Wade Gillooly, GM of Pitango, believes that entering the New Zealand International Business Awards is an invaluable opportunity, not only to rank business performance and positioning, but equally to critically evaluate and benchmark your business.
“Regardless of whether a business succeeds in these awards or not, I think the most valuable ‘gain’ from this is that the process forces you to formally evaluate your business critically through independent scrutiny. The process has sharpened our focus on what makes the business successful so we can continue to deliver growth,” reports Gillooly.
“We learnt that our business strategy was cohesive and delivering what we set out to achieve. Specifically, our people, our products and processes are and will continue to be critical to our business growth. The business awards validated and gave me a greater appreciation for this point.”
Gillooly also points out that entering the awards benefits the New Zealand business community as a whole, not just the companies who take centre stage on awards night.
“Our commercial successes are vital to our nations wellbeing and should be celebrated equally if not more than our sporting success. Celebrating New Zealand Business success and striving for high performance in the business
community is of vital performance to our economic standing on the world stage”
