Office romances tend to be corrosive to office morale.

Erica Hannam and Richard Tout are restoring their heritage-listed Northcote Pt villa but are concerned about the proposed SkyPath pedestrian and cycle way.

Leaders have been encouraged to show their vulnerable side. But can showing vulnerability actually work against you?

Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace.

Do better work because you're refreshed, restored and re-energised by prioritising your time.

Tips on how to brush up your director brand in order to secure your first or additional board appointments in 2015.

Westpac NZ's high-powered directors flexed their muscles - ever so diplomatically - to ensure the appointment of Kiwi David McLean as the bank's new chief executive.

New Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has stamped his authority in his first day as chief executive of the Australian banking group.

David McLean, the newly appointed boss of Westpac New Zealand, says he has landed his "dream job".

A war of words has broken out between big cat conservationists, with Lion Man Craig Busch hitting back at South African critics who claimed he abused his animals.

Spark chief executive Simon Moutter is parting on great terms with his No 2 executive Chris Quin with appreciation "for a job well done".

If you're racked with uncertainty about your next corporate move, don't beat yourself up.

Please sir I want a tea break." In Charles Dickens' Victorian novel Oliver Twist, published three years after The Poor Law (Amendment) Act.

The distinctive three-level brick building housing the well-known restaurants Da Vinci's and Number 5, at 5 City Rd on Auckland CBD's Symonds St rise, has been put on the market.

But iwi group will not take its founding trustees to court to recover lost "Treelords" settlement cash because of cost and "ongoing damage to the reputation of the trust".

Handwritten Christmas cards will always stand out from the deluge of e-cards sent out these days, writes Debra Chantry.

The benchmark NZX 50 Index hit its highest point yesterday and has risen by 17 per cent in 2014, marking another golden year for local equities.

Have you ever looked at a task, shaken your head and walked away feeling overwhelmed? And then you’ve beaten yourself up for procrastinating?

MediaWorks is parting ways with two more senior executives as chief executive Mark Weldon gets ready for big changes next year.

Mighty River Power chairwoman Joan Withers talks to Henri Eliot on corporate governance.

An excellent communicator albeit with a quietly confident manner, highly successful but without any arrogance, an affinity with those moving into quiet retirement but with a love of hard-rocking Shihad - Ryman Healthcare boss Simon Challies.

Senior New Zealand public servants' and chief executives' total collective pay is at the lowest level in six years.

The number of women in senior leadership roles in the public service has inched up but female leaders are still being paid 8 per cent less than their male colleagues.

Don't minimise the importance of celebrating small wins with the entire team at work. It is more important than you think.

Think your company is immune from employee fraud? Better think again, investigators tell Helen Twose.

Joyce Russell answers reader questions about pursuing a job lead, the threat of being fired and leveraging offers.