Leadership Network Member brings baking to the boardroom
Ethan Laby's career as a young chartered accountant speaks to his appreciation for the black and white. However, in-between the comfort of stark figures, he also seeks out the shades of grey.
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Rethinking Leadership Hui: "lightening captured in a bottle"
"There is something so electric about being in a room full of people who share your drive, values, passion, and dedication to better our communities," writes Leadership Network member Jess Chong.
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Network member at home with his multicultural "superpower"
Joshua Peauafi can be seen as an “edge walker”. His dad is from Tonga, his mum from Aotearoa New Zealand, and he grew up in Upper Hutt, navigating the space where those two cultures merge.
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Leadership Network member and CEO breaking glass ceilings
Alexia Hilbertidou was not your average teenager. Imagine the usual trials and tribulations of teenagehood and add to them founding and running a company with skyrocketing popularity.
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New Leadership Network member and proud Westie getting things done
While some may be content to sit on their laurels having completed a master's degree in psychology, new Leadership Network member Seraphine Williams is now three years' deep into a degree in medicine.
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Kobe-born Kiwi connecting creatives in Asia
Born in Kobe, Japan, and raised in Nelson, new Leadership Network member Fenn Anderson has always had strong connections to Asia and now spends a good chunk of the year working in the region.
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Leadership Network Ngopi & Kōrero
Find out about connecting with fellow network members to make new friends, discuss life, leadership and Asia and help strengthen the bonds that make the Leadership Network special.
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Hui weaves Pacific-Asia connections
Leadership Network member Liam Kokaua writes about the network's recent Tāngata Moana Hui, describing the ceremony and protocols that made it a distinctly Pacific occasion.
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Opinion: New Zealand must help advance LGBTQ+ rights in the Asia Pacific
Leadership Network member Vinod Bal reports back from Sydney World Pride 2023’s Human Rights Conference where he heard about the struggles for equality being faced by LGTBQ communities in the Asia.
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Leadership Network: Festival for the Future opportunity
The Foundation is providing the opportunity for Leadership Network members to attend New Zealand's largest youth-focussed event that looks at leadership and innovation for impact.
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Leadership, it's not about being the Big Man
Being a leader is not about being the loudest or most confident person in the room writes Leadership Network member Amarind Eng following the network's Rethinking Leadership Hui.