SHADOW A LEADER BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND LAW 2 SHADOW A LEADER The aim of Shadow a Leader is to give secondary school students and AUT Business, Economics and Law students the opportunity to follow a business leader for a day and to understand what it takes to succeed in the leader’s profession. Students are identified as having future business leadership potential. Leadership Week takes place in the first week of July each year. Shadow a Leader is an initiative to support Leadership Week. 3 TEAMS OF THREE Shadow a Leader chooses year 13 secondary Secondary school business teachers and school business students and AUT Business, Heads of Department nominate their business Economics and Law students to “shadow” a students deserving of this initiative. These business leader for the day. are students managing successful Young Enterprise Scheme initiatives or those Shadow a Leader launched with four teams excelling in business studies. of three in 2012, successfully extended to over 50 teams of three in 2013, and to 75 AUT students bring their experience as teams thereafter. tertiary students and expertise of their chosen areas of study to Shadow a Leader Each team consists of a business leader, teams. They are charged with guiding their one secondary school student, and one younger student team members. AUT student. (COVER) VINCENT CHAN (AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL), MIKE MARR (GROUP GENERAL MANAGER, ADVANCED SECURITY GROUP), RAYHAN ARUL (MASSEY HIGH SCHOOL) (ABOVE) SUE FOLEY (DIRECTOR OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS, WESTPAC), MAJELLA ANERU (PAKURANGA COLLEGE), GABI DAVIS (AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL) (BELOW) TONY FALKENSTEIN (MANAGING DIRECTOR, JUST WATER INTERNATIONAL), ANTON VERA (AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL), EDAN BICHENO (EPSOM GIRLS GRAMMAR SCHOOL) 4 THE DAY The Shadow a Leader day begins with to prepare them for the day ahead and breakfast at AUT for all participating hear from one of the inspiring leaders in business leaders and students. Students a keynote address. meet their teams in a friendly and relaxed After breakfast, the students follow their atmosphere, enjoy a hot buffet breakfast leader on their activities for the day. SHADOW A LEADER PARTICIPANTS AT BREAKFAST 5 Shadow a Leader teams activities may include: • Product manufacture or factory tour • HR consultation • Business planning and strategy meeting • Team building • Negotiation discussion • Finance meeting • Sales team meeting • Client sales presentation Students will make their own way home from • Client meeting activities as agreed with their leader. • Board meeting • Company marketing discussion Dress code is school uniform for high school • Video conferencing students, business attire for AUT students. PEJMAN OKHOVAT (CEO OF WAREHOUSE STATIONERY & TORPEDO7 GROUP), JAKE AGO (AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL), LAVINIA NOUE (ONEHUNGA HIGH BUSINESS SCHOOL) 6 NICK FITZPATRICK (T&G GLOBAL, GENERAL MANAGER GRAPES CATEGORY AND MANAGEMENT SOUTH AMERICA AND CHINA), JOSH WOOD (AUT LAW SCHOOL), DEVIN SENE WIRATNE (NORTHCOTE COLLEGE) CAMERON ROBINSON (AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL), KAREN FISTONICH (CHAIR, VILLA MARIA), DEANNE HORNIGOLD (ALBANY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL) 7 FOLLOW UP EXPRESS INTEREST All students will be asked to report back on SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS their day to AUT Business, Economics and Year 13 students – express your interest to Law by a date agreed with the schools your business studies teacher or form teacher. and AUT. All students will be required to complete a CV Secondary school and AUT students may be (template supplied). You need to be intending to asked to report back or speak to their school study at AUT. or at an AUT event. AUT BUSINESS, ECONOMICS AND AUT students are able to credit their LAW STUDENTS participation to the AUT Edge Award. From third year undergraduate to postgraduate Participating secondary school students – express your interest to your Head of are invited to consider applying for an AUT Department or to scholarship or AUT Business, Economics and Annie Gandar, Law scholarships. Manager Business Relations, WF 1030 A short online survey will be sent to all Phone 921 9999 x 5330 students to complete following the day. [email protected] All students will be required to complete a CV (template supplied) and a short interview. BUSINESS LEADERS Please contact: Annie Gandar, Manager Business Relations, AUT Business School Phone 921 9999 x 5330 [email protected] Sarah Trotman, Director Business Relations, AUT Business School Phone 921 9999 x 5391 [email protected] 8 THANK YOU AUT Faculty of Business, BNZ Institute of Finance Economics and Law thanks Borderless Productions Professionals NZ Inc. (INFINZ) all chief executives, managing Briscoe Group Ltd Just Water International directors, partners, senior Kensington Swan executives, and business Chancellor Construction leaders of the following Group Kerridge & Partners organisations, who give their Chartered Accountants KiwiRail time to Shadow a Leader: Australia and New Zealand KPMG Cisco Systems Leadership New Zealand Abano Healthcare Coca-Cola Amatil (NZ) Leading Edge AJ Park Converga Communications Advanced Security Group Ltd CPA Australia Lifewise Airedale Property Trust DDB Lowndes Associates Altris Deloitte New Zealand Mi9 New Zealand AMP Douglas Pharmaceuticals Ministry of Pacific Peoples ANZ Drake International - NZ MinterEllisonRuddWatts apd EEO Trust NZI Ltd ASG E-Guard Electrix Limited NZX Auckland Chamber of EY New Zealand Trade Commerce fifteenminutes and Enterprise Auckland Council Financial Markets Authority Next Foundation ATEED First Foundation Orbit World Travel Auckland War Memorial Fonterra Co-operative Porter Novelli Museum Group Limited PwC Baldwins Foundation North Pure SEO BDO Goodman Property Trust RightWay Be. Accessible Hesketh Henry RSM Hayes Audit Beca Carter Hollings & Ferner Idealog Sanford Limited Bell Gully Inside Recruitment Sir Peter Blake Trust 9 Sovereign Auckland Grammar School Rosmini College Spark New Zealand Ltd Avondale College Sacred Heart College Spark Connect Baradene College Santa Maria College Spark Digital Carmel College St Cuthbert’s College Spark Ventures Diocesan School for Girls St Kentigern College Spectrum Care Trust Epsom Girls’ Grammar School St Mary’s College T&G Global Glendowie College St Peter’s College The Results Group Henderson High School Takapuna Grammar School The Web Company James Cook High School Tangaroa College Track Kelston Boys’ High School Western Springs College TVNZ Kelston Girls’ High School Westlake Boys High School UDC Finance King’s College Westlake Girls High School Vend KingsWay College Villa Maria Long Bay College Vehicle Identification NZ Lynfield College Warehouse Stationery Macleans College & Torpedo7 Group Massey High School Westpac New Zealand Mount Albert Grammar Workchoice Trust School Xero One Tree Hill College Onehunga High Business Auckland secondary School schools participating: Ormiston Senior College Pakuranga College ACG Senior College Papakura High School Albany Senior High School Pinehurst School Aorere College Pukekohe High School Auckland Girls’ Grammar School Rangitoto College 10 REMARKABLE “Shadow a Leader was a hugely successful day room was just down the corridor. The little for me. I learned a lot about NZI as a company bits of knowledge Jim gave us during the from shadowing Travis Atkins, Executive day will stick with me, the importance of General Manager, as well as what it takes to delegation and the importance of taking be a successful business leader. I hope that it time out to refocus.” is run for years to come.” MATT MACKINNON TAINE MCQUOID AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL SACRED HEART COLLEGE “I cannot thank Tony Arthur, Head of Retail “I took multiple things away from my day with at BNZ enough for the experience as it Sharron Botica, Chief Officer People and reaffirmed why I want to take on a career in Community at Sovereign, including insight the banking industry – it is much more than into the life of an executive and how my handling money. To me, banking is about knowledge and skills will come into play in community and relationships. I have come the work force. I won’t forget the great pieces to realise that leadership is not an acquired of advice such as ‘always ask questions’ and skill or a particular technique; it is having a ‘it’s not necessarily a straight path to get to good set of values and serving others. This where you want to go’.” experience will remain one of the most SAMANTHA MOTTRAM TAKAPUNA GRAMMAR SCHOOL significant highlights of my academic journey.“ VEA MAMANU “Shadow a Leader has been one of the most AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL meaningful experiences I have had at university “It was great to meet the two students and and it was crucial for my career choice.” share more about our business, my journey KSENNYA KIRSANOVA AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL and learnings over time. It’s wonderful to see the depth of talent in our schools and tertiary “I’m still buzzing from the exciting day with institutions. I’ve asked the students to keep Jim Wethey, Head of Risk & Compliance, in contact and I’m really looking forward to Corporate & Institutional Banking at hearing how they progress through their Westpac. The institutional and corporate studies and into the business world.” finance teams gave us insight into the heart JOLIE HODSON of the company and the financial markets CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER - SPARK 11 GORDON SHAW (CEO VEHICLE INSPECTION NZ), MARK IEVLEV (AUT BUSINESS SCHOOL), MALCOM WILLIS (GLENDOWIE COLLEGE) “The people from my team enjoyed meeting “Shadow a Leader is a great way of energising the students with one