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Fox Management Solutions Ltd is honoured to have been invited to donate one of their sought-after Leadership Coaching Packages at the Dunedin Women’s Refuge Appeal. This package is worth $1395.00, and we encourage you to bid with generosity and compassion for the benefit of this great cause! We will contact the winner of the Auction […]

Our hand-made Fox print face masks arrived yesterday (thank you to our talented niece Katie!) in time for the COVID 19 resurgence in New Zealand.  A bit of forward planning never goes amiss. Proud to be part of the team of five million   Kia kaha.  

Are people naturally resistant to change?   Leaves are turning orange, days are getting shorter, and the sea temperature has dropped to 12oC at French Farm. Winter has arrived. We continue to swim most days (stormy weather not included) and neighbours question our sanity on a regular basis.   We were working with a client […]

In the Chinese language, the word for “crisis” (wēijī) is composed of two characters, one representing danger and the other, opportunity. The original meaning of wēijī is “danger at the point of juncture.”  The Western re-interpretation of “danger plus opportunity” is now widely accepted in business, politics, and popular culture ¹. One of our valued clients […]

Preserving excess fruits and vegetables during plentiful times, to enjoy later, is akin to identifying and capturing successful behaviours for future benefits in organisations. We were gifted a huge box of lemons by a wonderful neighbour just before lockdown. It far exceeded our daily needs for lemon slices and if they weren’t going to be […]

Walking has replaced our daily swim or kayak over the last few weeks, helping us on our campaign to keep healthy and happy during lockdown. Last nights walk took us along French Farm harbour and we were treated to a glorious sunset with the fading evening sunlight on the hills above Akaroa and stunning reflections […]

We were speaking with a client a few days ago about COVID-19 and his business. Without giving away too many details (to protect client confidentiality we’ll call him “Paul”), he is a senior manager in an essential service business and has several hundred people in his care, consisting of middle and branch managers and frontline […]