by Bruce Cotterill | Dec 8, 2019 | Blog, Leadership
Like many of us, I spend too much time sitting at airport lounges. Usually, like most people, the travel is for business purposes. I heard someone say once that the only exciting business trip was the first. I suspect we all feel that way sometimes. So, I was sitting...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 25, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, People Management
I was recently involved in a Board Appointment Panel for a voluntary organisation. In the lead up to the interviews, I received an email from a sponsoring party regarding the process we were about to engage in. The email implored me to keep in mind that the...
by Bruce Cotterill | Nov 10, 2019 | Blog, Customer Experience, Reflections
We’ve seen TV3 hit the headlines in the last couple of weeks for reasons that caught many of us by surprise. The channel is continuing to lose money and the owners would like it sold. I spent a decent chunk of my executive career working for Publishing &...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 21, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, People Management
Our business confidence figures have been in the spotlight again in recent weeks. Apparently the national mindset is not particularly positive. In fact, the index is at it’s lowest since 2008. And we all know what happened then. Sometimes I find the various surveys...
by Bruce Cotterill | Oct 2, 2019 | Leadership, Reflections
One thing you can always be sure of. The great Kiwi knocking machine is never far away. Just ask most of the people who have popped their heads up for a moment of public life. Be they politicians, artists, broadcasters, models or CEO’s, chances are there have been...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 18, 2019 | Reflections
I’ve just spent a couple of weeks in Canada. Part pleasure, part business. At the time of writing I am a day or so away from returning to New Zealand. It’s often said that New Zealanders have a lot in common with Canadians. We are all the product of living in smaller...
by Bruce Cotterill | Sep 4, 2019 | Blog, Business, Leadership, People Management
During the last few months, I have had the opportunity to observe, from close quarters, the behaviour and performance of a recently appointed CEO who is charged with leading a public company. For the purposes of this article, I’ll call him Peter. The person in...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 21, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, People Management
The world is changing fast. As previously discussed in this column, our expectations regarding the behaviour of others is moving rapidly. In some cases, the speed of that change is more swift than the ability of people to adapt their own behaviours. The change has...
by Bruce Cotterill | Aug 7, 2019 | Blog, Reflections
The commercial spotlight is increasingly being shone on Boards of Directors. With that attention comes people taking more notice of boards, the people who comprise them, and what they do. As a result, being on a Board seems to have become a ‘thing’. Both the role and...
by Bruce Cotterill | Jul 24, 2019 | Blog, Leadership, People Management
My last article on managing millennials has sparked a few calls from executives around the country. In the last two weeks, I have spoken to a number of baby boomer managers who are struggling to cope with the many challenges of the changing business landscape. It’s...
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