On Friday 21 June, 450 guests at Pullman Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and define the solutions. The panel featured Rebecca Thomas, Founder and CEO of Mint Asset Management; Kaye-Maree Dunn, Director of Indigital Blockchain Limited; […]
Ahead of our Journey to Excellence with Mazda on Friday 18 October in Auckland, we spoke with one of our panelists, Debi Boffa, Managing Director of BP New Zealand. Debi started work with BP in 1997 and has held positions in Engineering, Terminals, Retail, Sales & Marketing, Procurement, Strategy and...
Tania Domett is the founding director of Cogo, a research agency with extensive experience in measurement and evaluation. Cogo works with a range of clients from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, delivering insights that organisations find useful and that provide them with clear direction. Cogo has just launched Diversity […]
At near 500 seats, our June 21, Journey to Excellence event has been our largest yet. So far, we have had hundreds of New Zealand corporations, businesses, entities and thousands of individuals take part, but the momentum seems to be growing still. This indicates a couple of things to me. […]
I’d name my autobiography: When in doubt, add more wine. To me success means: Balance. I juggle spending time with my two children, a full-time job, my writing, time with my partner and friends, and working towards my goals for the future. For me, balancing all of the above equals […]
I’d name my autobiography… A Little Rain for a Rainbow. To me success means… being happy and content in life. Being a success without happiness is meaningless. I made my first dollar: Within the first few days of arriving in New Zealand as an immigrant, I helped my dad with […]
I’d name my autobiography… ‘The fine art of telling the truth’ or ‘Beer with me’. Best advice I’ve been given… Prior preparation prevents poor performance. I made my first dollar: Selling strawberries on the side of the road. The money wasn’t good, but the product was delicious! The most rewarding […]
As well as our excellent lineup of speakers who spoke in the panel discussion about their personal experiences, JTE also gave time to two keynote speakers. In this issue of M2woman, we feature the keynote speech given by Sam Stubbs, Managing Director of Simplicity…. I have to say there are […]
On Friday 21 June, nearly 500 guests at Pullman Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and define the solutions. The panel featured Rebecca Thomas, Founder and CEO of Mint Asset Management; Kaye-Maree Dunn, Director of Indigital Blockchain […]
The problem with motoring reviews, particularly those of a written form, is that it is very hard to translate all of the aspects that come together to make a motor vehicle. You can get across the specs, horsepower, weight balance and all of that kind of thing, but that doesn’t […]
To talk about the specifications of a vehicle in years gone by was a fairly straightforward affair. You might talk about weight, horsepower and fuel economy, oh and how it looks. But these days things have become far more technical, as the vehicles that now drive us from A to […]
We go to print with this issue just days after the bombings in Sri Lanka. The death count as of print is 359. According to the Sri Lankan government, the attacks were carried out by Islamic fundamentalists in retaliation for the Christchurch mosque attacks. Regardless of whether this is true […]
Head of strategy at True advertising I’d name my autobiography… Nevertheless, yet she persisted. To me success means… Not compromising my values. Best advice I’ve been given… It’s borrowed, but great advice I live by is “keep turning up”. Resilience is an important trait to have in a world where […]
Lawyer and Co-Founder of Franjo’s Kitchen To me success means… Freedom, flexibility and joy. Best advice I’ve been given… To evaluate your options, make a decision and then commit to it. I made my first dollar: Performing plays in my living room and charging the audience. The most rewarding part […]
Designer, co-founder of brand performance specialist agency Tricky, and owner of jewellery brand Little Darling Co. I’d name my autobiography… Learn as you go. To me success means… When my three kids are happily asleep in bed at the same time! Best advice I’ve been given… The only behaviour you […]
There is no shortage of talk about the need for greater diversity in the C suites of our businesses and the board rooms of our corporations. There are valid arguments as to the benefits that female empathy and perspectives bring to any leadership culture but still, it seems like we […]
2019On Friday 15 February, 300 guests at Cordis Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace and define the solutions. Journey to Excellence bought 300 guests together at Cordis Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss […]
Listen To The Podcast Here Download Fantastic, thanks Vanessa. Look, we are going to widen the discussion throughout the next year into other diversity groups as well, but while we’re on women and boards, Kate, I’m interested in where your interest and empathy for diversity came from, and […]
Listen To The Podcast Here Download On that note everyone I’d like to hear from you just finally before we ask for some take homes and then take some questions from the floor. How can we fix this? We’ve been talking about it. This is my fourth or […]
Listen to the podcast here Download To quote a previous audience member, because we get feedback after each of these things, “More men should be involved in the panels (or a man). I think the days of all women panels are gone and the inclusion and exclusion conversation […]
It’s widely acknowledged these days that a business with decision-making that reflects the community it’s serving, performs better across a number of metrics. Still, many of our sectors and industries have a way to go. Some though, are leading the charge. We talk to Barfoot & Thompson Director, Kiri Barfoot […]
It’s easy to view the world as a constant thing that needs to be molded and whipped into shape occasionally. Whatever needs fixing needs external action and force to fix that thing. Ending slavery in the US involved a whole lot of force. Deciding to give women the right to […]
In October last year, the Pullman was buzzing with excitement and inspiration for the third official Journey to Excellence event. 300 guests arrived to listen to the fantastic panel who talked together on unconscious bias, diversity and change. The panel consisted of premiere footwear designer, Kathryn Wilson, current Director of […]
Belkin has gone to town on its Lightning to USB-A cable with a touch of smart LED action that enables you to view your iPhone’s charge status at a glance. Driven by a custom circuit board with proprietary firmware that communicates with your iPhone battery, courtesy of the smart engineering […]
It’s hard to believe that we are already talking about the close of 2018 but as we go to print with this edition, that is indeed what we are doing. In the day to day hustle and bustle of life, it is often hard to take stock of the shifts […]
Over 300 hundred people joined us for the third installment of the Journey to Excellence forum on the 26th of October in Auckland. Like past events, an incredible panel of New Zealand women shared their professional and personal insights from their careers in business and leadership and their perspectives on […]
While most of us—about 83% of us surveyed—believe we have a diverse population, only two thirds of us believe we have a diverse workforce. While we know about it, we talk about it—some of our panelists today have been working in this space for years—it would seem that we are […]
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A lot can happen in a decade. Ten years ago, I was blissfully living my life firmly entrenched in the DINK category (dual incomes, no kids), with not much of a care in the world if I recall. I now have a three-year-old daughter, which brings an altogether different sort of […]
Having only one woman for every four men in Parliaments globally is a sure sign of how poorly societies are doing at harnessing the potential of a staggering 50 percent of the population. Sadly, this trend of the greater the seniority in leadership, the fewer women, also permeates both the […]
If you can’t see the future, how do you know how to be it?” Indeed. These words of Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of creative and marketing agency, Contagion, Bridget Taylor, convey the urgency and momentum to act in a way that we desperately need for lasting change on the...
Our 3rd Journey to Excellence in pictures…
The Journey To Excellence Forum – Auckland, Friday 15 June This forum delved into the issues and barriers women are facing in the quest for gender diversity in the workplace. We shared insights from a major research piece conducted for M2woman in partnership with Kantar TNS. Check out all...
The Journey To Excellence Forum – Wellington, Friday 8 June 2018 This Journey to Excellence forum we unveiled insights from a major research piece conducted for M2woman in partnership with Kantar TNS. We will ‘deep dive’ into these issues with a remarkable line-up of panellists delivering a fair representation from...
On Friday 15 June 2018 M2woman continued the conversation on gender diversity and pay equity in the workplace. Over 200 invited guests descended upon the Pullman Hotel for an afternoon of conversation and discussion. Here’s the official photographs from the event:
On Friday 8 June 2018, M2woman continued the discussion on gender diversity and equality in the workplace. Over 100 invited guests descended upon Te Papa New Zealand for an afternoon of conversation and discussion. Here’s the official photographs from the event:
This issue, as we have promised, we have continued the conversation of women in the workforce and gender equality at senior levels. In this issue, we focus on the concept of women supporting other women. Many of those we have interviewed on the subject have spoken about that damage that...
Designed and engineered in Germany, but refined Down Under, M2woman Editor test-drives the small car that’s a big deal for one of motoring’s most iconic marques. Coming up to two years of being a new parent, your before-baby identity can take a bit of a beating – of the makeup-less, […]
It has been 125 years since New Zealand gave women the right to vote, and yet many of us still face a battle for fair representation amongst the workplaces, the industries, and the private and public sector companies that drive our economy and our livelihoods. It almost seems like you can’t […]
One hundred and twenty-five years since New Zealand women were given the right to vote, we still seem to be fighting for our voice. Obviously, there is a vast difference in gender equality in the workplace between 1893 and 2018, and we currently have another female PM, which we have...
