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NEW ZEALAND | 17.3.21
Dependability * Inventiveness * Bravery * Global-mindedness * Egalitarianism * Open-mindedness * Humility
“Hutia te rito o te harakeke, kei hea rā te kōmako e kō? Kī mai ki ahau, he aha te mea nui o te Ao? Māku e kī atu, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. If you were to pluck out the centre of the flax bush, where would the bellbird sing? If you were to ask me, "What is the most important thing in the world?" I would reply, "It is people, people, people."
IntroductionUTC 23:00 - 23:10
Session 1UTC 23:10 - 23:30
Session 2UTC 23:40 - 00:00
Session 3UTC 00:10 - 00:30
Summary PanelUTC 00:40 - 00:50
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Carrie will introduce the Country and cities that we will be visiting. She will also give a short introduction about each of the Presenters and provide an outline of the program details including outcomes that we will be achieving.
CULTURE LENS: WE ARE BORN TO BE LEADERS
Teresa will bring together the past and the present for the future from a Maori cultural perspective. Maori teachings explore ‘effervescence’ – vivacity and enthusiasm within each of us that can take us to where we want to be. We all have been born leaders. Teresa is all for developing the aspirations of the people she works alongside. With 3 children and a growing tribe of mokopuna, Teresa is an inspiring speaker.
With credibility in hapū and iwi development, Reo Māori development, and governance across all sectors, she is truly a contemporary wahine Māori leader. Teresa generously shares her human centred framework that encompasses rich Maori traditions and cultural sustainability. This session will have you speaking a little maori as well.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
BUSINESS LENS: CULTURAL WISDOM KEEPERS FOR OUR FUTURE WORLD
Defining Leadership through ‘a first nations’ lens for a future yet to be navigated. Kaye Maree will ask ‘what will leaders and leadership look like in 20 years?’
This session will focus on a core of Governance and strict Planetary Boundaries with Indigenous insights from the past to the present. Participants will explore what we can learn from our cultural past and apply to our lives and businesses today.
Models of leadership that are possible now may or may not translate through to 2021 and beyond for business, governance and innovation.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
EDUCATION LENS: LEADING LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP
Simon will share how he has have worked in partnership with local iwi (indigenous tribes) in developing a curriculum that reflects aspirations and knowledge of Māori whānau (families). The key leadership learning experiences he will share with participants is the power of developing others through providing challenging leadership experiences and allowing them to pursue their passions within a strategic framework.
2020 has obviously provided many challenges but in New Zealand, the successful elimination of Covid-19 has really helped galvanise communities together. Leadership has been a hot topic in 2020 featuring the NZ Prime Minister as a key global leader. Simon shares his insighs and learnings about the ‘real positives’ as a school principal during this challenging year.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Our Panel Summary will be with our Facilitator Carrie Benedet, the Presenters and participants discussing the session program summary. This part of the program includes Q&A from the participants.
IRELAND | 24.3.21
Modesty * Humour * Ingenuity * Creativity * Patriotism * Warmth * Mateship
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything” George Bernard Shaw
IntroductionUTC 08:00 – 8:10
Session 1UTC 08:10 - 08:30
Session 2UTC 08:40 - 09:00
Session 3UTC 09:10 - 09:30
Summary PanelUTC 09:40 - 10:00
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Carrie will introduce the Country and cities that we will be visiting. She will also give a short introduction about each of the Presenters and provide an outline of the program details including outcomes that we will be achieving.
CULTURE LENS: THE POWER OF NETWORKING IN A POST COVID WORLD
As we, hopefully, exit from the health crisis of COVID19 we will enter a jobs crisis and companies will be reconfiguring their staff structures and individuals will have to reconsider their career options. There will be considerable disruption and turbulence but also opportunity. In all of this your network will be critical. But networking is not taught at school or college and companies don’t have strategies for it. Kingsley will share The Networking Institute’s precise 4 step process on how to build a strong and diverse network and the attitude changes, alterations in behaviour and new skills that will be needed to do this successfully.
Having lived and worked in 6 countries over 25 years Kingsley has came to appreciate the importance of networking but it was a learned experience and not something he was good at when younger. As his career progressed, the qualities needed to get a job in the first instance became less important and relationships became more important. Kingsley will share his insights and appreciation that networking is about ‘giving not getting’ and that opportunities don’t hang around on clouds – they are attached to people. Join this session as Kingsley illustrates the relationship between the greatest skill in networking and serendipity. Are there any advantages to COVID19? You will be not be disappointed with the take-aways – what will online connections bring in 2021 – more time, energy, money and less carbon footprint through virtual networking?
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
BUSINESS LENS: THE GOOD OF THE VILLAGE
John Murray will definitely provide ‘food for thought’ in this session and you will probably need oxygen aftewards to keep up with his enthusiam and passion for all things “What’s the craic?” (meaning “How are you?” or “What’s happening?”). John will share his underlying framework for getting the best out of people especially as the ‘photo shoot’ can be harrowing and full of trepidation. So what does this have to do with leadership? Focus on substance over superficial.
In his session John will share his insights and reflections of accumulating ‘friends’ , why this happens and how to amplify your skill set to “Do for the good of the village, everybody benefits” – it is something John openly admits trying to live by. Bringing culture and business together will give you some insights into John’s philosophy, his founding impetus and the evolution of his business from a for “glamour and profit” shooting models and actors to doing it for the good of the village which has put him on stages with Deepak Chopra and Marshall Goldsmith.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
EDUCATION LENS: OUR FUTURE LEADERS
Caroline will be talking about how important it is for our young people (and us all) to develop emotional intelligence and self-awareness to take responsibility for our own happiness. There is a significant positive impact when we build our soft skills – not just on our employability and resilience but on being able to support our mental wellbeing, recognise opportunity and support our loved ones. When we then tie this in to diversity, inclusion and workplace wellbeing, we have people who can hear each other’s’ viewpoints, recognise greatness in our uniqueness and be an impactful player in any team.
Caroline will share stories, tools and ideas that you can implement personally and professionally to help both yourself and those around you. “Self-Awareness is my superpower and I couldn’t’ be a youth mental health first aider without it. I found my happiness and it’s had such a hugely positive impact on my daughters, family, friends, career and volunteering.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Our Panel Summary will be with our Facilitator Carrie Benedet, the Presenters and participants discussing the session program summary. This part of the program includes Q&A from the participants.
ASIA | 30.3.21
Of the six thousand languages spoken in the world today, an estimated thousand are found in Southeast Asia. Archeological evidence dates human habitation of Southeast Asia to around a million years ago, but migration into the region also has a long history.
Hospitality * Modesty * Courtesy * Warmth * Respect * Religion * Cuisine
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Lao Tzu
IntroductionUTC 08:00 – 8:10
Session 1UTC 08:10 - 08:30
Session 2UTC 08:40 - 09:00
Session 3UTC 09:10 - 09:30
Summary PanelUTC 09:40 - 10:00
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Carrie will introduce the Country and cities that we will be visiting. She will also give a short introduction about each of the Presenters and provide an outline of the program details including outcomes that we will be achieving.
CULTURE LENS: ANCIENT WISDOM CENTERED LEADERSHIP: HOW A 2500-YEAR-OLD PHILOSOPHY TAUGHT AN ISLAND NATION TO BE RESILIENT
In this session Sahan will share how a 2,500-year-old philosophy enabled a small island nation to withstand 21 foreign invasions, 2 devastating tsunamis, a communist uprising and a 30-year-old civil war… and how this same philosophy might help modern leaders to thrive amidst a pandemic by cultivating compassion, empathetic joy and an equanimous mindset; a mindset that’s free from fear & regret.
As the founder of Resilience Within, Sahan brings insights & tools from ancient wisdom traditions and modern day neuroscience based emotional intelligence to leaders in corporate, government, healthcare and non-profit sectors. Through his philanthropic initiatives he tries to alleviate the suffering of cancer patients & prisoners (including death row and life) in Sri Lanka by introducing them to custom made mindfulness based stress management programs.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
BUSINESS LENS: NEW DREAM FOR NEW GEN
“When I am not leading a group of 60 some coders, educators and creative minds at an EdTech social enterprise, I play with my six-year-old daughter. I dream with her for new futures for her generation.”
In our generation, zero sum games have prevailed. History lessons taught us to be individualists – leaders to dominate, power to corrupt, and wealth distribution to skew.
We all have to leave everything behind once we are six feet underneath. Covid taught us embracing humanity is the reward and success of all. No country is safe until all are safe.
In this session, Hla Hla brings together her wholistic education reform in a business model where vision and engineering become ‘visioneering learning’ along with social responsibility. It’s a time to question the culture of winners vs. losers, confronting, judging and fighting rather than resolving root cause.’ Let’s discuss Peter Diamandis’ 6 D’s of disruptive innovation and how we can re-vision the meaning of success, power, wealth in abundance.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
EDUCATION LENS: GET IN THE GROOVE
Lisa will share innate and developed musical talent and giftedness in this session. Lisa’s leadership suite includes Head of Music; Music Educator, Choral Director, Voice Specialist.
Her absolute joy and belief that students globally, no matter what their cultural background, have the capacity to shine through facilitated learning, sound practice and application is infectious! Delve into the magic and power of music as Lisa shares an understanding and appreciation for the cultural aspect and influences of music.
Participants will be enthralled with Lisa’s rich leadership journey across continents and share in her strategies that apply to music’s stunning curriculum and heritage. You might even have a chance to ‘get in the groove!”
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gather final Q&A for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Our Panel Summary will be with our Facilitator Carrie Benedet, the Presenters and participants discussing the session program summary. This part of the program includes Q&A from the participants.
United Kingdom | 6.4.21
The UK has also become increasingly multicultural over the past two decades.In 2019, approximately 9.5 million people living in the UK (or 14% of the population) were born abroad. London has the largest number of migrants among all regions of the UK, home to over 3 million foreign-born residents (35% of the UK’s total foreign-born population)
Stoicism * Class * Equity * Regional diversity * Informality *Humour * Diligence
"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point." C S Lewis
IntroductionUTC 08:00 – 8:10
Session 1UTC 08:10 - 08:30
Session 2UTC 08:40 - 09:00
Session 3UTC 09:10 - 09:30
Summary PanelUTC 09:40 - 10:00
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Carrie will introduce the Country and cities that we will be visiting. She will also give a short introduction about each of the Presenters and provide an outline of the program details including outcomes that we will be achieving.
CULTURE LENS: WHAT LIVING IN LONDON’S CULTURAL MELTING POT TEACHES US ABOUT LEADERSHIP
From helping global leaders and politicians to TV and radio personalities, Esther’s “Triple Formula” is the secret sauce to winning over your audiences’ hearts and minds. From being technically brilliant at her job 15 years ago, to being ‘visibly’ brilliant and unafraid to share her expertise….is the biggest transformation Esther made in her life. Esther will share her formula for maximising personal impact, influence and the ability to self – promote (without feeling arrogant or big headed) – thus leading and winning people over.
The challenge of ‘Pivoting’ her entire business (it all started on March 12th 2020 when her business nose-dived) has changed her whole outlook on life. Going entirely digital and surviving the pandemic has given Esther strength, brand new tools, a fresh future plan and more confidence to lead through change. Longevity, legacy and long term strategy is something Esther will share in this session – are you ready to have change your business, employees or clients work and your own cognitive and emotional decison making responses? Guaranteed to be entertaining and fun!
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
BUSINESS LENS: VIEWS FROM AN ISLAND – LEADERSHIP AND LEARNING IN THE UK
Stephen has a strong framework of organisational leadership that is soundly based in people skills. How you know yourself and know others; be aware of how your words, actions and behaviour effects others is a beacon shining brightly when genuine empathy to and for others in required in the workplace and in particular leadership behaviour.
Stephen’s experience of many different leadership styles has shown how organisational culture influences those styles. “I have seen how the value of emotional intelligence has become critical to leadership and organisational success and how leaders need to be far more aware of how they are showing up to the people that they lead.” This session will share Stephen’s personal strategies with participants and pinpoint his recent insights into starting a business during a pandemic.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
EDUCATION LENS: BE A SPONGE – NOT A FINISHED ARTICLE
Using an incredibly strong foundation of tradition, Clemmie will share her relentless optimism, eternal positivity and passion for learning and leading others. Clemmie will take participants into the fasinating dicotomy of British Education from a young, successful female lens. Using multiple sources that don’t come from education, Clemmie has incorporated the world of business, marketing and networking into her ‘village of expertise’.
This session showcases the leadership ecosystem of strong tradition and the freedom and capacity to be innovative as we look forward. Join Clemmie as her infectious love of learning and care for her educating communities comes to life through skills of agility, dexterity and a precise focus on learning.
BREAK OUT SESSION
Our Breakout Session will include participants connecting with others as guided by the Facilitator and other Program Assistants. It’s a time to reflect and gain greater insights and feedback including gathering final Q&A’s for the Presenters in the Panel Summary.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Our Panel Summary will be with our Facilitator Carrie Benedet, the Presenters and participants discussing the session program summary. This part of the program includes Q&A from the participants.