February 2020

NZBusiness and Management

The owner manager's magazine – Inspiring business leaders

NZBusiness and Management2 min readEnvironmental Science
The New Era Dawning
Well, here we are. Goodbye teens, and hello twenties. The 20th century gave us the ‘Roaring 20s’. I wonder what the equivalent decade in the 21st century will be known as? It certainly won’t be ‘boring’. For the planet’s sake, and all of us on board,
NZBusiness and Management7 min readPopular Culture & Media Studies
Snippets
JOHN AND SUE Harvey of Quest Newmarket were named Franchisee of the Year at the annual Quest Apartment Hotels New Zealand and Fiji Network Conference late last year. Global property management software developer RMS took out Supplier of the Year. The
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The Practice With A Conscience
Matthew and Alex Wild are on a mission to connect and empower a community – to enhance their local community in Christchurch with “health and happiness”, and “ignite a ripple effect that changes the world for the better”. They are achieving that thro
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Rekindling Those Blueberry Thrills
As start-up business stories go, this one is still just a young bud. McLennan Brothers Berries was still being formally established as a business at the time of writing, but the genesis for the brand can be traced all the way back to the mid-1980s. T
NZBusiness and Management6 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
How The Next Decade Is Shaping Up For Business
OK, SO OFFICIALLY the new decade doesn’t kick off until the end of the year, and runs until the end of 2030. But, for business owners, it’s still timely to take stock of recent trends and plan out beyond 2020. As the saying goes, ‘Time and tide wait
NZBusiness and Management1 min readSmall Business & Entrepreneurs
A Vision Called Decentralisation
THERE WILL BE many disruptive start-ups in the 20s – locally and globally. Many will harness decentralised technologies, similar to the highly successful bitcoin, which have the potential to transform the business environment and accelerate globalisa
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Adjusting To The Winds Of Change
THE FIRST CHALLENGE, in an “instant feedback society”, is meeting increasing customer expectations. “There is a perpetual desire by customers ‘for more and better for cheaper’”, he says. “Businesses will need to be more reliant than ever on key staff
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Tales From The CAMPAIGN TRAIL
NZB: In 2014 when you featured on the cover of this magazine, you were one of only two licensed intermediaries operating in the equity crowdfunding market. What have been the major milestones in the market since then? ANNA: 2014 feels like a lifeti
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No more WINGING IT
New Zealand is one of the easiest places in the world to go into business – with just a few clicks of the mouse you can be up and running. No training, no specialised knowledge, no great investment, no worries. It’s almost too easy. And that can be d
NZBusiness and Management2 min readSecurity
Why Security Of Your Payroll Is SO IMPORTANT
The security of customer data and IT systems remains a major priority for iPayroll. With the global rise in cyber-crime, cyber security will continue to be a major risk for all business owners. To address this risk iPayroll has released a two-factor
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HUMANITY Champions
Four years ago Samantha Gadd embarked on a total rebrand of her highly successful Deloitte Fast 50-performing HR business. To pivot away from only focusing on the limited ‘risks and policies’ side of HR, which doesn’t help organisations grow, and mov
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Getting The Most From A Mentor
The hardest part about getting a mentor via the Business Mentors New Zealand (BMNZ) service is making that initial decision you need support. One of the biggest mistakes anyone trying to establish or grow a business can make is thinking they have all
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The Art Of Reinvention
Here we are at the start of a new decade! It’s 2020 and it will be fascinating to see what the next ten years in business brings. The new year also brings us options; a chance for a fresh start; and the opportunity to ponder the next 12 months and wh
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An Export Strategy Built On Experience
Officially launched on the New Zealand market in October 2018, wellness and skincare brand me|today wasted no time in researching the potential of offshore markets for its portfolio of products. This is largely due to the trio behind the brand – Gran
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Honey Producer Thinks Big
An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 tonnes of honey is produced each year in New Zealand, contributing to export earnings of more than $340 million. Our liquid gold has become a staple in some Asian countries, so it goes without saying that the honey indus
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5 Practical STEPS To Improve Your SEO
With more than 3,000 updates annually, the Google search algorithm is always being refined and tweaked to optimise performance. While most of these changes are small, Google sometimes releases big updates which can significantly impact search results
NZBusiness and Management4 min readRobotics
Technology And The Human Connection
Need a date? Dinner? Accommodation? A new TV show to binge-watch? Open an app, make a few clicks, and you can get just about anything you want. You can even balance your books with Xero’s app while you’re waiting for the kettle to boil. That phone in
NZBusiness and Management3 min read
Contractors Vs Employees
I FIND that in advising smaller businesses there is a real drive towards finding flexible options for employing or engaging staff. It is not always easy to find the right solution, because the law provides essentially a presumption that staff will be
NZBusiness and Management3 min readPsychology
How Are You Measuring Your CX?
BUSINESSES ALL over the world are starting to figure out that happy customers grow businesses – and that customer experience (CX) is key to making those customers happy. But for many, the challenge is how to measure that customer experience. After al
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Marketing Lessons In The Sand
RECENTLY I was sitting in Fiji by a bonfire with an ice-cold Fiji Bitter in my hand. I don’t say this just to brag. Bear with me, there’s a point coming. I was enjoying the time to reflect and was absent-mindedly shuffling my feet in the sand as I di
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Broken Britain
THIS COLUMN is being written in the run-up to the General Election from ‘Brexitland’ – in the heart of privileged Southeast England; rich, mostly white UK, where local incomes are measured in multiples of the national average and annual bonuses from
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What Does It Cost To Hire A New Executive?
It costs organisations A$18,982 on average to hire one employee, and an average of A$34,440 to hire a new executive or A$23,059 for senior-level managers, according to research by ASX listed cloud-based HR and payroll solutions provider, ELMO Softwar
NZBusiness and Management2 min readIntelligence (AI) & Semantics
AI A Revolutionary Force For The Insurance Industry
AI is one of the most revolutionary forces for the insurance trade in New Zealand today, a national AI report says. The AI Forum of New Zealand report recommends government accelerate and broaden its industry transformation plans and consider a speci
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Who Goes There?
Facial recognition technology has quietly integrated into a number of areas of everyday life. In addition to the more obvious security, public safety and surveillance applications (which have led, for example, to Hong Kong protesters wearing masks an
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How To Unlock US$17.8 Trillion In Green Buildings Investments In Asia-Pacific
A report by IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, highlights how investors can tap into enormous potential in green buildings. The report, released in December, notes that Asia-Pacific, which will house half the world’s urban population by 2030, is
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Discrimination Alive And Well In The Workplace
Forty-five percent of Kiwis believe discrimination exists in their workplace and have witnessed some form of prejudice in a 12-month period, according to a 2019 Trade Me Jobs survey. Head of Trade Me Jobs Jeremy Wade said that 1,700 New Zealanders to
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Workplace 2020: It’s All About Trust
Brian Kropp is the vice president of research for global research and advisory company Gartner’s HR practice and has developed a list of predictions and trends for United States workplaces for 2020. It includes, for the first time, seeing more than 5
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Innovative Staff Retention Ideas
WITH A SKILLS shortage dominating much thinking in 2020 what are some employers doing to attract and retain staff? When queried on Perpetual Guardian’s well publicised four-day-week and the rise of unlimited leave for employees in some US organisatio
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What Does It Take To Win In A DATA-RICH WORLD?
Data is king in today’s global economy; it informs decisions made at every level of business. We’ve seen companies rise and fall based on how they leverage and store it and how much their customers trust them with their personal information. And, at
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What Will Dominate CEO Thinking This Year?
BRETT O'RILEY, the EMA’s chief executive, says that the issue that is likely to dominate CEO thinking in 2020 in New Zealand and globally is likely to be the challenges to free trade. “This will continue to trouble CEOs but it is the availability and
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Think cost-sufficiency, NOT COST-EFFICIENCY
It is fair to say that for as long as even the most experienced among us can remember executives have been, at least in part, focused on reducing cost to drive efficiency. Executives commonly pressure managers and workers to come up with savings beli
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Putting Child And Youth Well-being At The HEART OF BUSINESS
Business leaders are increasingly stretching beyond the office and into the community, looking at ways their business can make a positive difference. Many New Zealand businesses play a valuable role in supporting the wellbeing of our children and you
NZBusiness and Management2 min read
Older And Wiser – But Worth The Price?
IN THE NAME of being model employees, many of us have moved out of our traditional 9am to 5pm comfort zones to embrace the new normal: workplaces that are fast-paced and flexible, digitised and diverse, innovative and inclusive. Most of the time it’s
NZBusiness and Management3 min readSecurity
Cybersecurity: It Might Be The Small Stuff That Gets You
CYBERSECURITY – an area full of ongoing nightmares for CIOs, business managers and directors. And rightly so, as there is a very real risk of significant business disruption, expense and significant reputational damage. It is the major security failu
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How To Navigate Through A Company Crisis
“NO COMMENT” is the reflexive response from leaders in business and politics when asked a question they cannot, or dare not, answer. It’s been used for decades – so what’s wrong with it? Well, it’s virtually never useful in the face of a difficult or
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Benefits Of A Strong Remuneration Policy
HAVING A STATED remuneration policy in place allows an organisation to articulate clearly how it goes about setting pay. It demonstrates that the business puts thought and consideration into how it remunerates employees, taking into account the organ
NZBusiness and Management3 min readFashion
When Casual Equals Career-limiting
AH… JANUARY. The start of a New Year full of promises and possibility, with all of its associated goal setting and planning seemingly at odds with the long, warm days, relaxed commutes and half-empty offices. With a lot of staff taking their annual h
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The Value Of Print In A Digital-heavy World
As we announced in our December issue, 2020 is going to be a big year for Management and NZBusiness. This issue is our last as a monthly publication and we are really looking forward to coming back in late April with the first of our bigger, better a

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