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'Zombie firms' complacent about disruption: Suncorp New Zealand Business Success Index
19/06/2018
Results of the second Suncorp New Zealand Business Success Index reveal that despite an overall increase in business confidence, companies are not prepared for the impact of disruption.
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Employee experience is more than just hiring the best people
23/01/2018
Samantha Gadd, the successful business owner of Humankind, talks about the important elements for attracting great employees.
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How automation will enhance the importance of human capital
20/11/2017
Samantha Gadd, one of our From Risk to Reward panellists in Auckland and the successful business owner of Humankind, talks about how automation will impact human capital.
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Are we confident enough?
09/11/2017
Suncorp New Zealand’s research earlier this year showed that 25% of respondents think New Zealand businesses lack ambition. Do you agree?
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Hiring or training: How do you find the right people?
02/11/2017
In our research, having people with the right skill set was identified by 87% of businesses as a key factor that supports or hinders business success – the highest response on any factor. But is it better to ‘buy’ skill, or to make it?
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Mixing urgency with good decision making
17/10/2017
Making good decisions fast is often critical for business success, but many business owners are worried that speed hinders their ability to make good choices.
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Is New Zealand really that risk-averse?
09/10/2017
Suncorp New Zealand’s recent research implied that New Zealanders aren’t keen to take on risks – but I respectfully disagree.
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Is our 'Number 8 Wire' mentality holding New Zealand back?
02/10/2017
We pride ourselves on an innovative, 'Number 8 Wire' mentality. But if 58% of businesses believe that we’ll lose that culture through growth, could the idea that growth stifles innovation be holding our SMEs back?
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What motivates New Zealanders: success - or passion?
18/09/2017
78% of NZ businesses value work life balance more than growth – but what’s really motivating us?
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Suncorp New Zealand research shows Christchurch businesses lead New Zealand's attitude to risk
11/09/2017
A Suncorp New Zealand survey has revealed that Christchurch businesses are more confident about taking risks than the rest of the country.
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Enabling growth through company culture
05/09/2017
Nearly half of our survey respondents believed that it’s hard for larger businesses to retain company culture. How can we build business cultures that will thrive through growth?
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Suncorp New Zealand talks to Wellington businesses about the impact of human capital on success
31/08/2017
A survey of New Zealand businesses commissioned by Suncorp New Zealand has revealed that their view of success is not defined by growth - challenging the theory that bigger is best.
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Business growth: The sum of its parts
28/08/2017
We can break down terms like growth to get a better understanding of where we are succeeding, and what we might need to do as businesses to achieve our goals.
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Taking and mitigating business risk
16/08/2017
Our research showed that New Zealand businesses don’t feel confident making good risk decisions – but our panel doesn’t agree. Watch the video
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Is access to people or funding holding NZ back?
08/08/2017
The Suncorp Business Success Index showed that access to people and funding are two of the top four factors for business success – we asked our panel what they thought. Watch the video
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How important is growth?
31/07/2017
Over one third of New Zealand businesses said that they have no ambition for growth – we asked our panel how important they thought growth ambition was for business success. Watch the video
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How do you balance work and play?
21/07/2017
78% of New Zealanders say they think that work-life balance is as important as growing their business. We asked our panel how they balance work-life and play.
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Kiwi businesses want to work smarter, not harder
17/07/2017
We commissioned UMR Research to produce From Risk to Reward: The Business Perspective, and the results told us some interesting things about the way New Zealanders want to do business.
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Does business growth stifle innovation?
12/07/2017
See what our panel thinks about innovation and whether business growth helps or hinders our Kiwi ingenuity.
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The Business Success Index explained
10/07/2017
When Suncorp New Zealand launched its ‘From Risk to Reward’ research in June 2017, a key output from the research was the inaugural Business Success Index.
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Suncorp New Zealand launches inaugural Business Success Index
01/07/2017
A survey of New Zealand businesses commissioned by Suncorp New Zealand has revealed that their view of success is not defined by growth - challenging the theory that bigger is best.
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