Our Company Culture: Culture Eats Strategy for Breakfast
Our company culture is a critical success factor in our business. We took some time out to articulate what our culture is and how we approach our work as a team.
View ArticleThe Impact of Establishing an Effective Advisory Board
I recently spoke in Christchurch at an Institute of Directors event on the impact Advisory Boards can have for businesses who choose to implement them. There was then a panel discussion that further...
View ArticleThe Agile Leadership Mindset
I find myself talking about mindset a lot these days. In board meetings, with founders, with CEO’s, with Senior Leadership Teams and in one on one executive leadership coaching sessions. Why? Because...
View Article2021: Leadership Lessons I have Learnt
2021 has been a very fulfilling year personally and professionally. It has roared by, filled with challenging work, fun times and great people. Not many days go by without reflecting on the fact that...
View ArticleAccessing the Right Strategic Advice at Board Level
“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives – choice, not chance,...
View ArticlePerspective: What is Success?
The last words of Steve Jobs, billionaire, dead at 56: “I have reached the pinnacle of success in business.” In other people’s eyes my life is a success. However, aside from work, I’ve had little joy....
View Article2022: Leadership Lessons I Learnt
Did we have a good year? That’s the question I put to my business partner Greg Allnutt on the 16th of December 2022 at our team function as we shared a number of Central Otago Pinot Noirs. It might...
View ArticleThe Impact of Disruptive Strategy: Harvard Business School Insights
Early in 2022 I spent a couple of busy months doing some post graduate study through the Harvard Business School on the topic of “Disruptive Strategy”. So many companies feel they are disrupting their...
View Article2023: A Year in Leadership – Reflections and Learnings
Heraclitus, an ancient Greek philosopher, once said, “Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn’t even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters…Ah, but the one, one is a warrior.”...
View ArticleMay 2024 Market Update
A concise summary of what we are seeing across our clients throughout New Zealand.
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