Enhancing Leadership in the Social Service sector | Online series

Building on the success of the inaugural Enhancing Leadership series held last year, Te Pai Ora SSPA are excited to invite a new group of leaders to join together in 2025.  The Enhancing Leadership series is for established social sector leaders to extend leadership craft, nourish hauora, and build whanaungatanga across the social sector.

These unique, tailored workshop sessions will offer a fabulous line-up of Kaitiaki, all well-established leaders in their own fields, guiding participants through a mix of presentation, sharing frameworks and philosophies, group engagement through peer-to-peer facilitated discussion, as well as workshopping real-life experiences.

The series will comprise of six online sessions, starting and ending with a whanaungatanga session to build the collective leadership and to develop a community of practice after the end of the series.  The number of participants is limited to 15 in the cohort and we recommend that leaders attend all 6 sessions.  This format is intended to encourage mahi tahi, networking and the development of a supportive group. 


Series dates/times:

Intro session: Thursday 1 May 10-11.30am

Workshop sessions 1-4: Tuesdays 6 May, 20 May 10am-12pm, Thursday 5 June 10-11:30am, Tuesday 17 June 10am-12.00pm

Wrap-up session: Tuesday 24 June 10-11am



Sessions and Kaitiaki:

Intro session - Thursday 1 May 10-11.30am

Belinda Himiona, CEO, Te Pai Ora SSPA

Collaborative leadership for complex contexts – hierarchies, networks and a butterfly - Tuesday 6 May, 10am–12pm

Chris Jansen, Director & Senior Consultant, Leadership Lab

Leading with purpose: The foundations of good governance - Tuesday 20 May, 10am–12pm

Sandy Thompson, Director & CEO, LEAD Centre for Not for Profit Governance and Leadership

Strengthening our disabled leadership - Thursday 5 June, 10am–11.30am

Paula Tesoriero, Chief Executive, Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People

Taking an intergenerational view on leadership - Tuesday 17 June, 10am–12pm

Kaye-Maree Dunn, Kaiwhakahaere Director, Making Everything Achievable

Wrap up session - Tuesday 24 June, 10am–11am

Belinda Himiona, CEO, Te Pai Ora SSPA

Find out more about these sessions and our Kaitiaki on our website.

Registration information:

Registrations can be transferred to another eligible colleague in your organisation at any time prior to the workshop by contacting learning@sspa.org.nz

A credit card payment charge will apply.  If for any reason you are not able to use this payment method, please get in touch with us at office@sspa.org.nz to discuss.

See Refund Policy for registration cancellation information.