by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 10, 2019 | Leadership
Despite having lived with rapid change throughout my executive career, I continue to be surprised by the speed of change as it relates to the impact on the people we work with. Most of us will be aware of the changing nature of work and the workplace. Most of us will...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 29, 2019 | General
A couple of things happened last week. Firstly, it rained in Auckland. A lot. And one of the simplest things we can do to improve environmental sustainability was exposed. Yet again. After all that rain, I was like many of us and couldn’t wait to get out of the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 10, 2019 | General
The Wellbeing Budget left me uninspired and disappointed. Don’t get me wrong. There have been big allowances made for improving mental health services, which are long overdue. A substantial investment into the hospitals of our growing population is a good thing...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 27, 2019 | General
I used to work in the media. Magazine publishing to be exact. We published most of the country’s leading magazines. One thing I remember clearly from that period, was the time and effort that went into ensuring that our facts were correct. The importance of...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 13, 2019 | Business
Over the years I have attended plenty of ‘pitches’ from people seeking to raise money for their business projects. While there are always exceptions, most are appalling, unprepared, poorly structured, and worst of all, unrehearsed. A Good Pitch Isn’t...
by Bruce Cotterill | May 5, 2019 | General
I’ve been thinking about the future of communication. Not as it relates to technologies, satellites, mobile coverage or even computers and phones. But communication in relation to how we interact with each other. Last week I arrived at a meeting a couple of minutes...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 24, 2019 | Leadership
OPINION: I recently spent a couple of days at a resort hotel in the Pacific Islands. Apart from the beautiful grounds and the sparkling entrance, the first thing that struck me was our welcome. It came not from the office manager or the events person, but from the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Apr 2, 2019 | Leadership
Late last year I wrote a column calling for an end to throwing older workers on the scrapheap. In it I discussed the trials of many experienced workers, particularly those in their fifties, who are having trouble finding work. Since the article was published, I have...
by Bruce Cotterill | Mar 4, 2019 | General
Government seems to be impacting our lives today more than ever before. At both a local and national level, we have seen a rapid growth in the role Government seeks to play over recent years. I’m not a fan of this, and here’s why. There is little evidence...
by Bruce Cotterill | Feb 19, 2019 | General
OPINION: Banks have been back in the spotlight this last week. With the release of the final report from Australia’s Royal Commission, we have seen the leadership of our banking executives under fire. And the result has seen resignations at one extreme and...
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