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Ready to make good use of a crisis?

After two and a half years of business disruption thanks to Covid, New Zealand’s SMEs are now facing the twin-impact challenge of surging living costs and inflation spirals (Stats ...

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How to get back into the swing of things: 2022 Update

This time last year we provided some handy hints around how to beat the back-to-work blues. This is an updated article to welcome you in to 2022.

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Taking care of you… and your controllables

It’s a good time to ask yourself what are your controllables in the latest wellbeing blog and opinion piece from Icehouse Coach Kim Hill. This article first appeared on Kim’s ...

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How do you beat imposter syndrome?

Imposter Syndrome. It’s not a phrase we particularly like at The Icehouse. It infers that we lack the skills or the confidence to get something done. Or both. For an owner or CEO, ...

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5 aspects of business resilience (from 5 different viewpoints): Repost

5 aspects of business resilience (from 5 different viewpoints): Repost

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Virtual Leadership: Five Skills

Five-star advice from Frog Recruitment on the ever-changing skills required for effective leadership. Written at the height of Covid, the challenges addressed remain just as ...

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Time to get more efficient. Advice for Owner Managers – Updated

The Icehouse published this article in October 2019, after a new report recognised that 40% of an entrepreneur’s time is spent on non-revenue-related activities (WeWork). So we’ve ...

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How to Create Commercial Value for Your Business: 10 Focus Areas - Updated

Here are ten steps to creating short-term success, long-term growth and building a succession plan for you and your business. This is a repost of a previous blog by Icehouse ...

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Leaders: Are They Born or Made? Updated

This is a repost from a previous blog written by Liz Wotherspoon, Chief Executive of Growth at The Icehouse, was first published in NZBusiness Magazine in 2018 and is as intuitive ...

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Business Coaching Expert Spotlight… David Fleming

David Fleming is the subject of our latest coaching profile. Based in Christchurch, David has more than 30 years’ senior management experience, and has a proven 20-year track ...

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