Staffing
Let’s celebrate our farm teams
Farmers have an incredibly important and rewarding role to play supporting New Zealand, Jane Muir writes.
Automation and flexibility may be key to future
Changing the job is likely to be an important factor in attracting and retaining staff, Anne Lee writes.
Our shrinking pool of people
New Zealand’s workforce is shrinking - and there’s no way that will change, a leading economists says. Anne Lee reports.
Investment saves all round
Safer and less physical workplaces have the potential to attract and retain staff. By Karen Trebilcock.
Redundancy is the target
Hayden and Alecia Lawrence have just spent two weeks on holiday in Australia in the middle of autumn calving leaving their herd manager to handle multiple autumn and spring mobs. The capacity to enjoy such freedom has come from making key investments, from an expensive farm dairy to using the free management tool Trello. Sheryl Haitana reports.
How to get, and keep your staff
You’re not employing yourself when you’re looking to attract and then retain staff. Anne Lee.
Learn by looking over the fence
Creating the right culture in a business where people live and work together is imperative, Anne Lee reports.
Uncovering the hidden potential
Through personal interactions we can uncover the hidden potential within each member of your team. By Shireen Chua.