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Henri Eliot: Commitment critical for directors on not for profit boards
We need to think of not for profit board seats as a deep responsibility and a job that requires due care and attention.

Can online personality tests get the best hire?
Employers are adding online personality tests to their screening processes to gauge candidates work ethic.

Trans-Tasman dispute over hotel management
An Australian hotel business is disputing action by NZ's largest hotel owner over the management of five hotels here.

Chris Quin named Foodstuffs North Island CEO
Outgoing Spark executive Chris Quin has been named as the new Foodstuffs North Island CEO.

CIO award finalists named
Finalists for the 2015 CIO Awards have been named, with leaders from the ICT and business sectors being celebrated.

Executive Success: Accountant with global goals
Unfinished business has kept Xero co-founder Hamish Edwards from slipping into complete retirement.

It's hard to stop power going to your head
The drugs, or the weight loss, or both seem to have deluded me into thinking I'm a hot foxy rodent rather than my usual Gothic smurf, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

Protestors slam 'zero-hours' contracts
About 180 fast-food workers and supporters marched up and down Auckland’s Queen St at lunchtime to demand an end to “zero-hours” contracts.

McDonald's staff to go on strike
Strikes and protests at McDonald's will go ahead this week after a union rejected a new employment offer from the fast food giant.

Shifting focus to customers
It's day one at Meridian Energy's new offices in the freshly built Quad 5 building at Auckland Airport, and staff are celebrating with cake.

The second coming of Theresa Gattung
The former Telecom boss has a lower profile, but she’s very much back in business — though the scale is a little smaller these days.

Henri Eliot: Guiding principles for effective governance in NZ
As businesses are getting busier, it is a good time to revisit the key guiding principles for all boards in NZ to follow.

Women at top good for the bottom line
Getting more women into leadership isn't a gender issue - it's just good business.

The Bryers papers the court didn't see
In the Auckland High Court this month, Mark Bryers named four companies as part of his attempt to portray himself as a consultant rather than a manager.

Quay Park rent reviews under way early
Wealthy Auckland downtown waterfront landowner Ngati Whatua has already begun the 2018 rent review negotiations with tenants on 20ha of leasehold land.

Management lesson from Team NZ
Dean Barker's very public axing from the helm of Team New Zealand was a cautionary tale about how not to manage change at the top.

Corruption a growing NZ issue
34 per cent of respondents working for organisations with offshore operations reported a foreign bribery or corruption, according to a new study.

Workers in limbo as bosses earn more
Many employees have been waiting too long for a pay increase, says Sam Huggard, secretary of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions.

Wayne Besant: 6 ideas to kickstart social change in your organisation
How do we use thinking big while starting small to the social and cultural mission of positive race relations?

Watercooler: How to handle clues to co-workers' drinking, depression
Karla L. Miller writes a Washington Post advice column on navigating the modern workplace.

More jobs than candidates
A shortage in skilled managers and workers is a growing problem for New Zealand, say employers and recruiters.

Harold Hillman: Without self-awareness, you're going to struggle
If you're trying to be a better leader, or a better teammate, it all starts with knowing yourself first.

NRL: Foran's big deal news to Toovey
A stunned and angry Kieran Foran last night surrendered months of careful planning surrounding his exit strategy from Manly when it was revealed he had agreed to join Parramatta on a four-year deal worth a stunning A$4.7 million ($4.9 million).

CEO bonuses no guarantee of growth
Paying chief executives big performance bonuses worth millions of dollars doesn't necessarily result in gains for shareholders, according to new research.