Webinar: Leadership and Innovation in Times of Crisis
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During this time of crisis, most leaders and companies would be focusing on how to keep the business afloat in light of greatly reduced/no revenue coupled with the need to manage the fixed and variable costs of doing business.
We believe that once companies have provided stability and addressed immediate priorities, it is important to get people to focus on the new future. While COVID-19 will have disrupted the products and services you offer and how the work itself is done, this is also an opportunity to focus on the new possibilities such disruption actually creates for the business.
Are there new products or services, target audiences or delivery mechanisms out there? Is this an opportunity to clean house in terms of discarding less profitable products and services from the portfolio? What new business models are now more attractive? Are there advantages of working in this virtual manner? At the same time, leaders need to think about talent retention and continue to invest in talent development as this will help companies come out of the crisis stronger.
Speakers
Cheewei Kwan
Partner
Cheewei leads our Leadership Practice. He has more than 30 years’ experience, having held senior roles across government, corporate sectors and global HR, and leadership consulting firms. As a keen student of leadership, he has spent the bulk of his career working with leaders and leadership teams across Asia Pacific.
Cheewei relocated to Auckland in 2011 with his family and works with the Kerridge & Partners team to design and deliver leading edge leadership solutions for organisations, which include: Working with boards and executive teams to design and facilitate leadership team retreats and strategy days. Cheewei’s hallmark is his ability to create a safe and neutral environment for leadership teams to confront, discuss and resolve team conflicts and strategy issues. Providing onboarding and coaching support for senior executives. Curating and facilitating Kerridge & Partners’ leadership conferences and events.
Vikki Maclean
Partner
Vikki is a native of Scotland and as such brings her wit and directness to her consulting work. A proud New Zealander of 16 years, she joined Kerridge & Partners in 2006 and has earned a reputation for successful CEO, C suite and GM appointments, as well as many non-executive director engagements.
Renowned as an accomplished communicator, she has direct access to networks of talent in both New Zealand and globally. Vikki has a respected eye for potential and emerging talent, and is a lifelong student of leadership. She is retained by clients across all sectors of the economy and through her work and connections has a powerful set of stories to share about how leaders respond in times of crisis.
Renisa Peterson
Consultant
Renisa is a senior consultant with Kerridge & Partners, specialising in both executive search and governance. She has worked predominantly with clients from the public, not-for-profit, and arts and culture sectors. She has led numerous searches within these sectors, including for CEO appointments and several board chair and non-executive director appointments.
Renisa enjoys bringing a warm, empathetic stakeholder engagement style to her connections with clients and candidates alike. She is a champion for our focus on diversity and inclusion.