HR CHANGEMAKERS FESTIVAL

Stephanie is the Kaitiaki of Love HR, an entrepreneurial HR business, who measure the progressiveness of an organisation’s people practices and policies, offering practical solutions to support putting people first.
 

She has over 12 years’ worth of international HR experience, working for organisations such as Disney in the UK, Coca-Cola Europacific and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, and has HR undergraduate and postgraduate qualifications from Massey University.

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Originally from Auckland, she is now based in Mount Maunganui, servicing all of Aotearoa, and has most recently embraced the digital nomad lifestyle, working, and travelling through India and Southeast Asia for 4 months in 2023.

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Steph is the event MC.

Anna Liumaihetau Darling is the General Manager of People Experience at Sharesies.

She has been at Sharesies for over 4 years now and has seen Sharesies grow from 50 people to over 200 in NZ and AU. 

Anna's worked in the HR space on and off for 15 years both in NZ and the UK and is passionate about putting people at the centre of what we do.

Their team is called People Experience for a reason - if people are spending a good chunk of their week working, we want them to have a really enjoyable experience while they're doing it.
 

Anna also spent 5 years working in women's rugby development and is passionate about providing opportunities for those who don't always have access to them.

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Anna will be sharing about leading a restructure with empathy and care.

Lisa Young is an HR Coach, Digital Educator and the founder of HRHQ, an online community and education platform for HR professionals.

After spending over a decade in retail, sales, and operations, Lisa identified her talent and passion with people and chose to pursue a career in HR. Since then, Lisa has partnered with hundreds of employers and managers to develop their leadership capabilities, grow engaged teams, navigate day-to-day employment situations and be more strategic in their approach to people management.

Her focus now is helping others in HR do the same. 

Lisa is passionate about elevating HR’s reputation, advocating for superior HR practices, and equipping HR professionals with the skills and knowledge to make a real impact 

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Lisa will be sharing with us about Convincing the C-Suite: Crafting the Case for Change.

John Berry was awarded the Sustainable Business Networks Sustainability Superstar for 2023. An award that recognises his commitment to go above and beyond to bring about sustainability change in Aotearoa, progressing social and/or environmental action, either within their organisation or in the wider community.

As co-founder and CEO of Pathfinder Asset Management, John has led the company from pretty much zero in an office above his garage to a significant funds management business – investing with an ethical lens. 

An eternal optimist, in the face of daunting global challenges his message is simple - each of us can positively impact our communities in three straightforward ways – how we spend our time, how we spend our money and how we invest our money.  The last of these is where John dedicates his efforts.

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John will be sharing on lifting financial, employee & planetary wellbeing. 

Gillian is an HR professional with an academic background in economics.

Her happy place is finding way to create a healthy economy that works for business and for people.

She's been self employed since 2019 with a focus on creating flexible workplaces.

Her book, Flexperts, was published in May 2023. 

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Gillian will be sharing all her insights and wisdom about Frontline Flex. 

Jayne is a leading Executive Coach and Leadership Development specialist who is passionate about creating spaces for women to self actualise their lives AND careers.  Too often she sees women walk the path others think they should, rather than be intentional with creating their own.

She is well known for her expertise in supporting working mothers as they detour off and back onto the career track and  professional women to enhance their careers and develop into leadership.  Her mission is to increase the number and diversity of women leading for Aotearoa.

She is author of "A Slight Detour" a guide to successfully navigating family & career.  A fierce working parents advocate she sees the challenges working parents face as they navigate the demands of our modern world when it comes to the juggle.

Jayne has over 20 years’ experience across many sectors, different organisations, and varying levels of leadership.

Natasya Jones | Co-founder | Managing Director
Grad Dip BBus(Hons), ICC, and PEERS accredited.
Driving force behind DivergenThinking!

Why? Our Neurodiverse individuals (approx 40% pop. are not getting an equal opportunity to thrive in life (like Neurotypical), and that is not OK.

At DivergenThinking, we are here to educate and support those who are educating, working with, and looking after Neurodiverse youth.
When everyone learns, we are all human, with strengths (we may not realise, because we are not often told and appreciated), challenges we are most often told over, and over, often leading to poor mental wellbeing outcomes. 
 

The sheer volume of which this occurs to Neurodiverse individuals has horrific outcomes for Neurodiverse individuals.
 

Strengths-based leadership in schools, workplaces, or society, improves mental well-being.

Elizabeth Fahey is an organisational change and development specialist, retirement coach and founder of The Next Chapter a development organisation specialising in supporting people to plan and navigate their next chapter into what we previously called retirement. 

Traditional approaches to retirement are changing and the way we support these transitions also needs to adapt.  

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Elizabeth is interested in the changing global trends in how we support older workers in the workplace, break down stereotypes and successfully manage multi-generational workplaces.

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Elizabeth will be helping us with mining the (g)old   - the untapped potential of the older workforce 

Zoe specialises in belonging, inclusion, and wellbeing at work, and is fascinated in exploring different ways to foster belonging for everyone.

She runs Belonging Club; a space for people passionate about belonging to connect, share, and support each other.

She also works closely with organisations to help them create a culture of wellbeing and belonging for all their people, and has a background in governance, health, and education

Georgie’s dream is for everyone to lead extraordinary lives. With years of experience in the global commercial events and marketing worlds, she joined a start-up called FizzPopBANG in London back in 2015.

Armed with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology she a Performance and Development Coach along with being both Strengthscope and Talogy Emotional Intelligence accredited, she has been driven to deliver experiences that have a lasting impact on people’s lives…with a touch of sparkle.

Recently returning home to Aotearoa, Georgie brought FizzPopBANG here to help build awesome business cultures through employee engagement. With her team, they help clients from all industries connect their people to their unique company identity, to create amazing results. 

Libby is a leading Mindset, Energy & Strategy Coach who specialises in empowering people to reach their full potential in life and business. She holds a Degree in Psychology, and has years of experience in corporate leadership and development. ⁠
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Libby is the Founder and CEO of Parradiigm, and together with her husband Dane, they’ve also created charitable initiatives such as Hope2Fam and The Self Wealth Project - helping raise money for underprivileged families around the world. ⁠
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Libby and her team at Parradiigm are on a mission to create a ‘Whole New Way’ of being by helping millions of people around the world to make positive, sustainable changes so we can each live our happiest, healthiest, wealthiest lives and make future generations proud.⁠
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Libby and Dane will be guiding us through a mindfulness meditation workshop. ⁠

Dane Robertson is the Managing Director at Parradiigm - a business which specializes in Mindset, Energy, Strategy and Coaching people to reach their full potential in life and business. 

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Dane has a background in Marketing and E-Commerce, as well as years of online learning & professional and leadership development.

He and his wife Libby are involved in charitable initiatives to help underprivileged families around the world. 

Dane has guided people through their breath for several years and believes it’s time for more people to experience the power of this truly transformative practice. He joins his wife Libby in the mission of creating a ‘Whole New Way’ for people to live their happiest, healthiest, wealthiest lives and make future generations proud.

Dane and Libby will be guiding us through a mindfulness meditation workshop.