Diversity

type: Article
date: 20 Mar 2025
read time: 3 min to read

Building an inclusive boardroom together

Boards play a critical role in setting the tone for inclusive leadership.

Board composition
Diversity

type: Article
date: 11 Mar 2025
read time: 2 min to read

Why microaggressions could send women off the glass cliff

Burn out and distress might be a result of microaggressions and could be derailing women from getting to the top – and staying there.

Board dynamics
Diversity
Leadership

type: Article
date: 11 Mar 2025
read time: 4 min to read

Walking on broken glass

Calling out poor behaviour is the first step towards avoiding broken glass and having to walk away from toxic behaviour in the boardroom.

Board dynamics
Conduct
Diversity

type: Article
date: 24 Feb 2025
read time: 4 min to read

Sue Suckling: ‘I’ve always been someone to make things happen’

One of the first women to sit on a board, Sue Suckling shares what it took to push change and the people who supported her along the way.

Board composition
Diversity
Leadership

type: Article
date: 5 Feb 2025
read time: 2 min to read

Governance news bites – February 2025

A collection of governance-related news snapshots that you might have missed in the past two weeks.

Diversity
Ethics
Succession Planning

type: Article
date: 3 Feb 2025
read time: 2 min to read

The shifting DEI landscape: Why directors should stay the course

Research consistently shows that diversity leads to more effective, long-term value creation.

Diversity

type: Media release
date: 19 Dec 2024
read time: 3 min to read

Christmas wish granted for Pasifika leaders

Christmas has come early for 17 leaders of Pacific descent who have been selected for the Tautua Mentoring Programme 2025.

Diversity
Health and safety

type: Article
date: 12 Dec 2024
read time: 11 min to read

The invisible chair: Wayne Boyd on a life in governance

A Distinguished Fellow of the IoD, Wayne Boyd has been deeply influential in New Zealand’s governance culture.

Board dynamics
Chairing
Diversity

Panel Discussion • 2 CPD

How can boards successfully tap into Asian growth markets

time: 5:30pm—7:30pm
date: 8 Apr 2025
location: Auckland

Webcast • 1 CPD

WDN Mentor Circle: Navigating board appointments and recruitment

time: 12pm—1:30pm
date: 6 May 2025
location: Online

Panel Discussion • 2 CPD

Why ethnic diversity is commercially robust – a Pasifika governance perspective

time: 5:30pm—7:30pm
date: 19 May 2025
location: Wellington

Networking • 2 CPD

Women in governance: diversity, leadership and economic empowerment

time: 5:30pm—7:30pm
date: 4 Jun 2025
location: Wellington

Panel Discussion • 2 CPD

Accelerating Action: Uniting voices, shaping a future of progress

time: 2:30pm—7:30pm
date: 28 Aug 2025
location: Tauranga

Building an inclusive boardroom together

Why microaggressions could send women off the glass cliff

Walking on broken glass

Sue Suckling: ‘I’ve always been someone to make things happen’

Governance news bites – February 2025

The shifting DEI landscape: Why directors should stay the course

Christmas wish granted for Pasifika leaders

The invisible chair: Wayne Boyd on a life in governance

Upcoming events

How can boards successfully tap into Asian growth markets

WDN Mentor Circle: Navigating board appointments and recruitment

Why ethnic diversity is commercially robust – a Pasifika governance perspective

Women in governance: diversity, leadership and economic empowerment

Accelerating Action: Uniting voices, shaping a future of progress