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Make 2023 your most Productive and Positive year yet
Have you sorted your new year business goals yet? What if we told you that doing so could help you make 2023 your happiest and most successful year yet? Setting work goals that leverage your strengths can help you to unlock higher levels of happiness, better physical...
The employer’s guide to surviving the silly season
It may feel like just yesterday you finished finding new ways to serve your leftover Christmas ham but, believe it or not, Christmas 2022 is just around the corner and the annual festivities are once again underway. ‘Tis the season for staff Christmas parties, Secret...
Don’t let holidays give you a headache
When it comes to holidays, 2022 has been a bumper year for kiwis, with two additional days of paid leave gifted to employees, courtesy of a permanent new public holiday to mark Matariki in June, and a special one-off holiday marking the passing of the late Queen...
Is your workforce future-fit?
If you’re a business owner or manager you will have first-hand experience of the truism that ‘your people are your greatest asset.’ Without people to run, represent and deliver for your business, you have no business. Richard Branson reinforced the point when he...
The silver lining to the threat of recession
It’s tough going out there right now. NZ’s cost of living crisis is leaving no-one unscathed; whether it’s surging petrol prices, the increased cost of living, record inflation outstripping pay increases, or all of the above, we’re all, in one way or another, feeling...
Covid-19 and Wellbeing
During these unprecedented times, I am picking that like me your mood is likely to be lower than usual and that times of joy are less frequent. We are all watching the progress of Covid-19 to see what happens next and hope that we and our loved ones stay save. Fear...
Accord Update #1 – COVID-19
"It will not be life as normal, it will be different" On 23 March 2020 the Government announced that the COVID-19 alert level was to rise immediately to Level 3 and then rise to Level 4 on Wednesday 25 March 2020, for four weeks. The Treasury has also announced its...
The Christmas Party
The idea of the staff Christmas Party can send a wave of anxiety over Senior Management as the thought of the combination of alcohol and a group of people in your care can be a scary one. It doesn’t always have to be like...
Compassion at Work
Compassion may be defined as recognising that others are suffering and committing to help them. Researchers believe that we evolved to be compassionate because it helped us survive. Groups who were most altruistic and compassionate appeared stronger and kept each...
How Much is that Workplace Grudge Costing you?
“Resentment is like taking poison and waiting for the other person to die”. If you are holding on to a grudge at work, you are likely to be placing your health at risk, decreasing your productivity, increasing your stress and increasing the amount of negative emotions...
Wooing the Boss
Thirty percent of our lives will be spent working. Why not make this thirty percent work for us? We all have choices. What we put into something is what we get out of it. What we focus on, is what we will create. Simple as that. What is the down side of using time at...
The Offensive Cake Case
On 2 March 2015 the Human Rights Review Tribunal awarded Karen Hammond over $168,000.00 in damages from her former employer, New Zealand Credit Union Baywide (NZCU), following a Facebook breach of privacy and “loss of dignity”.
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