“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.” William Pollard It is undeniable that Covid-19 has, is and will continue to have, a significant impact on all our lives – personally, professionally and in business. Some […]

“Creativity is thinking up new things. Innovation is doing new things.” Theodore Levitt “We don’t know who discovered water, but we’re certain it wasn’t a fish.” John Culkin Now more than ever, doing new things is going to be critical as we emerge from the lockdown and the subsequent realignment – both in our personal […]

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it. The New Zealand 4-level Covid-19 alert system specifies public health and social measure to be taken against Covid-19. But there’s another system in play for New Zealand businesses… These are of course, very generalised […]

Allow me to introduce myself, I’m Amy Hua and it’s been almost five months since I started with Gilligan Sheppard, and I would like to express my gratitude to all of you; thank you for being so welcoming. While this is a new beginning, by no means is this an unfamiliarity, having known both Yi […]

At the end of last year, the New Year was a shining light for what 2020 was going to be – both personally and professionally. Call it a New Year resolution or, if you resent that term like me, (mostly because historically achievement rates have not been great), a goal, objective, or it remains nameless […]

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 […]

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 […]

As we fast approach Christmas and the summer break, it makes sense to look back on the year and then look forward to the year ahead. A number of the key economic indicators both local and international suggest we are in the Goldilocks zone, and with the impending election in 2020 what should your business […]

Business marriage guidance, or how to deal with ‘business at first sight’. It has become a guilty pleasure, I have been watching ‘Married At First Sight (NZ)’, and a truly awful Australian show called ‘Seven Year Switch’. During a commercial break, it dawned on me that when people get into business together, they often do […]

So you’re running a business, and you’re thinking about retirement. Nobody will be able to run your business the way you do, but just shutting your doors probably means you will be throwing money away… What’s the game plan? Are you going to hand over the reins to an employee, or family member? Or are […]