Leading Inclusion: Creating Leadership Spaces Where Everyone Thrives

About this event:

A 1-hour interactive session with Dr Amanda Sterling

While the business case for diverse and inclusive teams is compelling, New Zealand's leadership landscape still doesn't reflect our workforce diversity. Despite significant organisational investment, talented professionals continue to face barriers or opt out of leadership pathways – particularly in industries with traditional leadership models.
What if we could reimagine leadership to embrace, and benefit from, our different perspectives and lived experiences? Dr Amanda Sterling's groundbreaking research offers fresh insights into creating truly inclusive leadership environments that work for everyone.
Drawing on decades of social science and leadership research, Dr Sterling will:
● Present her own world-first research and what it reveals about leadership inclusion.
● Share evidence from organisations that have successfully increased leadership participation.
● Facilitate reflection on personal leadership experiences.
● Guide participants through practical steps to make positive changes in their own teams.
This session is designed for project managers who want to build higher-performing teams through inclusive leadership. Past participants have praised Dr Sterling's approach as "thought-provoking and inclusive" and valued the "safe space to explore this topic openly and honestly."
Join us to discover how making leadership more inclusive benefits everyone – and learn practical ways to start making changes today.

About the presenters:

Dr Amanda Sterling is an award winning leadership consultant and neuroscience-trained coach. She combines her decades of experience working in corporate leadership development and culture change, as well as deep expertise on leadership, gender, and inclusion, to support organisations in understanding their gender equity challenges and engaging all their leaders in the cultural changes necessary to build inclusive workplaces, increase the representation of women in leadership, and close their gender pay gaps.

Amanda completed PhD at the University of Auckland in 2023. Her research was a world-first exploring the experiences of mothers in leadership positions. It has been featured in NewsHub, The Press, The Dominion Post, NewsTalkZB, RNZ’s The Panel and by Global Women and the University of Auckland.

The Press - How can we make leadership more inclusive

Global Women - Inspiring Women - Supporting Mothers in Leadership

PDU's available:

PDUs: 1 Total

Made up of the following:

• Power Skills: 0.5
• Ways of Working: 0.25
• Business Acumen: 0.25

Hosted by: PMINZ Women in Project Management