Executive

Tribe Executive has partnered with EY New Zealand on the appointment of Marc Schmid as NZ Director Government & Market Development, based in Wellington, strengthening the firm's presence and client relationships across the region.

Head Start proposals are in and Ministers are making in-principle decisions. The business cases behind those proposals lean on scale, efficiency and removing duplication. The workforce reality is more complicated. In this article, David Hammond looks at where reductions actually occur, why the savings arrive later and smaller than most business cases assume, and why leadership selection is the transition risk councils are least prepared for.

Last year David Hammond argued that commissioning would push NZ's for-purpose organisations towards consolidation, and that the conditions for mergers were already here. New data this year lets me test that. Most of it holds up, and the evidence behind it is now much better. One part of it was wrong, and David Hammond discusses that here.

Tribe Executive Managing Partners James Brooke and Jenny Jones recently hosted an industry Roundtable with Chief People Officers from some of New Zealand's most prominent employers, including banking, retail, telco, insurance, technology, logistics and FMCG. The Roundtable was Chaired by Juliet Tainui-Hernandez with Matt Bain, and there were some thought provoking outtakes.

We talk to Tau Mai co-founder Russell Spratt on why engaging with Te Ao Māori is a genuine business opportunity for New Zealand organisations, not a box-ticking exercise.

Ten years ago, if you raised "culture" as a driver of EBIT in a boardroom, Tribe Group co-founder Jenny Jones says you'd get laughed out of the room.

Rip up the job description. Start again.

That's the challenge James Brooke, co-founder of Tribe Group, puts to every board and hiring manager he works with.