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Setting Personal Goals in 2024 – have you set your goals yet?

As women continue to ascend into an ever-increasing number of senior roles across various industries, the significance of setting personal goals becomes a cornerstone for success a...

Navigating a Separation

A new beginning is the leaving behind of something old and is the opportunity to draw a physical and emotional line that mentally separates the past and the future. If your new beg...

How to distinguish your idea, business or brand

Many years ago when I first entered the world of recording artists, I was faced with a creative challenge: how to be seen and heard in a marketplace swamped with artistic talent....

How to keep our relationships functioning in the 'Silly Seasons'

While many see Christmas as a time of festive celebration, giving thanks and bringing people together, the season can also impact relationships, place pressure on couples and furth...

How to end your year on a high as a team

Now I don’t want to alarm you and drop the 'C bomb' into your day, but it will soon be Holiday time! For a lot of us, our businesses will shut down, and our teams will go off for ...

How to Keep a Full Tank of Energy During Busy Seasons

As we gear up for the busy season, maintaining a full tank of energy is not just about achieving year-end goals; it's also about finishing the year strong and enjoying a well-deser...

Taking control of how you get feedback

Years ago, we had just finished building a house when my husband’s Aunty Vesala came to visit. She is a classic old-school European matriarch with a bold opinion to match, and as s...

How To Improve Conversations In Just 6 Seconds

One of my Mum’s favourite sayings was, ‘If you can’t think of anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.’ While there was probably some wisdom in there regarding keeping sibl...

Nourishing Your Brain for Optimal Health

In our pursuit of a healthier, more fulfilling life, we often prioritise physical well-being while neglecting a crucial aspect: brain health. It's all too common to hear people nor...

The Family Business in Divorce or Separation

Business and marriage can work well together until it doesn’t. You may either own or have founded your business together, and if so, here’s a question – how does your personal life...

The 4 Well-BEings of Teams

When I get a call from a new client, usually along the lines of ‘My Teams a little broken’ or ‘We just don’t seem to be getting the results we are looking for’ (or something along ...

Nurturing Gut Health and optimal energy

In recent years, the spotlight on gut health has intensified, revealing its profound impact on our overall well-being. It encompasses our mood, resilience, energy levels, hormonal ...

What happens to home work when you both work?

If we go back 50 – 60 years, many marriages were one where the husband worked while the wife was a stay-at-home mum or worked part-time, whose job it was to raise the family along ...

Space for Ourselves as Leaders

Creating space for ourselves as leaders is often one of the hardest things to do. But without time away from the doing, important things that will happens when we intentionally mak...

How busy women can boost their immune system

We can often assume that the end of July means we're done with coughs and colds. We look forward to warmer weather and believe that our families won't bring home any sickness. Howe...

Managing energy as my primary success driver

Many of our Co.OfWomen community who have spent time with me in recent years will know I adopted an energy practice several years ago following a harrowing burnout. That practice h...

Tui award winner Julia Grace shares her success journey

As we celebrate NZ Music Month, we want to share the amazing Julia Grace, Tui award-winning singer/songwriter and key-note speaker with a strong background in Health Education....

2021 Sophie Gilmour's Hall of Fame Insights

As this was the 10th Anniversary, we asked our Board Chair, Sophie Gilmour to share her reflections of the 2021 Hall Of Fame Induction of Dame Suzie Moncrieff, Theresa Gattung CNZM...

London-based Bayley Kite shares her success journey

We check in with the awesome Bayley Kite, a PR director who's based in London about her life as a PR executive overseas and the epic success adventure it brings.

Using Her Voice For Innovation

Rhonda Kite ONZM has many accomplishments under her belt. She shares her story here about taking control of her destiny and starting a tech revolution.

We've Got This! - Annette Presley

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) and queen of confidence, Annette Presley reveals how she grew to become so confident and how she gets through challenging moments....

Restoring her reo

Kim Muriwai’s journey with te reo has been long and unexpected. Here, she tells the story of how the language seed got planted and how it’s grown in unexpected ways.

The Advisor: Claire Day

Claire Day is the founder of CultureWise, and a highly experienced human resources and communications professional. She shines a light on staff engagement and company culture, why ...

Ones to watch - Cherie Metcalfe

In this fresh instalment of our regular series featuring early-stage companies, we spoke with Cherie Metcalfe of foodie biz Pepper & Me about what she's doing and why....

The wisdom of a trailblazer - Dr. Lee Mathias

The founder of Birthcare and Labtests speaks about what she's learned from being a trailblazer in her industry.

Understanding the Female Way

Nurturers, supporters, multitaskers &mdash; you might scoff at the world's stereotypical view of women, but evidence shows it's not far from the truth. In life and in business, wom...

Real Talk: Jenene Crossan - Suckcess

Jenene is the founder of Flossie.com and among her many other successes, recently closed a multi-million dollar partnership. Why, then, did she hit an almost devastating personal b...

How I funded my business - Hady Wenham

Having a dream of owning your own business and making it come true are two different things, especially if that dream requires capital to get it off the ground. It can also be a st...

I Love Food Co.

Our fab members Maree Glading and Jesse Stanley are the founders of I Love Food Co. They share with us how they keep inspired, motivated and nourished while growing their super-suc...

what to do when you stuff up :)

We check in with emerging entrepreneurial superstar Sophie Gilmour of Bird On A Wire and internationally successful Dame Julie Christie about setbacks, near-fails and working throu...

From burnout to bliss

If you feel the juggle of life and business weighing you down, take heart. You’re most definitely not alone and maybe you can take a leaf from these members stories.

on being fearless

As business owners we face myriad challenges and difficult decisions. It’s how they deal with those challenges that makes all the difference.