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New Zealand business recession stories
In 2006, Rod Drury founded Xero, a cloud-based accounting software company in New Zealand. When the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) hit in 2008, businesses struggled, but Xero saw an opportunity. They recognised that small businesses would look for cost-effective and efficient solutions to manage their finances remotely.
Despite the recession, Xero focused [...]
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Gilligan Sheppard 25 years ago…
In July I will be celebrating my silver anniversary at Gilligan Sheppard. It seems like a lifetime ago but also feels like it was just yesterday. When I started the offices looked nothing like they do today. The corporate colour was GREEN! When you first walked out of the lifts (yes, still in the Smith […]
Are you thinking about winning the battle, or the war?
Welcome to 2020. It’s that time of year, great weather, schools are back, traffic has returned, and for most people the run-in towards the end of the Financial Year has begun. We know the election will be September 19, so let the political fun and games begin. During the break most of us should have […]
2020 election year: Reds in our bed or are we going to get the blues?
What a choice we confront, and how much more inertia will we have while we wait for the poll? Another three years of sleeping with ineffective dreamers, or a change to an almost more depressing prospect of National, with no one with much competence, charisma or leadership capacity left. As in all election years each […]
We need to take it personally!
I often hear one of two comments made in the business environment – “don’t’ take it personally” or “its business not personal.” I’ve heard it said about feedback, difficult discussions, restructuring, ups and downs in the workplace – in fact any daily workplace issues. What a ridiculous idea! Work is where we spend the majority […]
Time is free, but it’s priceless.
You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back. “All these years, you’ve lived but you’ve never had a life.” In the movie Age of Adaline, the main character gets stuck being the same age and […]
