UPCOMING EVENTS

• YEYA Regional Award & Mid-Year Graduation - July 14 - Evening
  
  
• Employment & Law Update - July 28th - Networking Lunch
   
• Feedback - the Breakfast of Champions - 18th August - Networking Lunch
   
• The Power of Story Telling for Leaders - 15th September - Networking Lunch
   

ABOUT NZIM EVENTS:

Come network with us in 2009 - Whether you are an experienced manager or just starting out, NZIM provides opportunities to meet fellow managers at all levels  - Our speakers have great "real life" business stories - combine this with refreshments and networking - you have the ultimate management soundbite keeping you up to date and in the know. 

We welcome members and non members to all our events. Event notices are posted to the website prior to the event. Some event dates may change subject to Speaker availability.

For those of you living and working outside of Auckland we are working with associated business groups to provide you with meetings at a venue near you. Keep watching the calendar as we confirm dates and speakers. We also have some of events available over the web.

REGISTERING YOUR ATTENDANCE

You can register your attendance for all NZIM Events online. To secure your place simply make a payment. Please specify which event you would like to attend in the comments section of the payment page.

For all telephone bookings and further information please contact Liz Fernyhough, Liz_Fernyhough@nzim.co.nz on 0800 800 694. All Booking to be made at least 3 days prior to the event.

• Our Cancellation Policy 

NZIM Akld Regional Young Executive of the Year Award & Mid Year Graduation
Tuesday 14th July 6.30pm

NZIM invites you to the Auckland Regional YEYA Awards and Graduation on the evening of July 14^th. This has traditionally been an excellent event for all involved with NZIM and we would love to see you there. We will profile regional finalists for YEYA , award graduates of our managerial qualifications and have music, wine tasting compliments of  Babich Wines and much more.

Partners, friends and family are all welcome so we hope to see you there.

Employment and Labour Law:  Issues in Recessionary Times & General Update
presented by John Hannan Employment and Industrial Relations team, DLA Phillips Fox

John Hannan heads DLA Phillips Fox's Auckland employment law team. He has appeared in major employment cases in the Court of Appeal and is a member of the Employment Law Institute and the Insurance Institute. He has a wealth of speaking experience. The global economic crisis and the recent spate of new legislation mean there are some major employment related challenges coming for New Zealand Companies.

 Feedback – the Breakfast of Champions. - Yeah Right!
presented by Geoff Wake

Why is it when offering ‘constructive criticism’ to someone, you can be pretty sure they’ll interpret that to mean just criticism with nothing constructive about it.  Even the term “feedback” can be cringe inducing for many with its negative associations.  Why is it so difficult to seek out customer feedback, the good, the bad and the ugly, acknowledge and accept it, and then use the information constructively to create greater customer value?  

Explore how a team of insurance underwriters used neuro-semantics (NS) as a tool to create ‘champion states’ and turn negative feedback into valuable information.  This case study presented by Geoff Wake of Amalgam Consulting Ltd will show how the team used the feedback to rapidly change behaviours, enhance service delivery and reduce customer complaints to zero!

"Organisational Story Telling"
Guest Speaker: Wade Jackson

The Power of Story – storytelling for leaders 

Everything and everyone has a story. And every organisation today has a culture consisting of values, stories and rituals. Stories communicate the language of the heart and express all our emotions and feelings. Stories are used to inspire and influence people, to communicate values, to give meaning, to share knowledge, to build trust, to overcome conflict, to sell products, to make connections and help us remember ideas and concepts.

The Power of Story gives people the knowledge and experience of how to improve their communication skills on a daily basis. People will walk away from this session with practical and powerful tools including an easy to use storytelling methodology that they will be able to put to immediate use.

This presentation covers:

• How to influence and inspire
• How to embed values within an team/organisation
• 3 stories every leader must know