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What is the Responsibility of Government? The purpose of this article is to examine how governments deal with the delicate interface of balancing the needs of the many against damage, and harm to the few. This is where the values and beliefs of a society are demonstrated and refined. But before you can think critically […]

How often do you find that the HR manager in a business with scale is a third tier mid manager, or if it is at the leadership table it’s not as important as operations, finance customers or marketing? How often do you hear SME businesses say they hate HR and some even resent their employees? […]

Economising Our Way To Success Does Not Work – Live Conversation Recorded Conversation took place on Wednesday 1st August 2018. Eduardo Porter wrote an article in the Wall Street Journal titled “Loss of Dynamism is impeding Growth”. The premise of the article was that New Zealand, like others in the OECD, have not generated enough early stage companies and […]

Most do not have to consider the vexed issue of legacy and succession. Most don’t have to fret that when they die, their children will have choices that they are ill prepared for. Some fret that their children expect to inherit and thus live waiting for their parents to die. This is the point where […]

Bruce Sheppard, managing partner of Gilligan Sheppard, talks about 2018, the year ahead… What does it ‘feel’ like… no urgency, no real momentum either way and the river of life and business continues to flow slowly by. In short, the cattle are contentedly grazing. Life goes on, good, steady business as usual. A little bovine, […]