Jolie Hodson's best career moves have come from a leap of faith into the unknown.

Households and most businesses face higher power and fuel bills under proposed changes to the emissions trading scheme.

I'm delighted with the comments coaching clients make after they start applying more focus in their daily time management choices, Robyn writes.

Annabel Langbein's plans to further develop the Dublin Bay property she owns with husband Ted Hewetson have been put on hold.

Graham McGregor talks ways to get good leads for your website.

Low interest rates give you a sweet opportunity to pay down debt and get ahead.

Liam Dann asks, when do we reach peak cranes? At what point do the silhouettes on the skyline become an ominous warning of an impending economic crash rather than a sign of economic confidence?

COMMENT: House prices are rising 10 times as fast as incomes - what is wrong with that picture, asks Brian Fallow.

$90 million Hobsonville development plan abandoned partly due to big housing crisis.

Kathmandu hasn't been the only company courting shareholder discontent with questionable pay proposals.

Juha Saarinen talks Hager, Whale Oil, Dirty Politics, Rawshark, and what the police didn't do.

Robyn Pearce talks keys to effective delegation.

Facebook needs to look hard at Safety Check before using it in disasters, writes Juha Saarinen. A very good friend of mine was informed via Facebook that her friends in Paris were safe. Not just once, but through five separate notifications.

Today's marketing tip is on how to create a brand new revenue stream for your business in November.

Not only do you get handsomely paid for doing your job, even if you don't do it particularly well, very often you also get paid for leaving your job.

COMMENT: It is never comfortable to make the leap from real human tragedy to assessing economic and financial fallout, writes Liam Dann.

KiwiSaver rules only allow you to be with one provider at a time. If you are not happy with your provider, you can switch at any time.

In 1992 banks and borrowers were as risk-averse, writes Bernard Hickey. Fast forward to 2015 and the mathematics are on another planet.

Government has made it clear there is a limit to how much Auckland taxpayers will pay.

One of the main differences between Auckland and the three major East Coast Australian cities is the huge number of apartments.

A more cheerful picture of productivity growth than the official statistics give us emerges from new research into what has been happening at the level of individual firms.

The Mt Wellington movie pirating operation shut down by Hollywood studios was run by a New Zealand representative sportsman.

Robyn Pearce talks about the effects of being too available. "Many go home every night frustrated by the myriad interruptions that block them from attending to their real work."

If Andrew Little was hoping to craft a new Labour playbook, last weekend's sop to the party faithful at their annual conference was remarkably effete, writes Fran O'Sullivan.

Department store John Lewis has created another much-talked about Christmas advertisement and rings in the upcoming retail season.

There are some fundamental issues with investing in ethical funds which retail investors should be aware of.

If you've been in business for a while you soon realise that there are a lot of different marketing strategies for promoting your products and services.