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Welcome
Talofa Lava, Tena Koe
Every year at Leadership New Zealand, we adopt a theme to guide our leadership work – to help us centre, and focus everything we do. In 2013 our guiding theme was Disruptive Leadership, in 2014 we celebrated Creative Leadership, in 2015, last year we embraced Fearless Leadership (we felt the fear and did it anyway!).
Our theme for 2016 is “Mindful Leadership” - on looking at how we want to “be present in the world”.
Mindfulness has been described by Jon Kabat-Zinn as “the awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment.” (Jon Kabat-Zinn, 2015)
We are interested in exploring how we stay mindful while achieving great things in life, in leadership? How do we stay present, when every moment of our day is consumed with ‘stuff’ to do, the busyness of life? How do we ensure we are mindful and that we treat others with profound levels of respect and compassion while needing to get traction, move things forward, create change?
How do we stay in touch with our greater purpose in life while achieving societal gains of success and fortune? We think that in this complex world, to balance our head and heart in leadership we need to be mindful first - putting our state of mind ahead of action. We believe that how we ARE is primary and what we DO is secondary. At the core of authentic, meaningful, impactful leadership is mindfulness.
Read more of my thoughts on the Mindful Revolution that is going on across the globe.
And please do stay connected with us - we appreciate getting your ideas, feedback, and for those of you online, you can find us on LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
Nga mihi nui
Sina
Sina Wendt-Moore
Chief Executive
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Ngaroimata Reid, Alumnus 2007
Congratulations to Ngaroimata Reid, a 2007 Alumnus, who recently completed the New York marathon. We love to see our alumni out there crushing their goals!
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2016 Programme Participants
In February we began our 2016 Leadership Programme, with an incredible group of diverse leaders from across New Zealand. Meet them here.
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Welcome to our new cohort
– by Nick Astwick, Deputy Chair, Leadership NZ
Nick, Chief Operating Officer at Kiwibank and 2010 Alumni, joined us on the opening morning of the first session of the Programme to welcome the 2016 participants.
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2016 Programme Launch Function
– hosted by KPMG
At the end of the first day of the Programme, we welcomed the 2016 Participants to the Leadership NZ whanau.
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My Journey
– by Vicky Taylor, General Manager, Smartfoods
Vicky Taylor participated in the inaugural Leadership NZ Programme in 2005. She joined us at the 2016 Programme Launch to share some of her leadership journey since then.
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Sir Peter Blake Dream Team
– Inspiring young New Zealanders to #believeyoucan
Do you remember how great it felt to be encouraged and inspired when you were young? We want to help kids feel excitement for their future. New Zealand needs future leaders with big dreams and the confidence to make them happen. You're invited to join the Sir Peter Blake Trust Dream Team to help inspire thousands of Kiwi kids.
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2017 Programme Applications
– Early bird gets the worm!
Applications for our 2017 Programme will be opening in April and we would love for you to join us. You can find more details about the Programme on our website.
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Leadership NZ is proud to be supporting the NZ CEO Summit 2016.
Join with 200+ CEOs, GMs, MDs and Country Managers as we take a lens on current and future challenges transforming leadership in New Zealand. Leadership NZ and Conferenz are kindly offering a discount for all Leadership NZ Alumni and not for profit / public sector leaders to attend the Summit.
To take advantage of the discounts being offered, be sure to use the following codes when registering for the event:
- Leadership NZ Alumni: use code MSCWK8 to register for just $895 +GST
- Not for profit / public sector: use code MHOF4K to register for just $995 +GST
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Reflection - Session One
– by Mini Prasad, Business Development and Social Enterprise Strategist at ConnectSR
Mini Prasad, from the 2016 cohort, shares her thoughts on the first session, focused on The Journey - Tools, Inspiration and Connection.
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Stephen Henry, Alumnus 2008
– General Manager, Services, New Zealand Racing Board
"Stay authentic - don't be afraid to try something different nor to express your opinion or perspective because everyone has his or her value to add."
Read more in our 2015 Yearbook
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Gillian Dudgeon, Alumnus 2008
– General Manager, Shared Services, Earthquake Commission
"There are some very challenging days, but Leadership NZ supported me to increase my resilience which really is a core competency for working at EQC."
Read more in our 2015 Yearbook
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Part of our ethos is that Alumni make a commitment to 'pay it forward'. This can be done in many ways which include speaking at, hosting and sponsoring Leadership NZ sessions and events, financial donations, being a member of ARG, volunteering for SkillsBank projects, being a Trustee, providing voluntary support to Leadership NZ etc. We wish to acknowledge and thank the Alumni who have generously supported Leadership NZ across all these activities during the period 1 Oct 2015 – 28 Feb 2016.
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