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'Part-time' tired tool of the future

Employees are asking for it, organisations are formalising it, and there are clear business benefits for the part-time professional role, but how do you make it work successfully in your organisation?

Executive Success: Cultural diversity breaks mould

Deloitte has identified six traits of successful leadership.

$715K from a $45 investment: How to cheaply increase sales

How a hair salon used a simple database exercise to drastically increase sales, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.

Danger - email trap ahead!

Emails can be amazing at time-saving, but can also be incredibly time- and money-wasting.

Two tips for growing sales and profit

Tuihana Cafe Foodstore owner Nathan Dunn shares his business tips after turning around a struggling cafe.

Q&A: Manager who wants to get rid of managers

Q&A with Brian Robertson, founder of consulting firm HolacracyOne about shaking up organisational hierarchies.

How to un-send an email

Spotted a typo just as you hit send, or just sent the email to the wrong person altogether? Here's how to take it back.

Executive Success: Bringing variety to the board

Simon Telfer is the creator of Appoint Better Boards, a pool of more than 4700 potential directors to whom companies and not-for-profits can advertise positions.

Office culture matters most

Debbie Mayo-Smith: Strategy for word of mouth

Word of mouth is an inexpensive marketing strategy that supports a business activity to bring in more customers.

What makes wrong workwear?

Dress codes are easing up in most New Zealand workplaces, but that's not an excuse to sport ripped jeans and jandals.

What you should know about hiring millennials

Companies easing up on workers' dress codes

Large employers in the US are relaxing dress codes to keep employees from jumping ship

Incentives and penalties for unfair play

Massey University Economics Professor Christoph Schumacher and Masters student Nigel Espie on being on the defensive. "A defensive move could be to raise barriers to entry, which creates an economic moat around a company's business."

Anna Russell: The difference between winning and succeeding

The difference between winning and succeeding applies not just in sport, but in all areas of life, writes Anna Russell.

Is voicemail dead?

Debbie Mayo-Smith responds to claims that voicemail is dead - or should be. How many busy and overworked employees just let the phone ring?

Chorus named top employer

Chorus has won the supreme award at the Aon Hewitt Best of the Best awards in Sydney this week.

Annie O'Keefe: Help improve your chance of a glowing reference

Asking your employer for a verbal reference can be extremely awkward. Here are some tips from Career agent Annie O'Keefe.