by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 24, 2020 | Business, Covid-19
Leadership succession is a topic that often gets plenty of conversation but very little action. Such discussions are usually played out behind closed doors, but it is fair to say that getting succession outcomes right, while very important, is also very difficult. How...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
As the election looms, I note that those vying for our votes have seen an opportunity for a full-scale political attack on the process and costs of building in this country. Depending on who you listen to, we will be repealing the Resource Management Act or conducting...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 26, 2020 | Uncategorised
We’re seeing a lot of things breaking down at the moment. I’m not sure if it’s more than normal or if we’re just reporting it more, but it feels like we are failing a lot. We Kiwis can be a pretty laid back people. But it feels like our public services and...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 12, 2020 | Covid-19
The big problems never start here. The events that change our economic lives, like the oil shocks of the 1970s, or the 1987 stock market crash, always start somewhere else. The Asia Crisis began in Thailand in the late nineties and of course the GFC in 2007-08 was...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 29, 2020 | Uncategorised
This week I received a message on LinkedIn. It was from the CEO of a well-known privately-owned tourism company. They, like many in the sector, have been hammered by the impact of the virus and the associated global halt of the tourism industry. His message was...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 24, 2020 | Uncategorised
I try to stay away from matters of politics when I write. But the events of the last few months, and the last few days in particular, are making it hard for me to keep my distance. The reason is simple. Politics, and our politicians, are intervening more and more in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 5, 2020 | Business, Leadership, People Management
Lately, I’ve been involved in a series of executive reviews. Some of them were delayed from the March year end because of the lockdown, and we have just completed a couple of others based on the June year end. The executives in question have included a couple of CEO’s...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog, Customer Experience, Leadership, Reflections
On the surface, there appear to be plenty of success stories in the aftermath of the Covid-19 lockdown. As a nation, we are back into the full swing of things at work, unlike many of our trading partners who are either continuing or returning to full or partial...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 6, 2020 | Blog, Leadership, People Management, Reflections
I often get asked to help some of our younger people. The call can come from a parent whom I know or from someone in business who recommends me as a person worth speaking to. Every now and then I get an approach from the young person themselves. As a result, I seem to...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jun 21, 2020 | Blog, Business, Leadership, Reflections
Somewhere in the distant fog of my memory is a dim recollection of the highlights of my high school years. Some memories stand out. Others less so. One piece of nostalgia that is easy to overlook was my attendance at Economics class. I was in what was then called the...
Recent Comments