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The difference between a leader and a manager
What’s the most important thing to a company’s sustainable success? After considering the standard metrics such as market, the bottom line and a quality product, the majority would likely say it’s leadership. There is a graveyard of companies whose main downfall is the quality of their leaders. Not only the leader at the top but […]
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Employee development: comfort is the enemy of progress
Your professional development as an employee holds an integral part of what makes you thrive in the workplace. When we are given the tools and opportunities to grow, it not only benefits us individually, but it also contributes to the overall success of the company, which brings positive impacts for others within the organisation. Ensuring […]
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Don’t settle for an average company culture
This is a topic I am incredibly passionate about, and you should be, too. Everyone knows intuitively that if you have a great culture, great things happen. But most companies don’t have any culture, or at least it’s average. Or worse, it’s toxic. And it comes from the owners, managers, or average leaders who aren’t […]
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A life-long journey of time management
Tick, tick, tick, tick…does this remind you anything? Time. It continually ticks, running eternally without pause. It is the most precious and finite resource. It accompanies us throughout our journey from the moment of birth to the golden years of retirement. Each different life stage presents its own challenges, opportunities, and demands on our time, […]
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Tax Updates: 5 February 2024
Welcome to this week’s review of tax issues where Richard comments on what’s been happening in the world of tax over the past week. If you have a question or would like a second opinion on any national or international tax issues, please contact Richard via email at richard@gilshep.co.nz. New IS on taxation of trusts released It may […]
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Tax Updates: 12 February 2024
Welcome to this week’s review of tax issues where Richard comments on what’s been happening in the world of tax over the past week. If you have a question or would like a second opinion on any national or international tax issues, please contact Richard via email at richard@gilshep.co.nz. Charities business income exemption IS Inland Revenue (IR) has […]
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To know where you are going, you must have a vision.
We’ve all planned holidays at some point in our lives. We envision what it will look like and anticipate how it will feel. That vision gives us something to look forward to and an incentive to do what we need to get there. In a business context, the vision is where you want to be, […]
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Achieving business goals just got easier.
It’s late in the evening, and the business owner sits alone in their office. The hum of the city outside is a distant murmur, but the weight of the task at hand is prominent. With a heavy sigh, they reach for a meticulously crafted document – their company’s long-term business goals. The pages, once filled […]
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Financial freedom: setting financial goals that work
As we step into the New Year, it is the perfect time to assess our lives and determine what it is that we really want, both personally and in business or career. Financial security is an important aspect of life because it allows freedom to have and do what we desire. A valuable step towards […]
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KPIs are dead: long live Personal Goals
KPIs are short for key performance indicator’s used to measure your employee’s performance. They can be financial, customer, or process-focused. The thing is, generationally, I believe we’ve moved away from using them, and for some businesses, they haven’t even noticed. The catchphrase used to be “work hard, play hard”; nowadays, it’s “work-life balance”. My career […]
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