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Stakeholder Governance: Why Now Is A Good Time To Rethink Yours
Almost 30 years since the introduction of the Companies Act 1993, it’s now a timely opportunity to review the framework for directors’ duties to ensure ongoing strong and effective governance. Article by Felicity Caird (NZ Business Magazine Nov 2021) The need for...
Are You Making These 7 Mistakes When Dealing With Your Bank?
Dealing with your bank is never as straight forward as you think. Many business owners underestimate the pivotal role played by their bank. Sometimes it's deliberately ignored. But often it's an inadvertent mistake. Unfortunately, the importance of banking...
How To Get The Most For Your Business When It’s Time To Leave
If you want to get the most for your business when it's time to go, you'll need a plan. Yet many business owners have no plan or strategy about their business exit. They think the "man with the golden cheque" will appear when the time comes. They think then they’ll...
How To Get Your Business & Personal Affairs Sorted
Do you ever wonder if you've got the right things in place to safeguard your family and your business? Or whether what you’ve already got in place will actually do the job you want? It can be easy to put this in the 'too hard' basket ... you might not know what to...
Why You Should Become Your Own Banker
We finance everything. We either finance by - (a) Paying interest to someone else – a bank, money lender, etc.,or(b) Giving up interest we could have earned otherwise. (When we pay cash, we lose the interest the money could have earned.) The average New Zealander -...
How To Build Great Teams
Research shows there are often key factors present in winning teams. And it's not about recruiting the smartest people and then assembling them. It takes more than that if your team is to function well, get things done and work together for the success of your...
Will Your Assets Walk Out The Door If Your Relationship Breaks Up?
If you don't think this applies to you - think again. What if you're wrong? The cost could be enormous. You might believe you're going to be single forever. But plenty of people who thought that are now in relationship. You may be happily married, in a de facto or...
Business Coaches: Are They Worth It?
Ever wondered about hiring a business coach? If so, you will have weighed up the cost of engaging one vs the payoff you’ll get. You might know someone who’s had a business coach before and their success was less than mediocre. So it's a good question to consider....
How To Develop Your Business Even If You Don’t Have Time
A lot of business owners are running hard just to keep their business at its current level. They feel harassed, overtired and stressed out. Taking their business to the next level seems impossible. You might be struggling to keep your business running, working 12...
Have You Ever Wanted To Fire Your Client?
When you're in business and someone wants to pay you to do a job, you're usually going to take their money and do the job. Yet sometimes walking away from business makes more sense and is more profitable in the long run. We've all had nightmare clients. They demand...