New Zealand Wellbeing Programme

Join our 4th annual programme to support the leadership development and well-being of New Zealand’s future leaders. The 3-month programme runs from May 9th to August 1st 2024 and is subsidized 75% by New Zealand public and private partners to ensure all founders and investors can participate.

Scale Yourself, Scale Your Company

With a small time commitment of 2 hours per week, you can up-level your leadership and unlock the secrets to enduring wellbeing. If you’re ready to take a deep look inside yourself with the support of a community of founders, investors, coaches, and wisdom keepers, this programme can radically change your experience as an entrepreneur and investor for the better. Here’s what’s included in this highly subsidized programme:

Custom Growth
Plan

Self &
Leadership Assessments

Scientific
Measurement of Impact

Digital Learning
Content

Weekly
Group Sessions

Sign up for free info session

Enroll in the programme

$500 NZD (after 75% sponsor subsidy)

If you are a returning participant, click here

Assessments

The Journey
Begins with Awareness

Abroad’s Awareness Assessment was used to conduct a landmark global study on how the wellbeing of founders impacts performance, decision-making, and team culture. As part of this program, you will take both the Awareness Assessment and distribute our Leader Assessment to your direct reports to measure your Manager Efficacy.

Growth Plan

Your Blueprint
for Success

Armed with your unique assessment results, your dedicated coach will craft a customized growth plan tailored to your specific needs and objectives. This dynamic blueprint guides you towards achieving your leadership potential, with milestones to track progress and opportunities for real-time adaptation based on your evolving growth.

Cast aside whatever objections your mind throws up and just do it. It will transform the relationship you have with yourself and with others, making you a more effective leader and a better person. Commit to attending as many of the weekly meetings as you can and absolutely sign up for the 1:1 coaching.

Steven Prescott

Co-Founder & CEO, TEN 14

Group Sessions

Learning Together, Growing Together

After completing your assessments and growth plans, we will gather as a community every Thursday from 11-12:15 p.m. NZT starting May 2nd to learn the mindsets and skills that top global founders have used to navigate the entrepreneurial roller coaster with greater purpose, resilience, and adaptability. Beyond the learning, this is an opportunity to create community and meaningful human connection.

Digital Learning

Learning at Your Fingertips

Gain full access to Abroad’s extensive digital library, filled with a wealth of podcast-style learning content. Tune into our flagship programs, explore specially designed audios that sync with your assessment results, and dive into countless resources designed to complement your growth plan. Learn at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. Throughout the program, you can listen to our content online or offline through our mobile app to prepare for live sessions and reflect on key learnings. Imagine listening to an audio on transforming scarcity mindsets right before an investor meeting.

Measured Impact

Tangible Transformation, Measurable Impact

At the completion of the program, you will retake our assessments and meet with your Abroad coach to celebrate the empirical impact you have generated. This provides you key insights to share with your board and team members that you are taking your leadership growth and development seriously.

New Zealand Cohort Results

Below are the aggregate scientific results of 50+ Kiwi founders who participated in the programme

+31%

+26%

Growth Mindset

Time Management

+24%

+21%

Burnout Resistance

Stress & Anxiety

+18%

Mental Flexibility

As a leader if you learn about the programme and think ‘I’m just too busy for this,” you should have signed up a year ago.

This founder programme is very deep, reflective, and relevant. It’s like re-learning to be human.

This was hands down the most transformational programme I have ever attended. I will be disappointed by mere skills-based trainings after this.

Is This Programme Right for Me?

If you’re wanting to learn more about yourself and unlock your full potential, the Programme is the ultimate tool for your self-growth. Through the programme, you’ll begin to discover the answers to these questions and more:

What if you liberated yourself from your self-imposed limitations?

What if your mind felt more focused and free?

What if you were more balanced amidst the chaos?

What if you strengthened your curiosity muscles to discover new strategies for success?

What if you no longer beat yourself up for your mistakes, setbacks, and failures?

What if you learned core manager competencies to build a thriving company that attracts top talent?

About Abroad

Abroad was founded out of a deep passion for helping leaders reach their true potential as professionals and as humans. We combine research, education, coaching, and life-changing experiences to help committed individuals evolve beyond their previous limitations and move themselves and their companies forward, backed up by empirical data.

Meet Your Facilitators

Justin Milano

Leadership & Wellbeing

Justin Milano is an entrepreneur, executive coach, and CEO of Abroad. For the past decade, Justin has been helping visionary founders and executives across the globe operate with greater purpose, balance, and self-understanding. Justin was the lead author on Abroad’s landmark global study on more than 1,300 founders and intimately understands the entrepreneur journey. He is an EHF Fellow who recently was granted residency in New Zealand.

Tuihana Ohia

Maori Culture & Wellbeing

Recognised as one of Aotearoa’s leading wellbeing consultants, Tuihana has won several awards for her work, notably with the launch of Manaaki Peer to Peer Support initiatives in Vodafone and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa’s wellbeing programme Tau Ora. Her expertise spans all aspects of well-being including strategy, building in-house capacity, workshops, and implementation. Tuihana bring the voice of Maori cultural wisdom to the programme.

Suse Reynolds

Executive Chair AANZ

Suse cares deeply about Aotearoa New Zealand having a healthy, diverse innovation ecosystem. Facilitating as the AANZ’s Chair Emeritus, she will continue to champion the wellbeing of founders and startup teams, including their investors to showcase how prioritizing wellbeing benefits everyone and supports the creation of outsized impact and value.

Bridget Unsworth

Executive Director AANZ

Bridget Unsworth is the Executive Director at Angel Association New Zealand and cares deeply about founder and investor wellbeing. Having completed this programme twice before already, she understands that taking the time to work on yourself benefits not only yourself, but your team and your organisation as whole.

Join the Upcoming Programme

Community Sessions: Every Thursday, May 9th to August 1st (11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. NZT)

Founder Investment: $500 NZD (after 75% sponsor subsidy)