Kickstart is an interactive and highly practical leadership development programme for those who are beginning to lead others. The March 2024 program...
Tea & Toast: Coaching and mentoring: different approaches
Hilary Bryan
23 November 2023
Let's work through different approaches to coaching - there are many. Whether you're an experienced coach or a novice, you'll take away some new way...
Our workplaces haven't been set up with our brains in mind. In fact, if you wanted to design an environment that was counterintuitive to how our bra...
For many of us the New Year means new habits...or at least -- we tell ourselves that we'll develop new habits and then fail. How can we build atomic...
We don't know how lucky we are - worldwide corruption isn't improving
Hilary Bryan
8 November 2023
In New Zealand, we often don't appreciate how lucky we are to live with so little corruption. Many countries aren't so fortunate - where does New Ze...
We follow the work of The Resilience Institute and refer to its ideas in our workshops. Its latest research on mental health is a good reminder of s...
Let's look at the conversations we need to have. We'll look into preparing yourself and saying what you need to say. Then it's about tuning into the...
Three leadership lessons from participants this year
Hilary Bryan
4 December 2023
One of the great things about leadership programmes is how participants share information and their leadership practices. Here are three practices I...
We all want to influence others. But there's not just one way to do this successfully. Join us as we bring together recent research, ancient wisdom,...
How can we work and collaborate better? Kristen takes a look at what neuroscience has to say about it. This is our first in-person Tea & Toast since...
Tea & Toast: What's the fuss about local government?
Hilary Bryan
27 July 2023
Water, review of the whole sector and reform of the Resource Management Act. All three are big. So, it's time to get to grips with the sector - what...