Journey To Excellence Channel

Lively discussion filled the foyer as the guests of our first Journey To Excellence forum chatted with colleagues and other guests in anticipation of the start of the event. Behind a few hefty doors was the Great Room at the Cordis Hotel, which was about to play host to the buzzing panel conversation, engaging keynotes, […]

2020 marks the beginning of the third year in which M2woman hosts its Journey to Excellence Forum, discussing the key values of Leadership, Diversity and Inclusion. On Friday the 14th of February, we commenced our eighth event after hosting over 2,000 women in the past two years. The Great Room at the Cordis Hotel played […]

After moving to New Zealand from the island country of the Maldives at a young age, Nurain Janah grew up in Auckland as a proud Muslim Kiwi. Having seen the barriers and challenges that young migrants and women of colour face, she is now on a mission to create a more equitable world through mentoring, […]

Most of our large corporates are appointing Heads of Diversity & Inclusion, they’re implementing D&I programmes left, right and centre. Bringing in external consultants, writing strategies, making major public statements about what they’re doing in the D&I “space”, where they’re at on their D&I “journey”..! We’re doing this because it’s the right thing to do, […]

HR and organisational processes have moved leaps and bounds beyond the workplace time clock and allocated smoko breaks. Organisations are taking a more sophisticated approach to creating great cultures through training, development and change management programmes. Helping to drive this evolution in the Asia-Pacific region is Capability Group, which is redefining and transforming workplace learning […]

Over 600 engaged people joined us at the M2woman Journey to Excellence forum on 18 October at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland. Tania Domett from Cogo set the scene with her in-depth keynote, before Jason Reynolds from Quantum Movement shared some insights for building a great company culture. Debi Boffa, Managing Director of BP; Akerei […]

Over 600 engaged people joined us at the M2woman Journey to Excellence forum on 18 October at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland. Tania Domett from CoGo Research set the scene with her in-depth keynote, before Jason Reynolds from Quantum Movement shared some insights for building a great company culture. Debi Boffa, Managing Director of BP; […]

Over 600 engaged people joined us at the M2woman Journey to Excellence forum on 18 October at the Cordis Hotel in Auckland. Tania Domett from CoGo Research set the scene with her in-depth keynote, before Jason Reynolds from Quantum Movement shared some insights for building a great company culture. Debi Boffa, Managing Director of BP; […]

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 General Management with BP in […]

The Mazda CX Range There’s a certain point in your life when a 2-door sports coupe is a good idea. A good sign that it is no longer a good idea is when you are forced to leave half of your family unit on the driveway when you want to pop into town. SUVs of […]

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 Counts, a research tool that […]

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; Kristen Lunman, FinTech Innovator and […]

M2woman Journey to Excellence – 21 June 2019 Here's what happened M2woman Journey to Excellence – 21 June 2019 – visit our Journey to Excellence Channel with Mazda NZ: http://www.m2woman.co.nz/journey-to-excellence-channel/ Posted by M2woman on Wednesday, 10 July 2019    

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 cover off the emotional, tactile, […]

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 Limited; Kristen Lunman, FinTech Innovator […]

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 very few forums in which […]

Energy company, Vector, is determined to remove barriers and boundaries around diversity in the workplace. Already in place are initiatives to combat gender diversity head on, with Vector’s Women in Leadership (WIL) programme a prime example. Designed to help women to reach their fullest potential, the WIL programme gives women the chance to gain experience […]

 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. Over 300 guests at Cordis Auckland joined an expert panel of business leaders to discuss the hurdles to Diversity & Inclusion in the workplace […]

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 Barfoot & Thompson, Kiri Barfoot, […]

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 workplace. As the enthusiastic attendance and participation showed, this is a conversation that is seen as necessary and valuable in the […]

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 creating a more diverse workplace […]

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. After travelling and working overseas in London and Israel, Kiri returned and has held numerous positions with the company, helping her gain an in-depth […]

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 slow to make change. The […]

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 selected key male Managers within our business (along with selected female Leaders) we have seen real value. We want them also to […]

Our 3rd Journey to Excellence in pictures…  

  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 proof of what most Kiwis already know to be true — that diversity in New Zealand is on the rise. In fact, […]

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 don’t believe that’s right and I certainly believe it is to the detriment of business in a number of ways. I started Snowberry and so could employ people […]

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 for change. We began our exploration of the topic by recognising underrepresentation in senior management and unconscious biases in company […]