Fyfe looking for fresh challenges
High-profile Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe will step down within 18 months and is in the process of choosing a successor, according to well-placed sources in the company.
It is understood that Fyfe, 48, who has spent five years at the helm of the carrier, wants a new challenge.
more>US Bound: Expanding Into Thin Air
Expanding a business to the US during difficult economic times is like a trek to the Himalayas. It can be done, and it can be rewarding, but you had better be fit, plan well, and realize the air is much thinner at altitude. To complete the metaphor, fitness relates to the strength of the business's balance sheet, to plan well equates to the ability to adjust your thinking to new market conditions, and thin air equates to the fact that cash is much harder to come by in a recessionary global credit crunch.
more>How to Build a Management Team
Have you ever worked as part of a high performance team, or have you ever watched a high performance sports or professional team in action? Most of you will say yes, which means that you probably know a lot more about management teams intuitively. What follows is a reminder, or even a recipe, of some effective and common sense approaches to building a high performance managment team - an action which can make a dramatic impact on your business.
more>At the Forum One Day...
The mafia has the omerta - the code of silence that stops members divulging secrets, even under threat of torture or death. The Entrepreneurs' Organisation (EO) has its own form of omerta - a code of confidentiality that allows members to discuss their innermost business secrets at their monthly forums. Fiona Rotherham snuck into one.
It sounded like a good plan. Attend a monthly meeting of one of the three forums in the Auckland chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organisation - a non-profit educational organisation for young business owners with...
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