Build a Stronger Team: Think We, Not Me “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy said that in 1961, and it still works as a business lesson. If you want to build
Christmas Party Tax: What You Can Claim Christmas party tax catches out more Kiwi businesses than you would think. The rules are simple once you know them, but the details matter. Here is what you can claim, what you can’t, and where the traps sit
Facebook Charging Businesses: Your Next Move Facebook charging businesses for something that used to be free has caught plenty of Kiwi owners off guard. Meta is rolling out a subscription called Meta One. If you post links on your business page, it could cost you.
Employee Retention Strategies Start Before Day One and Don’t End at the Exit Most employee retention strategies focus on the middle of someone’s time with a business: recognition, growth opportunities, feedback. All of that matters, but two of the highest-leverage moments get skipped far more
Tax Avoidance or Tax Evasion? A Real Case Shows the Line A Christchurch company director was sentenced to two years and three months in prison this year. The charges related to nearly $1.4 million of unpaid PAYE and GST. The company had the money in
Block, Silence, Timer: A Two-Minute Routine That Beats Distraction The average person now spends about 47 seconds on a screen before switching to something else, down from two and a half minutes just twenty years ago. Roughly half of all workplace interruptions are self-initiated, meaning
Trust and Remote Work: What Actually Matters One of the most common concerns we hear from business owners is some version of the same question: how can I trust my team if they are not in the office? It is a fair question, but it
The 2026 Tax Bill: What It Means for Your Business The 2026 tax bill was introduced to Parliament on 10 September, and it is the last piece of the puzzle from this year’s Budget still working its way into law. It covers a wide spread
The Flat Team Problem in Growing Businesses Draw your team on a page. If what comes out is a row of people sitting side by side, all reporting to you, all expected to do a bit of everything, that is a flat team structure, and
Digitisation Is a People Issue, Not a Tech One New technology arrives, and the first question most business owners ask is what it means for the business. There is a quieter question worth asking first: what does it mean for the people. Digitisation is a
