Moderation and timing needed to save the planet
Terry Sage of Trades Coaching New Zealand, despite risking being placed on a Greenpeace hitlist, points out the downsides to a couple of favoured...
A new year — but is it a new dawn?
By Terry Sage, Trades Coaching New Zealand
“A new year, a new dawn” — I bet it’s some poetic line from a song that made...
Company growth — make sure the whole team is on board
Several of our larger clients have incorporated advisory boards that meet three or four times a year.
These boards are made up of the shareholders,...
Paperwork — don’t hide it in a file!
Welcome to what I hope will be an ongoing feature in Building Today.
Why do I hope it will be ongoing? Well, it’s good for...
Planning might be easier if we knew what was in store in 2021
Here we are — the first article of the year for the first Building Today magazine of 2021. But to say Happy New Year...
Marketing — the how, what, where and who
Marketing — it’s a word that comes up in conversation when a new client comes on board, normally within the first two sentences. Why?...
Awards — make the most of them!
Let’s talk awards this month as this is a topical subject. We have just had the House of the Year awards which I had...
What’s in a name?
There are no penguins in the column this month, the reason being the editor called me before the last magazine went to print and...
Putting up with the ‘brown whiffy stuff’
I’m not one for name dropping or flaunting the circles in which I mix, but I had a personal invitation to the best seats...
The ‘saviours of our industry’ — what will work for them?
By Terry Sage, Trades Coaching New Zealand
They say don’t start a discussion with an apology — it’s neither polite nor good business etiquette.
Sorry, I...