
Friday 15 February 2019 Forum Gallery
Friday 15 February, 2019
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The Panelists
Vanessa Sorenson
Enterprise Director at Microsoft
Vanessa has more than two decades’ experience in the New Zealand tech sector. She j...

Journey To Excellence – The Full Panel Discussion Part 2
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 togethe...

Destination Diversity
Just because we can see the destination… doesn’t mean we’re there yet.
In October last year, M2woman hosted the latest in their continuing series of forums about gender diversity and pay equity in the...

Diversity In Business Starts With Diversity In University
Businesses are becoming increasingly aware of the repercussions that under-representation of ethnic minorities have in the workplace. To achieve an ideal business environment, businesses need to work ...

The Future Of Diversity
We asked Dame Alison Paterson, a woman with a business career spanning over 50 years who was recently honoured for her stellar governance career, to tell us about her views on leadership, and the futu...

Journey to Excellence October 2018 Summary
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 the...

Our Panelists for JTE October 2018
KIRI BARFOOT
Kiri joined Barfoot & Thompson in 1991 in the Accounts department whilst studying for a commerce degree. She represents the third generation of the Barfoot family within the company. ...

The Full Panel Discussion, Bringing Equality to the NZ Workplace
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 panelist...

Diversity In The Workplace
American author, political activist and lecturer, Helen Keller once said: “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision”. To have vision for any country in this ever-changing wo...

Auckland – 26 October Forum
This forum continued the conversation on all forms of diversity in the workplace, and how we can tackle them in our own workplace.
Check out all the photos from the event here
“By sending selec...

Yes She Can – Women & Leadership
From a powerful selection of speeches from a life of leadership, Helen Clark shares with us this still relevant TEDx talk from 2013.
AOTEA CENTRE, AUCKLAND – 3 AUGUST 2013
TED is anon-profit org...

Preserving The Power Of Speech
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 ...

Deconstructing The Divide: Why Diversity Matters
With a population comprising of more than 200 ethnic groups, New Zealand now has more ethnicities than the world has countries. These figures, which were released by Statistics NZ in 2013, are ...

What Does Gender Diversity Mean To Snowberry
Snowberry was delighted, says Founder, Soraya Hendesi to sponsor M2woman’s Journey to Excellence Forum, about gender diversity in business.
“Women are under-represented everywhere in business and I do...

Journey To Excellence: Perception Of Diversity And Its Influence On Career Decisions
In February, we kicked off a discussion about gender diversity and pay equity in the New Zealand work environment as we believed in the power of providing a platform for dialogue as a starting point f...

The Panelists
Over the three forums, we have had some amazing panelists come and share their experiences and opinions, helping to continue the discussion on gender equality and bias in the workplace.
Vanessa Sore...

Auckland – 15 June Forum
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 ...

Wellington – 8 June Forum
The Journey To Excellence Forum – Wellington, Friday 8 June
This Journey to Excellence forum we unveiled insights from a major research piece conducted for M2woman in partnership with Kantar TNS...

Auckland Friday 15 June Gallery
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...

Wellington Friday 8 June Gallery
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 a...

Unconscious Bias Major Barrier in Progressing Gender Equality
Check out the photos from the Auckland Friday 15 June Event here
Check out the photos from the Wellington Friday 8 June Event here
Friday 15 June 2018 – Kantar TNS New Zealand says ‘unconscious bias’ ...

Women Empowering Women
In February, M2woman hosted its first ever Journey To Excellence panel where we discussed gender diversity and pay parity in the workplace – one point that did arise, however, was the need for women t...

Video: Are Women holding Themselves Back Career-Wise?
From our first Journey To Excellence Forum (16 FEB 2018), Naomi Ballantyne (ONZM), Managing Director, Partners Life:
JTE Discussion
When it comes to women succeeding in the business world are we o...

VIDEO: What Are The Advantages Of Being A Woman In A Male Dominated Industry?
From our first Journey To Excellence Forum (16 FEB 2018), Naomi Ballantyne (ONZM), Managing Director, Partners Life:
JTE Discussion
During our Journey To Excellence Forum our panelists discussed w...

Journey To Excellence Action Plan
Companies and individuals need to take the lead, we can’t simply wait for the government to make reforms and acts. During our Journey to Excellence forum, our panelists and audience discussed numerous...

JOURNEY TO EXCELLENCE Feature: How We Can Make The Workplace More Diverse
Gender diversity and pay equity in the workplace should not be something we still have to discuss. Yet, New Zealand woman are still getting paid 9.4% less than men and under 30% of top-listed board di...

Theresa Gattung And Justine Smyth On Why We Don’t Have More Female CEO’s
The number of female CEO’s in the NZX top 50 listed companies is one, furthermore only 17 per cent of directors of publicly listed companies are women – but what is it that is stopping wom...

Auckland Friday 16 February Gallery
On Friday February 16 M2woman celebrated the success of women in business and opened up the floor for discussion of gender diversity and pay equity in the workplace. Over 250 invited guests descended ...

M2woman Journey to Excellence Forum
The M2woman Journey to Excellence Forum with a panel of 5 successful women in New Zealand business, held in Auckland on 16 Feb 2018:
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TOP BUSINESSWOMEN CALL FOR GENDER DIVERSITY AND PAY EQUALITY
Five high profile business women are joining forces to improve the gender equality stakes in New Zealand. Chair of Spark Justine Smyth, leading New Zealand business personality and author Theresa Gatt...

Study Reveals That Women Are Given A Harder Time During Job Interviews
Being interviewed for a new job is always a nerve-wracking experience. There’s the stress of making a great first impression and answering the questions correctly. All while keeping calm and poi...

The Truth About Being a Mum Entrepreneur
As I was growing up I remember my mum doing various jobs to help make ends meet and support us five kids. As the youngest of those five I never knew whether she did it out of financial hardship or bec...

Leadership Hurts – When Being Respected Comes at the Price of not Being Liked
True leaders who inspire, motivate, coach and push people to achieve more than they would otherwise do are very seldom liked by everyone they lead, at any given moment in time.
Many people find...

This Is How Much Less Women Actually Get Paid Compared To Men
123 years ago New Zealand was the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote in parliamentary elections. Since then, we have not only seen an increase in women gaining qualifications,...

How To Shine In A Male-Dominated Industry
I remember the point in life where I decided exactly what I wanted to do. When I set out to get my dream job. The fact that it was in a male-dominated industry didn’t even occur to me.
I knew what I w...