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BusinessThe DNA of Extraordinary Organisations
Last week, I suggested something: Extraordinary organisations don’t happen by accident. They are intentionally built. That naturally led me to another question. If extraordinary organisations are intentionally built… what exactly are leaders building? Most organisations have capable people. They have a strategy. They invest heavily in technology, leadership development, and modern systems. Yet, organisations with […]
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The price of truth
Foreword by Lisa Garrud: I’ve watched Bruce navigate enough negotiations to know what frustrates him most — and it’s rarely the outright lie. It’s the omission. The party who isn’t technically dishonest, but who quietly leaves something off the table, hoping it won’t surface. It always does. And by the time it does, you can […]
The Active Investor Plus Visa: For wealthy investors who don’t want to run a business
New Zealand’s Active Investor Plus Visa (launched April 2025) represents a fundamentally different approach to immigration than the Business Investor Visa. While the Business Investor Visa targets people who want to actively manage operations, the Active Investor Plus Visa is designed for wealthy individuals who want to contribute capital without the hands-on commitment of running […]
The business jigsaw: Building success piece by piece
I spend time over school holidays attacking large jigsaws with my nieces — the thousand-piece kind that promises a weekend and delivers a fortnight. Watching us go at it recently, I was struck by how closely it mirrors what I am seeing in the businesses we work with right now. The picture on the box […]
Petrol prices are rising. Is your fringe benefit tax strategy ready?
If you’ve noticed the price board at your local petrol station creeping past numbers you’d once have considered unthinkable, you already know fuel costs are biting. Petrol prices are approaching $4 per litre, driven by the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, and the pressure on both households and businesses shows no sign of easing. […]
Why two ‘identical’ businesses sell for very different prices
It’s one of the most common questions we get asked. Two businesses could be identical on paper. Same industry. Same revenue. Similar team. Same city, even. Yet one sells for $4 million and the other for $1.8 million. What looks like a $3 million business on paper can easily transact well above or below that, […]
