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Beyond Better Business Edition 3
Welcome to our new monthly report: Beyond Better Business. Issue 3.1 shares the insights of surveyed companies that cited staffing and management among the biggest challenges they face. We’ve also included a free tool to help you create the kind of workplace where people fight to join and to stay.
What is the value of your people? In just a few months, we’ll see a rise in the minimum wage for Kiwi workers from $18.90/hr for adults to $20.00/hr. (Starting out and Training wages for those over 16 years are just $16/hr.) Survey businesses, and you’ll get some contentious results: rising minimum wages put undue pressure on small businesses; it raises the standards of living; it protects and provides, supporting a healthier economy from the bottom up.
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Michael Bradley, CEO, Horizontal Drilling
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Patrick Butterworth, National Manager, Interchurch Council for Hospital Chaplaincy
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Strategic AdvisorDi is a Strategic Advisor & High Performance Leadership Coach with a Sales & Leadership speciality.