New Zealand's lack of 'firms of endearment'

The average New Zealand company would barely rate a pass mark when compared against global norms for behavioural outcomes and the level of workplace effectiveness.

Fiona Rotherham
Fri, 13 Oct 2017

The US authors of the book Firms of Endearment coined that title to describe companies fueled by passion and purpose, not cash.

The book featured 22 public firms, 29 private firms, and 15 non-US “firms of endearment” the authors claimed were earning large profits by helping all their

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