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.
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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.
Fenua - Mana Moana Session Three
“In a sense, we have continuously negotiated who we are with Pakeha and other cultures in order to fit in, to be accepted, to feel a sense of belonging and worth.” Christina from Salvation Army shares her reflection on our Mana Moana Experience.
Read MoreFenua - Mana Moana Session Three
“E kore au e ngaro, he kākano i ruia mai i Rangiātea. I will never be lost, for I am a seed sown in Rangiātea.”
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 MoreeNewsletter March 2018
Our CEO, Sina Moore, shares her thoughts on the 2018 theme, Awakened Leadership in the Future of Work and more.
Read MoreNZ CEO Summit
Conferenz and Leadership New Zealand invite you to join 200+ CEOs, GMs, MDs and Country Managers for the annual NZ CEO Summit.
Read MoreMoana - Mana Moana Session Two
Therese shares a poem, reflecting on Session Two of Mana Moana, centred on the theme of Moana. Read more here.
Read MoreBehind Me Lay My Future
Iani reflects on his journey so far and looks out to see the interplay of the past and the future, the ancestors and his path.
Read MoreA Word From the CEO - Awakened Leadership in the Future of Work
This year we have chosen the theme – “Awakened Leadership, in the future of work”.
We live in a world fraught with complexity, volatility and rapid change, and as leaders, it can be a huge challenge to keep up with innovation and technology developments and predict what is required moving into an unknown future. In particular, we are curious about how we prepare ourselves, our people, and our organisations to adapt and respond, or indeed drive the change.
So, Awakened Leadership... what does that mean?
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 MoreA Word from the CEO
Our CEO, Sina Wendt, shares her thoughts on our year of Integrative Leadership.
Read MoreeNewsletter December 2017
I wonder as you come to the close-out of 2017, how has your integrative year of leadership been? Have you been able to use integrative leadership to more skillfully navigate the polarities, ambiguity and tensions of wicked problems in your team, organisation, or sector? Read all this and more in our newsletter »
Read MoreLe Tofā Taofiofi: The Wisdom of Restraint
Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, Chairman of the ‘E Leai se Gaumata’u na o le Gaualofa Trust’ gave the keynote address for the Launch of the Mana Moana Experience.
Read MoreJeanette Burns - Alumna 2007
Jeanette is a person of paradox, a great example of integrative leadership. She is a petite woman with soft blue eyes and a warm smiling presence, but you know she has to have a hard edge as well to have built such a successful career within New Zealand’s Department of Corrections management system.
Read MoreRewi Spraggon - Alumnus 2005
“Every now and then your waka needs an alignment – just like a car.” Just like New Zealand at the moment.
Read MoreTom Dibley - Alumnus 2014
It was 2014, the year of Disruptive Leadership. However, Tom comes across as anything but disruptive. At least in any literal sense of the word. In fact, Tom creates an indelible impression of being far more influenced by the more recent Leadership NZ themes of mindful and integrative leadership. He is humble, reflective, self-effacing and there is an authenticity in the way that he views and discusses leadership and his own journey. Regardless, it is clear that Leadership NZ has left its mark on him.
Read MoreDr Selina Tusitala Marsh - Alumna 2010
Gandhi was boarding a train one day in India when a journalist asked him, ‘Gandhi, what is your message to the world?’ Gandhi looked at the journalist and simply said ‘My life. My life is my message.’ Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh is following the same tenet. Her life is her message. And her life is poetry.
Read MoreAlumni Acknowledgements, November 2017
Adam Bevins; Adrian Wimmers; Anahila Kanongata'a-Suisuiki; Andrew Sharpe; Angela Parquist; Astrid Anderson; Cheryl Bowie; Chris Morgan; Christian Penny; Claire McQuilken; Damon Birchfield; Darren Lee; Darrin Brinsden; David Hall; David Udy; Dr Chellie Spiller; Dr Karlo Mila; Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh; Eddy Royal; Fenella Gray; George Riley; Hayley Shields; Hilary Sumpter; Imogen Parry; James Wilson; Jamie Munro; Jane Carruthers; Jennie Vickers; John Skurr; Jonathan Hulme; Josephine Bartley; Josie Ogden-Schroeder; Julia Hartshorne; Justin Maddox; Karyn McLeod; Kaye-Maree Dunn; Kelly Bewley; Kimberly Rees; Lisa Paraku; Manu Keung; Mary Camp; Megan Hurnard; Megan Tyler; Mini Prasad; Michael Berry; Mina Mathieson; Murray Hickman; Neville Pulman; Nick Astwick; Nicola Brehaut; Olive Brown; Pania Schwenke; Pauline Hanna; Penny Hulse; Peter Fenton; Quentin McCarthy; Rebecca Sinclair; Rob Kerr; Sanjoy Nand; Sarah Graham; Shaun Greaves; Tara Pradhan; Teresa Tepania Ashton; Tom Dibley; Tracy Moyes; Tui Ah Loo.
Read MoreGraduands Speech
2017 Graduand Anjum Rahman shares her reflection of her year on the Leadership NZ Programme.
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