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Are you struggling to get ahead in your market?

5/12/2018

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I hear you are ‘working even harder than before and still not making progress’ in your market. ​Perhaps it’s just that you don’t think that you are making progress. Especially when you know how your business is performing today compared to how it was in the past. ​However, what you don’t know is how much better your business could be performing.
What does the best performing company look like? Can this help you get ahead in your market?

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ISO standard provides valuable guidance for directors operating internationally

6/7/2018

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I read June/July 2018 Boardroom ‘Blind spots in the supply chain’ where Amy Williams described Rob Fyfe, then Icebreaker CEO’s handling of human trafficking in their supply chain. Fyfe offers questions directors should be asking to ensure that they provide sufficient air time given the significant risk to brand and reputation that trafficking represents.
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While New Zealand enjoys a high ranking internationally on such matters we tend to take it for granted and trade on our good reputation. As a result, insufficient consideration is made in the board room when our supply chains involve other countries.

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Has the West run its course?

17/4/2018

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In Happiness and sustainability, the US slips another four places down to 18th position in the United Nations 2018 World Happiness Report.

​The US used to be at the top of the index. Despite having one of the highest incomes per capita, the well-being of its citizens is dragging it down.
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​The influence of the West was already in decline before the US turned its attention away from international matters to focus on making ‘America great again’. The void leaves it to other powers to take over from the US that threatens to undermine the world order. Europe too has its challenges. Has the West runs its course? What is to be done?


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Tom Peters on having fun and moral responsibility

3/4/2018

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Tom Peters is associated with 'In Search of Excellence' which, with Robert Waterman, was published in 1982. This book sparked a revolution in leadership thinking of the day.
You can Listen to Tom Peters on Radio NZ (30 mins) about his latest thinking on leadership and sustainable success.
 During this talk are:
  • management by walking around (9:50)
  • myth of the management guru (14:30)
  • failure to invest in R&D and people (18:30)
  • on boards filled with friends and neighbours (22:20)
  • Google study into the attributes of most effective employees (24:15)
  • the moral responsibility of leaders (28:55)

Look out for Tom Peters new book, 'The Excellence Dividend: Meeting the Tech Tide with Work That Wows and Jobs That Last'
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Happiness and sustainability

20/3/2018

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The United Nations has released the 2018 World Happiness Report. Finland leapt up four places to become the happiest country in the world. They are now ahead of Norway, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland. Finland is regarded as the most stable, safest and best country in the world.
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​New Zealand remains unchanged at eighth position in the rankings. Meanwhile the US that


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EXCELLENCE: The world’s best kept secret blueprint for success

23/2/2018

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​There is no question of the value that the ISO 9001 international standard for quality management has made to the world we live in. It drives the global supply chains that provide the food we eat, vehicles we drive, electronics goods we use each day, and medical devices that we take for granted today. 
There are $1.1m organisations in over 200 countries (at 31 Dec 2016) that are ISO 9001 certified. ​In a meta-study, researchers compared the growth of ISO 9001 companies over their first 10-years after being certified to US S&P 500 companies. They found that ISO certified companies grew twice as fast as the S&P 500 listed companies.

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