlights insight that business, cultural and sports leaders have had in their career, and how this changed their lives forever.

Young enterprises make a disproportionate contribution to job creation, research by the OECD has found.

Employers are increasingly spending money to try to keep staff healthy, even if it comes at the cost of other company perks.

Advice from American career coach Joyce E.A. Russell about stepping into a management role for the first time.

Employers are having to adapt to a workforce ranging from school leavers to baby boomers as people stay working for longer.

A Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment report this month says amendments to the Employment Relations Act and the Holidays Act that the Govt made in 2011 have achieved some of their policy objectives in the short term.

Q: Is KiwiSaver an innovation to solve a demographic bulge and mitigate some perceived future social issues? Or is it an attempt to change attitudes on saving?

Statistics show that the so-called "black sheep of the family" is neither rare nor endangered.

IAG has been given the final regulator's tick to buy Wesfarmers' Lumley general insurance unit, adding to the dominance of NZ’s biggest general insurer.

It seems inescapable to conclude that the world is once more heading towards financial disaster, writes Dita De Boni.

India will offload about a quarter of its rice stockpiles and ease restrictions on selling fruit and veggies as a weak monsoon threatens crop output.

Yahoo says less than 40pc of its workforce is female and that many of the women are in non-leadership roles, amid a Silicon Valley debate over diversity.

Mining industry leaders are in shock over the rejection of an application to mine ironsands from off the coast of southern Taranaki.

The fate of a $70 million bid to mine ironsands off the ocean floor in the southern Taranaki Bight will be known this Wednesday.

House sale volumes and prices are dropping, according to the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand, which has just released its May sales figures.

Career Coach Joyce E.A. Russell offers her top 10 career tips for the over-50 job seekers.

Food prices rose in May as a drop off in the price of meat, poultry and fish was offset by a 16pc gain in vegetables.

Another increase in the official cash rate on July 24, to 3.5 per cent, is more likely than not.

It's the $64 billion question - can New Zealand double its primary exports in the next decade without causing unacceptable harm to the environment?

Workers under 30 are the least loyal employee age group in New Zealand, a new jobs survey shows.

The exchange rate may have eased in recent weeks but two reports remind us of just how overvalued the kiwi dollar is, writes Brian Fallow.

Should you cut your KiwiSaver contributions and divert the money into paying for higher mortgage costs? Money Editor Tamsyn Parker weighs up the options.