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Interest rates are on the way down, whether they are cut today (as most economists expect) or in the coming months. The question is: Will another rate cut finally help consumers and businesses get out of their funk?


2012 set to be a good year for retail

Author: Kevin Moore on

As we move beyond Australia Day and Auckland Day into the real start of the year in our unique countries, it's worth looking at how the US has traded through its holiday and New Year sales season.


Managing a depressed employee

Author: Eve Ash on

Anxiety and depression are at unprecedented levels in society. But unfortunately, our ability to help these people suffering these conditions isn’t increasing at the same rate.


A good offense is really defense

Author: Michel Hogan on

It's been a tough week and at the end of it I have a whole new view of the role of an online presence. It's defense.


I am sick and tired of my board holding me back!

Author: Aunty B on

Dear Aunty B,

I have just come out of my first board meeting of the year and feel so frustrated!


Gina Rinehart has spent the best part of the last two months desperately trying to keep the details of her bitter family feud out of the public spotlight, filing a series of legal actions designed to get the details of the NSW Supreme Court case suppressed.


I'm sick of the limp, dead fish handshakes

Author: Aunty B on

Dear Aunty B,

I have a problem, which may seem quite trivial, but you handle lots of different "agonies" so I thought I would give this a shot.


The sweaty business of behavioural change

Author: Bri Williams on

Imagine you are watching a focus group. The topic is hygiene and in particular, how your gym can get people to wipe their sweat off the equipment. Low adherence to the policy has been causing complaints and some health issues around the club. The discussion goes as expected, with everyone agreeing they would feel revolted if they unknowingly used a machine that has not been wiped down, and all agreeing that they, of course, always wipe theirs off.


Turning underperformers into sales winners

Author: Sue Barrett on

Underperforming sales people plague sales managers and organisations in every industry sector.


How feminine energy will make you a better negotiator

Author: Dennis Roberts on

When I published a piece titled The Rise of the Feminine many readers were naturally inclined to assume that feminine and women in business were synonymous terms.



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