A director must spend time visiting the operations of the businesses for which your board holds ultimate governance responsibility.

Depending on your job and ambition, the importance of making good decisions under pressure can vary.

Irving Kahn, the Manhattan money manager who predicted the 1929 Wall St crash, has died aged 109.

Seven years on from the global economic meltdown, New Zealand businesses are quietly optimistic, but the tide can turn quickly, warns an insolvency expert.

Global political uncertainty and oil price volatility have seen the confidence of Kiwi chief executives take a hit this year, but they are still more optimistic than their counterparts in Australia....

A lot of entrepreneurs when pitching think they need to lead with a macro market and major problem they are solving. Keep it simple.

Former America's Cup skipper Chris Dickson isn't surprised time's been called on Dean Barker, who has helmed Team NZ for 15 years.

Bad business purchases here and in Australia hit Fletcher Building's bottom line result yesterday, leaving some shareholders keen to sell.

Office romances tend to be corrosive to office morale.

Erica Hannam and Richard Tout are restoring their heritage-listed Northcote Pt villa but are concerned about the proposed SkyPath pedestrian and cycle way.

Leaders have been encouraged to show their vulnerable side. But can showing vulnerability actually work against you?

Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace.

Do better work because you're refreshed, restored and re-energised by prioritising your time.

Given that we spend so much time at work, shouldn't we at least find some pleasure in it?

If you can't influence others to change or adopt a view, then you'll struggle as a leader.

New Westpac boss Brian Hartzer has stamped his authority in his first day as chief executive of the Australian banking group.

David McLean, the newly appointed boss of Westpac New Zealand, says he has landed his "dream job".

A war of words has broken out between big cat conservationists, with Lion Man Craig Busch hitting back at South African critics who claimed he abused his animals.

Spark chief executive Simon Moutter is parting on great terms with his No 2 executive Chris Quin with appreciation "for a job well done".

If you're racked with uncertainty about your next corporate move, don't beat yourself up.

Please sir I want a tea break." In Charles Dickens' Victorian novel Oliver Twist, published three years after The Poor Law (Amendment) Act.

The distinctive three-level brick building housing the well-known restaurants Da Vinci's and Number 5, at 5 City Rd on Auckland CBD's Symonds St rise, has been put on the market.

But iwi group will not take its founding trustees to court to recover lost "Treelords" settlement cash because of cost and "ongoing damage to the reputation of the trust".

Long-promised law changes designed to make housing in New Zealand more affordable will be unveiled today as the Government makes its second attempt at reforming the Resource Management Act.