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How to get on top of work stress with everyday mindfulness
<p>Work stress has become a real health threat, with 65 percent of Kiwis reporting to experience work-related stress on a daily basis. Pressure and anxiety on the work floor can quickly develop in serious disorders, such as panic attacks, depression or a failing immune system. The good news however is that you can protect yourself against the damaging effects of chronic stress by applying practical mindfulness principles. Mindfulness expert and online entrepreneur Marisa Garau explains how you can keep work stress at bay and still enjoying the work you do.</p>
A Day in the Life: Hatch co-founder Natalie Ferguson
<p>Natalie Ferguson is the co-founder of Wellington-based digital investment platform Hatch and is also in charge of product, marketing and customers for the company. Here's how she gets through the day, how she organises her time and what's unique about the way she approaches her work</p>
Entrepreneurial success showcased at Soda Inc.
<p>Every year Soda Inc. works with fantastic, ambitious and passionate people from all over New Zealand who are travelling a path less travelled.? </p>
A Day in the Life: Pure SEO’s Richard Conway
<p>Richard Conway is the founder and CEO of searching engine optimisation company, Pure SEO. He is also on the board of The Well Foundation and the author of a book called <em>How to Get to the Top of Google Search: A Practical SEO Guide. </em>Here's how he gets through the day, how he organises his time and how he practices resilience. </p> <p></p>
A Day In The Life: Charlotte Lockhart and Andrew Barnes from The 4 Day Week
<p>Charlotte Lockhart is the chief executive officer of the 4 Day Week, and her husband Andrew Barnes is the founder of Perpetual Guardian, the company that's been making headlines across the world for dropping down its hours. Perpetual Guardian trialed a four for six weeks last year, and made it permanent once the trial ended. The point is that employees don't earn less or work longer hours, they just have to make sure the same amount of work gets done. Here, Lockhart talks how her and Barnes get through their big days and short weeks. </p> <p></p>
Inside New Zealand’s first think with Google on bridging the digital divide
<p>This week marked New Zealand's very first Think With Google event, 'Bridging the Digital Divide'. Here, country director of Google New Zealand Caroline Rainsford shares how these events will help create meaningful business connections.</p> <p></p>
Why should Aucklanders be excited for the events in 2021?
<p>Auckland is, like it always seems to be, in a state of transition. A gangly yellow crane hovers somewhere in the peripheries and a new co-working space threatens the once grotesque Karangahape Road. The construction across central Auckland feels rushed, anxious and exciting (for some), as events such as the 36<sup>th </sup>America’s Cup, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and the Women's Rugby World Cup 2021 and ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, loom on the city’s calendar.</p>
A Day in The Life: TechWomen and Mentemia’s Dil Khosa
<p>Dil Khosa is working on multiple projects in the tech ecosystem, from operations and people at Mentemia, a mental wellness tech organisation, to being a NZ Ambassador for StartupGenome. She's also an advisor to NarrativeMuse, the co-chair of Tech Women NZ and the former operations director of Parrot Analytics. She recently restructured her life after experiencing burn-out triggered by her busy executive career and is leading a much more balanced life these days. She shares the key learnings she's gleaned after readjusting her work and lifestyle, her daily rituals and how she reached an improved, healthier outlook on life.</p>
Best of the Best: A look at the supreme winners from the 21st annual Best Design Awards
<p>The 2019 Best Design Awards was held at the Spark Arena on Friday night celebrating the crème de la crème of the design industry. It recognised designers, young and old, for their craft across a range of categories, from graphic to moving image to product design. Most who attended were in agreement that the night was a blast, and resembled the maturing success of the design industry in Aotearoa. Here is a breakdown of the supreme winners.</p>
Women Who Lead: In conversation with Motion Sickness head of strategy Hilary Ngan Kee (watch)
<p>In the first of a series highlighting the vibrant women in New Zealand business doing great things in their respective fields, we profile Hilary Ngan Kee, the head of strategy and a director at award-winning agency Motion Sickness. Ngan Kee flies more under the radar than the other two heads at the agency, founder and creative director Sam Stuchbury and partner and digital head Alex McManus, but opens up about what it's like to be a woman who leads in an honest conversation with Idealog editor Elly Strang. Here, she talks Motion Sickness’ untraditional route into the advertising industry, what she brings to the table as a woman in a leadership position alongside Stuchbury and McManus, impostor syndrome, her hopes for the next generation of workers coming through and why you shouldn’t tie your worth to your professional achievements. </p> <p></p> <p></p>
A Day in the Life: Humankind founder Samantha Gadd
<p>Samantha Gadd is the founder and managing director of Humankind and a director of its sister company, Kin. Humankind is a consulting business providing expert employee experience and human resource consulting and advice to organisations and government agencies nationwide, while Kin is a talent business focused on reshaping recruitment. Here's how she gets through the day, how she organises her time and how she handles the madness of juggling two businesses. </p> <p></p>
Reconfiguring success, and how failure isn’t necessarily a bad thing in business
<p>Humans are facing the fastest rate of change and some of the biggest challenges our species has ever encountered. Never before have transformative skillsets, agile thinking and resilience been needed so much. And, not just resilience to cope with the big events, but to better cope with everyday challenges and failures. Jennifer Young explores how we can become comfortable with change and discomfort, learn how to bounce through failure and learn how to transform ourselves, our businesses and our world.</p>
Timely CEO Ryan Baker shares ten wellness policies that actually work
<p>Wellness is one of the hot topics of 2019, but how do you implement policies that actually, meaningfully, work? Timely founder Ryan Baker says he takes wellness of his staff seriously, as people who are healthy, engaged and motivated will delight customers and make the company more successful. But that’s not the main reason he cares – he says it's looking after the wellbeing of Timely's staff is right thing to do, on a human level. Here, he shares ten tips on how to incorporate wellness into your workplace at a policy level. </p>
MYOB country manager Ingrid Conin-Knight on while everything changes, fundamentals remain the same
<p>When MYOB asked more than one thousand local small and medium-sized business operators which of the big technology trends were likely to impact their industry in the coming years, nearly a quarter (23 percent) were pinning their hopes on a better internet connection. The next largest group – over 20 percent – predicted their industry would remain unaffected by any kind of technological change. Here's MYOB country manager Ingrid Conin-Knight on why despite increasing change, fundamentals remain the same in business.</p> <p></p>
Businesses are joining students to climate strike this Friday. Bron Thomson shares why Springload’s getting on board
<p>A group of Australian, New Zealand and global businesses have come together under the Not Business As Usual umbrella to pledge support for workers participating in climate strikes alongside students, which are happening across the world on September 20 and 27. Aotearoa’s climate strikes are taking place this Friday 27 September, and Wellington-based digital design agency Springload is among the companies that will be marching side-by-side with students. CEO Bron Thomson has a chat about why her business is getting involved – read on for the details on how to take part, too.</p>
MYOB Women in Tech, part five: Sharesies co-founders Brooke Roberts and Sonya Williams on smashing ceilings
<p>Forget the ingredients touted as necessary to make a little girl in the age-old nursery rhyme, What Are Little Boys Made Of? To be a woman business leader, you need to have more than a pinch of resilience and a dash of tenacity. This is because although the country has made big strides when it comes to inclusivity, there’s still work to do before true equality is reached. Take the recent 2019 MYOB Women In Tech Report, which found nearly half of the industry’s women leaders have personally experienced gender bias during their career, just a quarter of local technology businesses have equal representation in their leadership teams and only one in ten tech businesses work to actively address discrimination. Sharesies co-founders Brooke Roberts and Sonya Williams talk carving their career paths, overcoming personal challenges and finding grit.</p>
It’s 99 days until the year 2020. What have you got left to lose?
<p>The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab founder Frances Valintine reflects on the technological advancements that have happened since 20 years ago, and how much workplaces have transformed in her experience – ultimately, for the better. She also asks the question, what are you waiting for in business? With only 99 days until the year 2020, now is a time to be looking at the past, while also thinking about the future and what ventures you want to tackle. </p> <p></p>
MYOB Women in Tech, part four: Beyond founder Jessica Manins on giving less of a f*ck
<p>Forget the ingredients touted as necessary to make a little girl in the age-old nursery rhyme, What Are Little Boys Made Of? To be a woman business leader, you need to have more than a pinch of resilience and a dash of tenacity. This is because although the country has made big strides when it comes to inclusivity, there’s still work to do before true equality is reached. Take the recent 2019 MYOB Women In Tech Report, which found nearly half of the industry’s women leaders have personally experienced gender bias during their career, just a quarter of local technology businesses have equal representation in their leadership teams and only one in ten tech businesses work to actively address discrimination. Beyond founder Jessica Manins talks carving their career paths, overcoming personal challenges and finding grit.</p>
MYOB Women in Tech, part three: head of delivery at Trade Me Diana Minnee on how challenges didn’t predetermine her success
<p>Forget the ingredients touted as necessary to make a little girl in the age-old nursery rhyme, What Are Little Boys Made Of? To be a woman business leader, you need to have more than a pinch of resilience and a dash of tenacity. This is because although the country has made big strides when it comes to inclusivity, there’s still work to do before true equality is reached. Take the recent 2019 MYOB Women In Tech Report, which found nearly half of the industry’s women leaders have personally experienced gender bias during their career, just a quarter of local technology businesses have equal representation in their leadership teams and only one in ten tech businesses work to actively address discrimination. Head of delivery at Trade Me Diana Minnee talks carving their career paths, overcoming personal challenges and finding grit.</p>
MYOB Women in Tech, part two: Banqer co-founder Kendall Flutey on giving up the corporate world to chase a dream
<p>Forget the ingredients touted as necessary to make a little girl in the age-old nursery rhyme, What Are Little Boys Made Of? To be a woman business leader, you need to have more than a pinch of resilience and a dash of tenacity. This is because although the country has made big strides when it comes to inclusivity, there’s still work to do before true equality is reached. Take the recent 2019 MYOB Women In Tech Report, which found nearly half of the industry’s women leaders have personally experienced gender bias during their career, just a quarter of local technology businesses have equal representation in their leadership teams and only one in ten tech businesses work to actively address discrimination. Katie Byrne talks candidly to Banqer’s Kendall Flutey about carving her career path, overcoming personal challenges and finding grit.</p>
How to reduce work stress by applying a few simple mindfulness principles
<p>Work stress and burnout cost US businesses an estimated $300 billion annually, with one in three working Americans reporting they experience excessive pressure on the job. In New Zealand, more than 30 percent of employees state that their level of stress has risen in the past five years, while UK businesses lose 12.5 million productive working days per year due to employees calling in sick caused by work-related stress issues. So how can employees – and employers – empower themselves to stay on top of wellness? One possible solution is mindfulness, Mangawhai-based expert Marisa Garau says. She breaks down three ways to practically use it in the workplace. </p>
MYOB Women in Tech, part one: Founder of Metia Interactive Maru Nihoniho shares her windy road to success
<p>Forget the ingredients touted as necessary to make a little girl in the age-old nursery rhyme, <em>What Are Little Boys Made Of?</em> To be a woman business leader, you need to have more than a pinch of resilience and a dash of tenacity. This is because although the country has made big strides when it comes to inclusivity, there’s still work to do before true equality is reached. Take the recent 2019 MYOB Women In Tech Report, which found nearly half of the industry’s women leaders have personally experienced gender bias during their career, just a quarter of local technology businesses have equal representation in their leadership teams and only one in ten tech businesses work to actively address discrimination. In part one of a series, Katie Byrne talks candidly to Metia Interactive's Maru Nihoniho about carving her career path, overcoming personal challenges and finding grit. </p>
A Day in the Life: Blue Frog Breakfast’s Scotty Baragwanath
<p>Scotty Baragwanath is the founder of ?Blue Frog Breakfast, a New Zealand breakfast company with all natural ingredients that creates breakfast cereals in food-grade concrete mixers, as well as the first-ever probiotic porridge. Here's how he gets through the day, how he organises his time and how he handles being in the breakfast business. </p>