Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, he toa takitini

Our strength is not as individuals, but as a collective

 

Leadership Lab is a collective of passionate and diverse consultants all focussed on growing equitable and thriving communities and organisations in Aotearoa. We believe that collective approaches provide the key to addressing these complex challenges and we enable this through co-designing collective impact projects with communities and agencies. 

As an Aotearoa New Zealand based organisation we are committed to giving effect to the articles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi which as the foundational document of Aotearoa describes the relationship envisaged by the Rangatira of the hapū with the British Crown. 

We believe that the frameworks, assumptions and beliefs that have largely dominated in Aotearoa in the last 180+ years need to be challenged, deconstructed and then reimagined in the light of mātauranga māori; a process of both decolonization and re indigenization.

We are guided by our values of mana ōrite, kotahitanga and manaakitanga. These values inform every project we engage in and are reflected in how we work and our commitment to Showing up Differently.

We work together with communities and organisations to tackle complex issues

Video's from a range of projects

Leaders' Connect #21: May 27th 2021

Leading Well – Te Whare Mauri Ora

Wiremu Gray shares whakaaro on Te Whare Mauri Ora, his framework for leading well by caring for ourselves and others.

Leaders' Connect #39 : 25 August 2022

Niho Taniwha

In this Leaders’ Connect hui recording from 25 August 2022, Dr Melanie Riwai-Couch (Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō) discusses her book Niho Taniwha and shares her whakaaro on improving teaching and learning for ākonga Māori.

Leaders' Connect #42 : 10 November 2022

A Trauma-Informed Approach

In this Leaders’ Connect hui recording from 10 November 2022, Jase Williams shares his whakaaro on healing communities using a trauma-informed approach in schools.

Introducing our team...

Te Kakau project - Queenstown and Wanaka region

Te Kakau is the ‘stalk in the centre of the harakeke, providing leadership and support for the inner and outer leaves.’  Te Kakau are our valuable and vulnerable leaders within the Queenstown and Wanaka region.

Puāwai rangatahi programme

Poipoia te kakano kia Puāwai – Nurture the seed and it will blossom. 

Puāwai is a kaupapa Māori rangatahi programme with a focus on inclusion and diversity

Discover more of how we build ownership and innovation to create significant impact.

Discover some of what we do, by the stories that are told

Here’s a snapshot of a couple of larger projects Leadership Lab team have contributed to over the last three years.

The LinC (Leadership in Community) Programme

The LinC Project has supported and sustained community leaders in Christchurch since 2012, impacting significantly on a people affected by the Christchurch earthquakes.

Grow Waitaha

Grow Waitaha is a multi-year collaborative project with Ngāi Tahu, Ministry of Education and three other consultancies to explore future focussed pedagogy, collaborative teaching, flexible learning spaces, cultural narratives and diverse partnerships across all schools in Greater Christchurch

 

 

"The Leadership Lab have been building a movement growing the capability of large cohorts of change makers to make the world better, the power of which continues to spread their ripples of change within our communities today."

Dr Eru Tarena, Executive Director, Tokona te Raki

"For myself, and my senior team members who have experienced the professional development and collaborative opportunities through the Leadership Lab, it has enabled networks, shifted thinking, and is continuing to influence different practice approaches to working with families. Strategic. Human centred. Community focussed. Founded in relationship."

Peter Whitcombe, Regional Manager Youth Justice, Wellington / East Coast / South Island, Oranga Tamariki Ministry for Children