Capacity and capability
This section looks at ways to grow your business by increasing production or service capacity, or increasing staff productivity and innovation.
Business assessment
Identify your core business capabilities with the NZ Business Assessment tool. Doing this can help identify benchmarks, monitor growth, and pinpoint areas of weakness.
Assess your business's capability
Use our handy tool to identify ways you can improve your business's capabilities.
Regional Business Partners
A network of 14 Regional Business Partners work to support business growth and innovation in their regions and are a natural first point of contact for businesses around New Zealand seeking government assistance.
NZTE Capability Development Vouchers
Small businesses may qualify for vouchers to help pay for services such as training workshops, courses and coaching that build the management capabilities of their owners, operators and key managers.
Getting business advice
Getting good advice is not always easy. Developing a network of business peers and professionals can help you quickly and easily find solutions.
Increase workplace productivity
The Department of Labour offers advice and tools for helping you increase workplace productivity.
Does your small business foster innovation?
Some questions to help you reflect on the 'innovation culture' in your business. Research shows non-innovative business owners have fewer skills in managing projects and people than innovative business owners. How well do you rate?
Goal setting for business success
Goal setting is one of the easiest and most powerful business tools, but is often overlooked. Find out about the importance of goal setting for your businesses.
Training options for owners and employees
Find out about training options available to your business and the institutions and associations that offer them.
