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Small Business: Leadership development - Hamish Gordon, Natural Sugars (New Zealand) and Pure Bottling

This week, Small Business editor Caitlin Sykes talks to business owner Hamish Gordon about leadership development.

Tracy Hickman: Board size affects effectiveness

Given the recent scrutiny applied to Fonterra's board size, Staples Rodway Director Tracy Hickman considers the optimal board - in theory and in practice.

Your boss' rudeness is contagious, says study

Being on the receiving end of dirty looks and gruff words can lead to this behaviour spreading "like a disease" through a workplace, a new study suggests.

Changing face of the workplace

Deep inside Facebook's massive new HQ, the largest open-office workspace in the world, sits the desk of Lindsay Russell.

Company that got rid of all its managers

Zappos, an e-commerce platform, has 1,500 employees and no managers. Many are studying the company trying to find its strategy for success.

Robyn Pearce: How to resilience-proof your kids

Robyn Pearce talks how to raise successful young adults. "If we always seek to protect our children from adversity, we weaken, damage and distort the precious young lives we're entrusted with."

Most millennials would settle for a steady job

A steady job with time to spend with friends and family is most important for millennials.

How do we build a better hotel room?

Hotel companies use mock rooms to fine-tune their designs and decide whether existing blueprints are practical and efficient.

CEO Q&A: Hellaby Holdings, Alan Clarke

Alan Clarke, who left retirement business Abano for Hellaby Holdings, tells Anne Gibson of his plans in his new role

Robyn Pearce: Keys to effective delegation

Robyn Pearce talks keys to effective delegation.

Why do men get all the credit?

Sarsons' research may explain some of the disparities in economics by pointing out another way that women may be discriminated against.

With this paypacket, I thee wed

Much like a bad romance, a bad hire can have significant financial and emotional costs.

Ditching free office snacks doesn't come cheap

Organisations eager to save money tend to get creative, and office treats can seem like the kind of expense a company should reconsider.

Robyn Pearce: Are you too available?

Robyn Pearce talks about the effects of being too available. "Many go home every night frustrated by the myriad interruptions that block them from attending to their real work."

Tattoos hit the NZ workplace mainstream

Kiwis companies, it seems, are liberal on the idea of employees with visible tattoos.

Catriona MacLennan: Equal Pay Day - a message to Len Brown

November 10 is Equal Pay Day. There is 14 per cent of the year left to run and, as New Zealand women on average earn 14 per cent an hour less than men, women effectively work from now until the end of the year unpaid.