Last week, our People and Operations Director, Rachael Fitzjohn,  ran a Leadership Lab at the Women in Leadership Global Conference on leading high-performing teams.  

She unpacked what’s really driving underperformance - not necessarily capability, but the leadership patterns we tolerate, rescue or avoid.

A big theme was the tension between control and ownership, and what needs to exist for teams to self-correct.

The conversations were honest and grounded in real NZ workplaces - things like restructures, blurred boundaries and high expectations without clear guardrails.

Stronger together doesn’t mean softer — it means braver.