BBB WORKSHOPS — 2021 SPONSORS
The Human Aspects of Organisational Life Cultivating Teamwork, Leadership & Culture with Jon Lasenby At Maranga Ltd. we specialise in the human aspects of organisational life, specifically team work, leadership and culture. We work all around Aotearoa helping people to be more effective in their work and in their professional relationships, and we are focussing on growing our presence across Te Tauihu the Top of the South so that we are really connected into our local business community and so that we can support the great work people in this region are doing. We work in a range of ways with clients, including individual coaching; designing and delivering development programmes for teams and organisations; and running workshops. We also have a new podcast which aims specifically to share the best examples of leadership, teamwork and culture from across Te Tauihu. We are a flexible business with a great network so that we can meet the needs of our clients whether small or large.
Jon’s Next Workshop:
MAY
07
Managing Teamwork & Culture When: 14:00 - 16:00pm Where: Mahitahi Colab
Click below to listen to Jon’s podcast on Spotify:
Light the Fire —Igniting Leadership Conversation
Building Capable Kiwi Businesses Liam Taylor covers six foundational shortfalls in all businesses and how to overcome them The aim of 8 Steps is to help build capable and resilient businesses across New Zealand, particularly in the Nelson/ Tasman region. From over 20 years of experience and observations across the globe, there are six key foundational themes that massively influence the profitability and ultimate success of a business, which are rarely done to true Best Practice standards. These are: 1. Strategy Deployment Do you have a clear, flexible business roadmap defined, linking your aspirations to deliverable actions? 2. Roles & Responsibilities Are all roles and responsibilities clearly
20
COMMERCE COMMENT
defined right throughout your business and do your people know what’s expected of them? 3. Effective Communication Are you effectively communicating internally and externally using the right methods and frequencies? 4. Value and Waste Do you know what is true value from both a customer and business perspective and what are the wasteful activities that rob your peoples time on a daily basis? 5. Process Excellence Do you have robust processes captured and are your people trained in an effective
manner to execute them? 6. Measures of Success What do you measure in an accurate and timely manner to track/influence the above (and how)? 8 Steps can help with all of the above. Better still, you may be able to obtain government funding to work with us. For a bit more background, please see the interview with Liam on page 20 of the Summer 2020 issue of Commerce Comment that led up to our sold-out workshop in February.
