Top 200 Thinking
(December 2011)
Seeds of optimism about the future direction of New Zealand’s largest enterprises lie hidden among the figures in this year’s Deloitte/Management magazine Top200 list of companies.
Impact Asia: What will happen after Asia’s rise?
(December 2011)
On current projections, Asia is set to soon inherit the mantle of economic global leadership. So is there such a thing as Asian values, as some would contend, or simply universal values? Korean leader Chung Min Lee addresses young Asian leaders.
Cover Story : Super sizing Auckland NZ’s biggest corporate transformation
(November 2011)
The size of the task is enormous, the scrutiny intense – so, one year in, how does Auckland Council CEO Doug McKay rate his progress on the biggest corporate transformation in New Zealand’s history? Vicki Jayne asks.
Impact Asia: Green dominance Will Asia save the planet?
(November 2011)
Asia is carving out for itself an independent and very pragmatic sphere of influence in international environmental regulation and trade in renewable technologies. What does that mean for New Zealand?
The Director: The challenge of choosing the CEO
(November 2011)
Choosing a chief executive is a board’s single, most important task. The choice can make or break the enterprise. And new global leadership competency trends are making the selection of the best person for the job harder for Australasian boards. Reg Birchfield talked to Signe Spencer, a senior principal at Hay Group’s McClelland Centre for Research and Innovation, and Nicholas Conigrave, associate director of Hay Group Pacific about some of their recent research findings.
Cover Story: LINK OR SWIM NZ’s Asian choice
(October 2011)
Recent ructions in the Eurozone could give New Zealand the hurry-up it needs to strengthen links in the Asian region. If so, we’d better jump to. Asian economies are locking in trade with each other as the European and US economies falter.
NZ’s Most Reputable Organisation: Beca Group
(September 2011)
Taking out both 2011’s Most Reputable Company gong and the supreme award, Most Reputable Organisation, on top of Company of the Year in the 2010 Top 200 awards, Beca’s star is on the rise and rise. What is it about Beca that is earning these accolades?
EEO Trust Awards: Valuing people – creating value
(September 2011)
If the recent furore over gender pay equity seems like a blast from the past then the EEO Trust Work & Life Awards offer a refreshing vision for the future. As this year’s winners again prove – empowering individuals to give their best is what really puts the “force” behind “work”. How? Vicki Jayne counts the ways.
The Director: The Sorry Story of our women on boards
(September 2011)
Corporate New Zealand’s persistent and self-defeating failure to appoint women to the boards of our major companies continues unabated. Board chairmen, the NZX and the Institute of Directors could sort this sorry state of affairs if they cared to.
