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This week we’re back to the Signs you work in a dysfunctional corporate – and what to do about it series. This week’s lesson is How to cover your butt when making a decision - or absolving yourself of responsibility

This week we take a small break from the ‘Signs You Work in a Dysfunctional Corporate’ series and instead pose an interesting question: How much does a polar bear weigh? (And no, this isn’t a joke).

Read on to find out what we’re talking about.

Following on from last week, this week we continue our blog series Signs You Work in a Dysfunctional Corporate – and what to do about it. This week’s lesson is Watch out for the Empire Builder.

This week we start a new blog series Signs You Work in a Dysfunctional Corporate – and what to do about it. The first lesson we cover is It’s often better to ask for forgiveness than permission and this will be followed by further lessons in the coming weeks.

The hi-tech industry in NZ is going well by most measures and for many of you this means adding to your headcount. Whilst growth is exciting it can present challenges, so in this latest installment Josh offers some tips that may help you through the process.

Josh's latest blog offers a brief reminder of what we experienced in 2011 and then looks at what we can expect to happen within the talent market this year.

Josh has published another blog, this time on self awareness and understanding how you are (behaviour, communication style, reactionary tendencies etc) and its impact upon others.

Click through to read more as Josh discusses what he believes to be one of the critical success factors in your career.

Think you’re not getting paid what you’re worth? Feel like it’s time to move on and realize your immense value? Looked around and wondered why your peers seem to have more…?

Here I’ll discuss concepts around pay and valuing yourself, and if you discover you’re underpaid, what to do about it! To ensure balance, read on to understand the risks around being paid too much.
 

The Foundation we are excited to share that we are now in our new offices!

Read on to find out more and stop in and see us next time you're in the city.

The Foundation team successfully completed the award winning Jolt Challenge this month, a 9 week course which focuses on enhancing your Self Intelligence to create positive, practical and permanent change in all areas of your life through exploration of your thoughts, emotions, behaviours and capabilities.

To find out about our experience on the Jolt Challenge keep reading.

The Foundation have delivered another training assignment this month to a client in the building merchant supply space.

Think we’re great? Let us - and everybody else - know and vote for The Foundation in the SEEK Annual Recruitment Awards!

Think you’re not getting paid what you’re worth? Feel like it’s time to move on and realize your immense value? Looked around and wondered why your peers seem to have more…?

Here I’ll discuss concepts around pay and valuing yourself, and if you discover you’re underpaid, what to do about it! To ensure balance, read on to understand the risks around being paid too much.

Marketing Communication Executive role with a well established insurance provider with a young dynamic culture.

We have an exciting opportunity come up for a true hunter! 
 

Reporting directly to the Sales Manager, this newly created sales role will have you calling on key businesses across the construction, manufacturing, agricultural, and engineering sectors within the Auckland Region.
 

So you’ve been looking at the boss and thinking to yourself “I could do a better job” (sometimes you may even be thinking a chant leader from the Hitler youth would be an improvement…), and feel it’s about time to take that step up? Read on my friend, hopefully this article will assist your quest.

We have a number of impressive sales opportunities based in Auckland with recognised leaders who could potentially tick the boxes on your “must haves” to start exploring the possibility of a move.

Do you have an accurate handle on why your last 5 staff left? Without knowing you, I can guess why and suggest some quick remedies, but more on that later. Even if you conduct exit interviews you may not gain complete transparency, as the number one reason for attrition is likely to be you! If you say that people are your most important asset and you have a great product or service then you may benefit from some simple (and some not so simple) suggestions below.

2011 is going to see the arrival of the most significant phenomena to affect the workforce since Henry Ford decided that labour specialisation was the key: the retiring of the baby boomers.

I’m an Aucklander who has to travel into the city everyday for work. As I need a car to attend meetings around our wonderfully connected city I keep a carpark in the central city (I'd rather not btw - its painfully expensive!). This involves driving through numerous streets that have been massaged into allowing our version of mass-transit – The Bus - to have a dedicated space – The Bus Lane. I’m keen to point out early (before you switch off) that I’m not going to whine about this phenomenon – it’s the only solution to our forefathers lack of transport foresight; anyone who is waving the rail flag needs to take us to a city that has made a rail retrofit work. Or shot. For a modern sprawling city its eye-wateringly expensive to install and run and is contained to very small corridors. Stepping off my soap-box my parting comment is that we are destined to co-exist on our roads and it needs to work for all motorised vehicles. Until the oil runs out and we can use them for open-air bowling lanes.

I’ve just returned from a 3 week jaunt in South America – Chile and Argentina. Our base and the core portion of the holiday was spent with our good friends Hamish and Sarah in Santiago (thanks again guys!). Hamish has set up and runs a loyalty business in Chile and as a result is enjoying what all successful people in that part of the world do – having a live-in maid.

I love hi-fi (not those all-in-one music systems, but rather your separate components with chrome feet and massive cables). I have been a big fan of it since I purchased my first system as a university student. I still remember it; a Pioneer A 337 Amplifier and a Philips CD502 CD player. Whilst that system has been phased out (regrettably I traded in the Amp about 15 years later - it was a cracker, I should've kept it!) I have been hooked on buying and trading various components ever since.

As a salesperson it can be extremely difficult to make the time to prospect but it is our most important core activity and vital to our success. Often it is easy to get stuck in a rut and keeping yourself motivated is a big struggle! So get motivated by results – if you’re having success then you’re going to enjoy it right? Try this planned and structured approach – it works, trust me!

Interviews at the best of times can send your nerves into overdrive! We know as sales people, the more knowledge you have about your service or product, the better prepared you are to provide a solution and gain a successful sale. Adopt this approach to interviews and clearly visualise an end result...a positive outcome and a new refreshing & rewarding opportunity!