So What Are the Things That Really Matter in Business in New Zealand Right Now?

Wondering what the most important thing is for New Zealand Businesses to do right now

We identified Seven Things that Really Matter to New Zealand Business Right Now.  Assuming, of course, that you are getting over the Fug, are thinking more about Opportunity rather than Problem, have balanced out the negativity with a dose of positivity, and are ready to plan for a better 2026.  Lets summarise them again (all headings have links to the original Blog now on Think Differently Groups’ NEW Website):

  1. Cash.  In short, manage your cash by forecasting your cashflow, maximise your Revenue, minimise your costs, Be efficient and effective.  Don’t talk about it, do it. figure out the steps and take them. Your future may depend on it!
  2. Leadership.  Remember –“Leadership Effectiveness is THE Primary Contributor to Business Performance.”  No need to say more.  Actions?  Enrol in the Think Differently Group Leadership Programme.  Especially your future Leaders – those people that are showing potential and could be your leaders of tomorrow
  3. Prioritisation.  Have absolute clarity on what your top three priorities are, and your top one of three.  If you don’t know what they are you are swimming against the tide
  4. Focus on Customers.  Elementary you would have thought.  But in these days of Uncertainty, Volatility, Complexity and Ambiguity, we can sometimes forget that our customers are the lifeblood of our business.  Focus on them. Market Share will be your friend when the recovery comes, so take business off your competitors!
  5. Embrace AI. Learn what it can do.  Start small and develop your knowledge.  Its powerful and it’s a game changer.  You ignore it at your peril
  6. Accountability.  Remember the definition: it’s a personal choice to rise above one’s circumstances and demonstrate the ownership necessary for achieving desired results.  It’s a personal choice.  It comes from within us.  If it’s not there already it’s bloody hard to create it!  The right people can be accountable; the wrong people need their futures freed up!
  7. Time Management.  They are not creating any more of it, work smarter not longer andMulti Tasking is a Myth are the takeaways

Having listed all of these Seven things, there is one that is head and shoulders above them all – Your MINDSET (apologies for shouting!)  Only one person is able to control it – you.  Be positive, Focus, Plan, Think, be Curious, Repeat!

Cheers
Phil Pickford