Summer Herald The Corner Office: Rory Glass is the managing director of brewer Lion New Zealand.

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

Lesbians earn significantly more than their heterosexual colleagues while gay men earn less, according to a World Bank study.

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

A new study shows the effect of temperatures on economic activity.

More than a third of American adults report getting less than 7 hours of sleep on weekdays. The reason? Work.

Here is a list of quick tips and ideas for the holidays from Debbie Mayo-Smith.

The dangers of the office party are real. If you're lucky enough to wake up still holding the respect of workmates, you've done well, writes Matt Heath.

This week a range of business owners talk about their approaches to giving thanks, when and how they show their thanks to staff and clients.

As chief toy tester and buyer for Farmers, the 31-year-old has a big role choosing which toys will be hot at Christmas.

My mother had clinical depression. As a consequence, I experienced difficult and upsetting moments in my childhood - none more so than when she was absent from home, residing in a psychiatric hospital.

As the end of the year approaches, deadlines get closer and the pressure starts to mount. It's easy to find ourselves working long coffee-fuelled hours and feeling near the end of our tether.

Steve Saunders' initial exposure to the horticultural innovation that has been a hallmark of his career came in the 1990s.

Holidays. They should be a time to recharge, relax and enjoy a change of pace. But the hardest part can be the unwinding, breaking the routine ... and turning the mobile phone off.

How many accountants will soon be out of a job because they are not tech-oriented, or open to redesigning their business?

Only 20 per cent of people near retirement surveyed passed a quiz about the basics of retirement planning.

Designed to catch you out or trip you up, this age old interview probe can actually be taken as a positive question.

He's 28 and a former mechanic - but had to go to jail to learn that it's useful to save some of your money.

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

By focusing on a 1 per cent daily improvement in any area of life, you'll become more effective in a short period of time, writes Robyn Pearce. .

Disruption is shaking up the existing order in today's workplaces. The aim of Frog Recruitment's final iNTRAPRENEUR breakfast for 2014 was to find out if we need to panic about the breakthrough disruptions that are reshaping the world of work.

An unhappy and miserable boss can be infectious and rub off on employees. New Massey University research found leaders who reported they were depressed were more likely to have unhappy staff.

Driving environmental sustainability at a petrol retailer seems counterintuitive at best; at worst, being on a hiding to nothing.

Auckland is what academics call the super-diverse category, when more than 100 nationalities are represented.

Women are still poorly represented in NZ boardrooms, and Tracey Cross, a partner at DLA Phillips Fox, wants to change that.