What have you learnt from lockdown & Covid?⁠ Silvana Schenone is a Partner and Head of Corporate at MinterEllisonRuddWatts (www.minterellison.co.nz) and On Being Bold member.⁠ Silvana shares that lockdown and Covid has taught us all that we are vulnerable. Vulnerability affects everyone from the most powerful people, the most senior people, men and women and irrespective of what we have or what we have achieved in life. Her realisation was that there will always be something outside of our control and that we need to learn to deal with it - break down the components of your stress, try to deal with things one at a time, and understand and accept that you can't control everything and you can't manage everything. Do your best; but don't stress about things you can't control.  ⁠ Watch Silvana's full video and consider what points you can take from lockdown and Covid: https://www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos⁠ . .⁠ #OnBeingBold #SilvanaSchenone #leadership #networking #womeninbusiness #womenleaders #business #women #opportunities #diversityandinclusion #motivationalmindset #governance #beingbold #newzealand #newzealandwomen

The Role Of Media in Challenging Times Melissa Chan-Green is a Reporter / Presenter for Newshub, Discovery NZ (see www.newshub.co.nz & www.instagram.com/melchangreen). Melissa discusses the role of the media in challenging times. She notes the media plays a huge role in the rebuilding of the New Zealand economy and communities as well as sharing the social impacts. In her video she says the media is a tool to tell people's stories about their businesses and how they are coping, and to tell their stories socially. This is particularly the case in isolating times, where the media is a way to share social experiences, and bring people together, where they may not have a lot of people around them. The media is an important tool to discuss what it is that we are experiencing. It is an information tool as well as an entertainment tool when we need some escapism. We will continue to be an important tool in terms of information and entertainment, but really crucially telling people's stories and sharing those experiences, so that people know that they are not alone. Watch Melissa Chan-Green's full video: www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #LookingForwardRebuilding #GuestSpeaker #MelissaChan-Green #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingBold #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

Working Together To Get A New Way Of Getting Things Done⁠ Ally Zhang is CEO of SkyKiwi (www.skykiwi.com & www.weibo.com/skykiwidotcom) which provides precise and high quality information to the Chinese community.⁠ In her video Ally talks about how their company is looking to reach all the Kiwi communities and Chinese communities to eliminate a lot of misunderstanding. Ally Zhang notes there are a lot of tense relationships between New Zealand and China, so this is our responsibility to tell people that when trying to recover from the bad economy, we really have to work together and find a new way to get things effectively done. And in managing business we have to use a focus group and share not only our strategy, but also your strategy, then we can discuss this. And with the right business people and group we can definitely find a way to help all of us.⁠ See Ally's full video and others at www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #LookingForwardRebuilding #GuestSpeaker #AllyZhang #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingBold #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

What do you do when things do not go to plan?⁠ Ngapera Riley is CEO of Figure.NZ (www.figure.nz), a company that works in data and technology, where things are constantly changing and do not go to plan.⁠ The team is used to working on something that might not go as planned. Ngapera says you need to keep solving the problems as they come up. She observes that they are lucky they work in an industry where they can almost count on things changing. ⁠ Ngapera Riley notes that what helps with change, especially a global once in a lifetime change, is taking time to stop and reflect - what is happening? What can I control, what can't we control? What are the things we can manage, and what are the things we can't? When things get hard sometimes, it's OK to cry, to have a moment where you acknowledge things are really difficult. It may not be in my control, I know I feel scared or worried, and that's actually OK. Also, Ngapera says take the time to reflect and surround yourself with people who can help you through those times.⁠ See Ngapera's full video and others at www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos⁠ #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #LookingForwardRebuilding #GuestSpeaker #NgaperaRiley #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingBold #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

We all agree the squiggly line connecting home life and careers is anything but straight-forward. How do you approach this?  Cissy Gu is Implementation Manager at ASB Bank (www.asb.co.nz). Cissy notes that especially for women, from her own experience, we can be quite harsh in terms of what we want to achieve. Partially this is to do with the impact of social media. We look at those beautiful photos from Instagram, from Facebook; it seems to be this is the beautiful life that we need to portray to the world, or this is the standard if you are a great mum, or these are the other things you need to do. Some of the practices that Cissy is learning and developing to help cope includes just not worrying about these things. Cissy says be kind to yourself and look at things you can do. And be clear on how you define success. She says this helps me to build resilience, because if the expectation is not as high as she thought before, it just becomes easier. I just focus on the things that I can do, and focus on doing these really really well. And also allow time for things that really matter to herself, including allowing time for indulging herself.    So now that school holidays have just finished, how will you be approaching that squiggly line? See Cissy's full video and others at www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos⁠ #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuilding #GuestSpeaker #AmandaMalu #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingBold #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

Resilience and Agility In The Face Of Rapid Change Nick Grayston is Chief Executive Officer at The Warehouse Group (www.thewarehousegroup.co.nz). He discusses the role of Agility in the face of rapid change.  Nick has observed that in businesses around the world, hierarchical command and control with layers and silos is no longer fit for purpose. For this reason The Warehouse flipped to a new agile model.  A lot of companies have seen in the lockdown and disruption of Covid, that the companies that are agile have responded better because they have been able to pivot much more quickly. One of the fundamental tenets of that is empowerment - freedom within framework. It doesn't mean just chaos, because there is a structure and framework around it. Training people and then trusting them to execute is key. And cross-functional working groups is absolutely critical to driving that agility.  Nick Grayston confirms that the result is that the companies that are agile are able to respond more quickly. See Nick's full video at www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos⁠ #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuilding #GuestSpeaker #NickGrayston #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #NewZealandWomen #BeingOpen #BeingBold #NewZealand #BeingAgile

What could you do differently?  Amanda Malu is Chief Executive at Whānau Āwhina Plunket (www.plunket.org.nz and @plunketnz). With 1100 staff and being present in 85% of homes with newborn babies you might think putting a two-year strategy into action in two weeks is impossible? Amanda recalls that a time of crises can create great opportunities. In her video we hear Amanda note some great opportunities. "We have always had in our plan a strategy to become a much more nimble and innovative service deliverer. Digital delivery has always been on the plan. We thought it would take two years, and we did it in two weeks. Because we had to, we didn't have any choice." Having now done this, find out about Amanda Malu's expectations around what is and isn't a viable approach nowadays. #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuilding #GuestSpeaker #AmandaMalu #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingBold #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

Enablers For The Future What opportunities are you seeing this year?  Nicole Rosie is Chief Executive of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (www.nzta.govt.nz). Nicole sat down with OBB Member Jolie Hodson and shared some of her experiences and learnings. In the early part of her video Nicole Rosie shares the huge impact the pandemic had in multiple ways across the organisation and how the team was able to resource the changes and respond to these challenges.  One of the huge opportunities out of Covid that Nicole Rosie notes was to enable people to work more flexibly and for teams to connect in multiple ways. This is a good reminder of this enabler now and in the future.  Nicole also identifies the ways she personally practices in times of sustained pressure. Watch Nicole's full video to learn more on the three ways she did this: One - always exercise each day (an hour to an hour and a half). Two - ensure you take breaks and get time out. Three - have a very good team and delegate - it is about having a highly empowered organisation.  Watch the full video to hear Nicole's advice and find out her other two ingredients for a healthy approach to managing pressure: https://www.onbeingbold.co.nz/videos #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuilding #JolieHodson #GuestSpeaker #NicoleRosie was #FutureEnablers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingFlexible #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

Adapting and Being Agile What lessons do you draw on when in crises mode? Carmen Vicelich is Founder and Global CEO of Valocity (https://www.valocityglobal.com). Carmen went back to her entrepreneurial lessons. Carmen Vicelich notes she has two businesses and one of the businesses is global in many countries. Watch the video and you will see Carmen's first frame of reference is realising you are in a crises mode. She goes on to say as an entrepreneur you're going pretty fast, you're pretty agile, but this was certainly something unprecedented: And our experience with the crises was really recognising there were lots of things outside our control. Going back to some of those entrepreneurial lessons, of thinking: worry about what you can worry about, and have a Plan A, Plan B, Plan C and Plan D, and be incredibly agile. So at first it was this is incredibly unknown and unprecedented; then acceptance, then recognising that actually our businesses have grown because of agility. So "we've got this" was our mindset.  See Carmen's full video and others: www.onbeingbold.co.nz/looking-forward-rebuilding-better⁠   #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuildingBetter #RoyalReed #CarmenVicelich #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingOpen #BeingFlexible #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

What are you doing to cope and build resilience in a Covid World?⁠ When it comes to building resilience Joan Withers, OBB Member, gives wise counsel on getting things in perspective and knowing that this too will pass. The best way to get through any challenge is working through it. ⁠ Joan shares "I firmly believe in 'bits of the elephant' where something may seem overwhelming when you get into it, but actually as you progress and go through it, you start to see your own progress." ⁠ ⁠ It is important too to get support around you - think about the people you love and who love you. Get some confidence that ultimately it will be OK.⁠ ⁠ Joan Withers also talks about rebuilding New Zealand; this is a great opportunity to get insights into what it is like as a Director of businesses like The Warehouse Group, ANZ New Zealand and Sky TV.⁠ Bold Steps Series 4: Looking Forward and Rebuilding Guest Editor is OBB Member Royal Reed: See full videos and posts: www.onbeingbold.co.nz/looking-forward-rebuilding-better⁠ #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuildingBetter #RoyalReed #JoanWithers #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingResilient #BeingFlexible #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

Are you looking to change the way you are thinking and working this year, either personally or organisationally? Frances Valintine traverses a number of areas including coping and building resilience, how we sustain people and businesses, right through to the organisation's role in rebuilding New Zealand. ⁠ Frances notes she is a person who goes into planning mode very quickly when the pressure comes on. "I break my days down into hour long increments, and say, what do I need to achieve in the next hour? What will stop me doing things? What do I need to do more of, and what should I stop doing? Frances also shares the extraordinary step she took to handle the lack of internet connectivity at home.⁠ ⁠ Frances Valintine is an OBB Member and the founder & CEO of The Mind Lab (@NZMindlab) & Tech Futures Lab (@techfutureslab). A recognised education futurist, she outlines in the full video her take on the future in a Covid world. ⁠ ⁠⁠ This video is in Bold Steps Series 4: Looking Forward and Rebuilding Better and the Guest Editor is OBB Member Royal Reed: See full videos and posts: www.onbeingbold.co.nz/looking-forward-rebuilding-better⁠ ⁠ #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuildingBetter #RoyalReed #FrancesValintine #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingResilient #BeingFlexible #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen

Have you enjoyed the water cooler conversations in getting back into the new year? Jolie Hodson notes in her video she enjoys these. At the same time one thing Jolie learned over the lockdown period was working in a more virtual way. Life slowed down and she had time and space - quieter on the weekends and evenings. So she will be actively considering: What can I do in person and what can I do virtually? That’s good for balance of life, sustainability and the economy. In the video Jolie Hodson talks about the things she does to help adapt to change and build resilience. One thing Jolie mentions is putting people around her which ultimately creates a better solution, since we don’t have all the answers ourselves. Watch the full video and find out more about this and how Jolie is engaging with mindfulness, breathing, yoga - which are good in times of pressure. Watch also to learn more about how @sparknz are approaching flexible working and helping to rebuild the New Zealand economy along with other organisations. Bold Steps Series 4: Looking Forward and Rebuilding Guest Editor is OBB Member Royal Reed: See full videos and posts: www.onbeingbold.co.nz/looking-forward-rebuilding-better #OnBeingBold #OBBseries #OBBSeries4 #LookingForwardRebuildingBetter #RoyalReed #JolieHodson #OBBposts #OBBvideos #BoldNews #BeingResilient #BeingFlexible #NewZealand #NewZealandWomen #2021