If  you’re looking for more flexibility, stepping back into the workforce or wanting to fill time between permanent roles – temping could be the perfect option for you. Here, Intepeople Temp Partners Rosie & Robbie share some of the many benefits to temping. 1. ... Read More →

There is a story about internal conflict we like to tell about a wise, old Cherokee American Indian. There are many versions of this story and they can vary slightly in details, but the moral of the tale is the same. A group of Cherokee children gathered around their grandfather.... Read More →

This may be confronting for some people, but saying “I’m so busy!” is actually another way of saying, “I’m not managing myself”. Language creates our reality, so it’s important to avoid using words like ‘busy’. Here’s another way of looking at time management, self-management and... Read More →

By Intepeople Executive Coach Anna Gibbons The term ‘mindfulness’ can bring up various images for people.  They may see a Buddhist monk, someone practicing yoga, the meditation pose or someone doing deep breathing. Not as many people would think of neuroscientists, researchers... Read More →

Written by Intepeople Executive Coach, Anna Gibbons. “It’s not that someone needs a coach, it’s that everyone deserves one.’’ Coaching is no longer just for under-performers – it’s for the ambitious, those with dreams and goals of thriving to their full potential and being... Read More →

Is your store open on Easter Sunday this year? If your business is a shop and you plan to be open on Easter Sunday, you need to be aware of the amendments to the Shop Trading Hours Act 1990, that were introduced in 2017. If you require your staff to work on Easter Sunday, you are... Read More →

Intepeople HR Partners Melisa Kappely and Marianne Wilkinson completed an intensive training programme in the USA with the Association of Workplace Investigators (AWI) late last year. With this achievement they join a small number of New Zealand HR Professionals and Lawyers as... Read More →

Well here we are again – the beginning of a New Year and at the risk of sounding clichéd, what better time is there for reflections and resolutions. As I was scoffing ham and swigging champagne, I couldn’t help but reflect on the train wreck that was December (well, that may be... Read More →

The Top of the South (namely, Nelson and Marlborough) is currently experiencing an increasingly tight market for finding talented employees. Engaging and motivating them is equally challenging. Quite often we are finding clients who employ talented employees only to find them... Read More →