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Looking for leadership opportunities and training?

MyLead is a New Zealand-based platform designed to support leadership development within the food and fibre sector. It offers a structured pathway for individuals, team leaders, and educators to identify and engage with leadership programmes that align with their career stages and aspirations.

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What is MyLead?

• A free, sector-specific leadership development platform for New Zealand's food and fibre industries.​

• Developed by Rural Leaders and the Food and Fibre Centre of Vocational Excellence to provide a cohesive leadership development ecosystem.

• Offers a structured pathway to identify and engage with leadership programmes that align with various career stages and aspirations

Why Use MyLead?

• To access a centralised hub for leadership development opportunities tailored to the food and fibre sector.​

• To find programmes that align with your personal and professional growth goals.

• To contribute to the growth and resilience of New Zealand's primary industries by enhancing leadership capabilities.​

Who is it For?

• Individuals seeking to develop leadership skills within the food and fibre sector.​

• Team leaders aiming to enhance their leadership capabilities.​

• Educators and mentors guiding others in their leadership journey.​
   

Explore MyLead and discover leadership programmes that can empower you and your team: mylead.co.nz

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Internship Toolkit -  Food and Fibre CoVE are currently undertaking work to develop a toolkit for pan-sector use. Stay up to date here 

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Leading and Managing 

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• Business Central: Leadership and Management - Information and courses available on leadership development

• Beef + Lamb: Generation Next Programme - Nurture current and future farmers to be industry leaders 

• Rural Leaders: Nuffield NZ - Farming scholarship for a rural leadership programme

• Rural Leaders: Kellogg - A rural leadership programme

• Horticulture NZ: Leadership Programme -  A leadership programme for horticulture

 

Team Build and Work

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• Dairy NZ: FarmTune - A system by Dairy NZ to enhance dairy farm management 

• About Life - A programme to create a healthy organisation ecosystem

• Results Coaching - Team facilitation services

• Baker Tilly - Building teams and team facilitation services 

• Food and Fibre Skills Framework - A guide that can help you identify skill gaps and develop training plan

 

For Women 

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Agri-Women's Development Trust (AWDT) provides many leadership courses, including the ones below:

 

• Escalator - A 10 month, five module hybrid learning programme

• It’s All About You - A two day personal development programme

• Next Level - A six month leadership and governance development programme

• Wāhine o te Whenua - For wāhine Māori to equip them in leading 

 

Mental Health, Wellbeing, and Safety

 

• Farmstrong - A nationwide wellbeing programme for the rural community

• Good Yarn - Course on how to address mental wellbeing in the workplace 

• Tahi Ngātahi - Free health and safety certificate for and around the woolshed

 

Career Pathways

A non-exhaustive list of how careers could develop in different industries: 

 

• Sheep, Beef and Deer - Beef + Lamb New Zealand

• Horticulture - GoHort

• Viticulture - Wine Career Pathways

• Dairy - Dairy NZ

• Plant Production (Nursery) - Plant Career Pathways

• Forestry - Forestry Careers