“In line with Leadership NZ’s vision to scale up our leadership movement in Aotearoa, we chose Transforming Leadership as the theme for 2020, “ shares SINA WENDT, Chief Executive, Leadership NZ.
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We hold events for our alumni, friends, and the general public for people to connect with the important conversations in leadership.
Subject matter experts and prominent New Zealand leaders share their knowledge and engage with the audience, sparking new ideas and innovation as minds from different backgrounds converge and focus their energy on a salient issue or theme.
Alumni Journeys - Matalena Leaupepe
“The tools of deep listening and presence have helped me stay grounded during challenging times,” opines Alum 2018 of The NZ Leadership Programme, MATALENA LEAUPEPE
Read MoreAlumni Journeys - Richard Llewellyn
“To lead and drive change takes courage. It won’t always be popular, but if you believe it’s the right thing to do, do it. So be courageous,” shares RICHARD LLEWELLYN, Head of External Affairs at Vodafone Aotearoa and Alum 2011 of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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2020 Scholarship recipients (clockwise from top left): Kaaterina Kerekere, Gail Richards, Amiria Puia-Taylor, Moefiainu Daisy Lavea-Timo (The NZ Leadership Programme), Grace Iwashita-Taylor and Numangatini Mackenzie (he Mana Moana Experience)
Leadership NZ x Creative New Zealand Māori and Pasifika Scholarships
Leadership New Zealand and Creative New Zealand are offering six full scholarships for artists to participate in The New Zealand Leadership Programme 2021 and The Mana Moana Experience 2021.
Read MoreStarting my Green Leadership Journey
“I knew Retreat Seven: Our Environmental Crisis of The NZ Leadership Programme was going to be extra challenging and confronting. But, I arrived open to growing a new way of thinking and being,” shares LISA LOPETI.
Read MoreCreating Bold and Brave Leaders
“Having leaders who are able to lead from the head and the heart to fully harness the talent and diversity of our workforce in MBIE means we are able to build an inclusive future and embrace the differences of others,” reflects CAROLYN TREMAIN, Chief Executive at Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), on her organisation’s commitment to delivering leadership excellence through its relationship with Leadership NZ and its Signature Programmes.
Read MoreEmbracing Diversity of Thought
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) is committed to delivering leadership excellence through its relationship with Leadership NZ and its Signature Programmes. Head of Transformation at NZTE and Alumnus (2006) of The NZ Leadership Programme, PETER FENTON, shares his organisation’s compelling story.
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Alumni Journeys - Nora Swann
My vaka hasn’t stopped since The Mana Moana Experience, if anything it has sped up!
Read MoreAlumni Journeys - Tama Potaka
How are our Alumni leading with what's needed for Aotearoa to thrive in the 21st Century? We sat down with TAMA POTAKA (Alumnus 2009) to track his journey and unlock the ways his leadership mahi is making a difference in Aotearoa since graduating from The NZ Leadership Programme (NZLP).
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2020: Spotlight on Transforming Leadership
“Exercising leadership in a transforming world is deeply challenging. We need to hold to purpose. Yet as individuals we usually can’t do this alone: we need to influence others to adapt to the transformation, we need to influence others to lead the transformation too,” opines Leadership NZ Associate, RICHARD DENT.
Read MoreStanding Intently In My Truth
“Every day I wake up with the intent of Makawalu: to stand boldly in my every facet and to harness the power of my vulnerability - not only to see but to deeply feel. Born of alofa into a place of va, I welcome you home again,” reflects FLEUR RABANAL on Retreat 3: Va Hala of The Mana Moana Experience.
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Ngā Kano (In Colour)
What does it mean to be a leader through this unsettling time? What perspectives are missing from our conversations? How can creativity help our communities? Some of the relevant and real questions swirling around DAMIAN VAUGHAN’s mind and heart following Retreat 4: Governance & Global Issues of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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EXCLUSIVELY FOR LEADERSHIP NZ ALUMNI + GRADUATES OF CIRCLES OF SUPPORT (STAGE 1)
Exploring the Self and System
In our MASTERCLASS SERIES, LOUISE MARRA will work with your imagination, cellular structure, intention, beliefs and self-limitations. The four sessions will look into aspects of the self and system, what needs to grow, what needs to dissolve and what we need to wake up to in our times.
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Journeying with the Known and Unknown
“The Programme challenges me to listen to others’ diverse views and be guided by art rather than facts or science. Through all this is Louise Marra, the provocateur who presents us with the opportunity to face the known and unknown,” shares JAMES TREADWELL from Retreat Four: Governance and Global Issues of The NZ Leadership Programme.
Read MoreStorm Birds
“The storm birds are flying in, but I am awakened to the point of no return, and am compelled to act, even if it means leaving my comfort zone and walking into storms,” shares ROBERT LUISI on Retreat Two: Va Fonua, Fanua, Fenua, ‘Enua, Whenua of The Mana Moana Experience.
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Seeing the Light
“Perhaps as a society we have done what many of us have for some time – ignored our humanity because we made it too hard, or ourselves too busy to fit it in,” shares NIKKI LAWSON following Retreat Three: A Civil Society of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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White board reflections developed during Retreat Two: VA FENUA
Past, Present and Future
“When looking to the future, we must be strategic and strengths-based. Seeds of leadership and seeds that are planted in the enua require nurturing, akono, manaaki (caring) and protection to grow and flourish,” reflects ROBBIE ATATOA on Retreat Two: VA FENUA of The Mana Moana Experience.
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Exploring People, Power and Privilege
“Don’t die a potato”: a curious admission (and more) from GRANT TAYLOR as he reflects on Retreat Three of The NZ Leadership Programme, delivered across two days on Zoom.
Read MoreHealing collectively to build a new world
“What is our true leadership in this time of COVID-19? How do we reach into ourselves to find our essential place, presence and connection to the whole? There is such an evolutionary opportunity to reset ourselves and create a a new world that emerges from a place of connection - TOGETHER,” urges LOUISE MARRA.
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Unfurling the koru of leadership
“I don’t see growth as having a start or end…It’s like a continuous process of reflection, refraction and diffraction. All these changes in direction, in movement, in feelings can be quite overwhelming,” shares KAATERINA KEREKERE on Retreat One of The NZ Leadership Programme.
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