The ACE New Zealand Emerging Leader Award, sponsored by Tonkin + Taylor, recognises people who have a passion for leadership in the consulting sector, show a commitment to developing themselves, and demonstrate exceptional leadership qualities in their work and communities. Meet one of our three 2023 finalists, Cameron Chapman.

Major infrastructure projects, historic building restorations and a conservation initiative are among the finalists in the 2023 ACE Awards, which celebrate Aotearoa New Zealand’s best consultants working in the built and natural environments.

The timeframe for employees raising a personal grievance involving allegations of sexual harassment has been extended from 90 days to 12 months. We talk to Humankind Associate Director Nicola Dunn about what this legislation update means and why business leaders need to be across it.  

The timeframe for employees raising a personal grievance involving allegations of sexual harassment has been extended from 90 days to 12 months. We talk to Humankind Associate Director Nicola Dunn about what this legislation update means and why business leaders need to be across it.  

Recently MRCagney became the first ACE member to be B Corp Certified. We asked Managing Director Jenson Varghese how they achieved it and what it means. But first, some background on MRCagney and B Corp certification.

Your number one staff member just quit – do you counter-offer?

Retaining great staff is vital to an organisation’s success. It is essential for a healthy culture, continuity, succession planning, costs, institutional knowledge and ultimately the organisation’s results. A tight labour market and inflation means people are starting to take stock and check if they are first happy in their role, but secondly if they are receiving the remuneration and benefits they feel they deserve. If managers start taking their eye off the ball they could be in the position where some of the best employees start leaving to greener pastures. So what should a manager do if they are surprised when their top staff member quits? The short answer is if you’re surprised then chances are you haven’t been managing your employee relationships as well as you should.
We interviewed Katie Kemp, Principal Consultant, from People&co to tell us how managers should tackle this situation.

Good leadership requires CEOs and senior executives to be responsible for others wellbeing, but who supports the leaders?

We spoke to Francois Barton, the Executive Director of the Business Leaders’ Health and Safety Forum, about the importance of leaders taking care of their own mental wellbeing to be able to lead well and the launch of a new programme which supports this.

Since opening in March this year, the Toki Poutangata Bridge in Westport has become an iconic landmark which links the town centre to the Buller River for the first time in 40 years. It also recently took out one of six gold awards for project excellence at the ACE Awards, representing the pinnacle of industry achievement.

Over the last few years, ACE has been on a journey. We’ve evolved into the modern and relevant association you know today. We’re more visible than ever, we’re in more conversations and at more decision-making tables, and we’re leading and driving innovative action to support the sector.