Retreat Six of The NZ Leadership Programme was “a timely reminder to wake up, take note, get uncomfortable and lead by example,” writes GRAHAM BODMAN.
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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.
How Brave Do I Want To Be?
In this year of Daring Leadership the call is becoming clearer and louder, to act, to change the status quo and to create a better future for those that follow us.
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Beyond Politeness
I want to live in a society that is courteous and polite. But I want something more than that. You see a polite society can still be a cold society. And we need more warmth, more kindness, and more (dare I say it) love,” states MATTHEW GAN.
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How might we create a more civil society?
“We need conversation about our current realities of inclusion and exclusion, acknowledging our past, and looking to our future. What will it take for us, for me, to dare to explore this,” ponders GINA WILLIAMSON.
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Doing Difference Differently - are we ready?
“Leaders as Healers repurposes existing euro-centric knowledge and demands a re-alignment. It questions purpose and meaning in a life lived according to a linear clock, one that is dictated by needs that are increasingly becoming irrelevant in the face of a world keening at the unfolding tragedy across the land,” shares DIONE JOSEPH.
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Our Country at a Crossroads
“I am cognizant that my workplace and my country are at a crossroads where great care, acts of kindness and bravery are required to create and restore the safe space where all can flourish,” says ROSE FENTON.
Read MoreEndless Tears
“Ultimately, the pre-planned session was forgotten….We wrapped our arms around each other as the rest of the cohort wrapped around us in a circle and sang to our pain. Tears ran down my eyes. I was not the only one,” reflects VICTOR RODGER.
Read MoreInvisible Spaces
“ I was changing. I had a challenging situation at work: I used what I’d learned. I took on a project with a new confidence. I saw the world in ways I had never seen before.“
Read MoreDare Greatly
"Here’s to pulling this year towards ourselves – to stretch, grow and really know what it is to 'Dare Greatly' in our call to leadership."
Read MoreDeep and Awakened Dive on Waiheke
Session Seven was an opportunity to tap into my soul, spirit and the child. I feel what it would be like to heal old wounds and reconnect with my inner essence.
Read MoreLike a skilled woven piece of harakeke - Session 6
Our sixth retreat beckons us to a familiar gathering, one of friendship, of learning, of challenge, of the inevitable chance/choice to self-grow, self-explore and self-love.
Read MoreOur Outer and Inner Environment - Session 6
When we first got together as a group in February, I was struck by what an impressive, confident and high-achieving group of people it is. What I didn’t fully appreciate then, but do now, is the extent to which the 2018 cohort reflects the diverse society we live in.
Read MoreSustainability and the Economy - Session 5
We have now reached the point in our Leadership NZ journey, that when the group meet, it’s like connecting with old friends. The 2018 cohort met enthusiastically at the idyllic Caccia Birch House in Palmerston North in anticipation of what lay ahead. Although a little chilly, the sun was to shine on us physically and mentally throughout the next two days.
Read MoreThe Future of Work, A Reflection on Session Four of the NZLP
Thursday 24th May dawned. The start of Session Four - crisp, but not too cold. Entered the NZTE Majestic Centre Building, pushed level 15 in the lift. Doors opened and we were greeted with a magnificent view of the Wellington vista and then the warmth of the 2018 NZ Leadership Programme cohort.
Read MoreComing Home - A Reflection on Session Two
Anticipation. Looking forward. Reflection on where we are. Andrea Brewster shares her thoughts after the second session of The New Zealand Leadership Programme.
Read MoreThe Journey - Framing and Tooling Up
Leadership is not an easy thing to define. So you would expect that would be the place to start for a leadership programme that runs as eight retreats over the course of a year. Find out if Eoghan Walsh got his watertight definition of leadership from our first session.
Read MoreThe Journey - Framing and Tooling Up
Somewhere on day one, Anya arrived at the gentle realisation that this year won’t be characterised by asteroid strikes and underpants on the outside. Leadership here won’t talk loudly of itself, for its own sake.
Read MoreSustaining Our Wellbeing and Values
The journey to Te Waipounamu was always going to be a special one for Sue Quirk - it is her heartland. And being able to share her story while on this land made it even more special.
Read MoreGovernance and Forces That Shape Our Thinking
The Wellington-based session left Dylan, Area Manager for Kiwibank, wondering: is my leadership about remembering my lines or is it about how my team perceive the actions I take?
Read MoreGovernance and Forces That Shape Our Thinking
Session Four in Wellington was a chance for Helen to reconnect, catch up and continue on her leadership journey. The theme of provocative speakers continued with Christian Penny and Wayne Norrie raising questions for Helen.
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