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Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand

Making our world a better workplace by forging better leaders

Human Resources / Recruitment

Like a lot of kiwis, I grew up in a small town in provincial New Zealand before moving to the city. After returning from four amazing years of travel overseas I got my big break in Auckland and landed a role at IBM. The learning curve was intense – I didn't know what cut & paste meant and here I was working for the biggest IT Company in the world. When I think about that time and why I was successful, I have to attribute it in part to having a great manager who connected with me and channelled my passion and enthusiasm into the results that mattered. Unfortunately I have found that generally this is the exception not the norm. Having managed teams myself, I understand the frustr...