Where to after Rio?
As the excitement of the Rio Olympics fades into the background, High Performance Sport New Zealand (HPSNZ) will once again have the unenviable task of trying to work out which sports to fund going forward.
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Continued: Similarities and differences between sport and business
Following on from our previous blog about the difference between business and sport, its time to look at two levers you have to pull if you want to build a high-performance culture.
Assessing our relevance
As 2015 draws to a close, its a good time to assess our relevance. As we know, there are challenges on the horizon – none of which we are entirely immune from.
Black Caps World Cup campaign
Given the one-sided final at the MCG on Sunday, it is only right that Brendan McCullum and his men will delay any talk of the Black Caps campaign until after Australia has relished the experience of once again lifting the Cricket World Cup trophy.
Brazil’s capitulation
Brazils impressive capitulation against Germany in the football World Cup semi-final has once again fuelled the coffers on this extraordinary subject.
Team NZ to challenge 35th America’s Cup
Given the apparent closeness of the previous campaign, it is no surprise thousands of Kiwis were excited to hear Grant Dalton announce Team NZ will challenge the next Americas Cup despite the venue remaining something of a mystery.
Being better
In recent months the conversation about whats fair versus what could or should an organisation expect from its people in terms of performance has once again shifted from an interesting philosophical debate into a point of contention following the...
Effective performance management
The performance of an organisation's workforce, which is critical in todays increasingly competitive market, is largely a consequence of leadership. A key facet of leadership is effective performance management.
Culture as a performance enabler
Organisational Culture can be described as ‘the inherent ideas, beliefs and values held within an organisation.
Optimising workplace performance
Given the state of the global economy, it is little wonder executives around the world are asking their leadership teams to make more headway in terms of improving their workplace performance given its impact on organisational competitiveness and...
Engineering a step-change in performance - Part 2
Last month we examined the Auckland blues. This month we will look at the act of stepping up from a different perspective – being that required by the citizens of challenged EU nations.
Engineering a step-change in performance - Part 1
The act of ‘stepping-up, while frequently used, is poorly understood, hence the reason so few who strive to experience it, ever manage to actually achieve it.
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