EMA Connect Auckland (October 2025): Culture and Wellbeing Workshop

When culture is strong, everything else gets easier. While each organisation has unique needs, there are lessons learned and across-the-board factors that can impact - and hinder - any workplace. 

Auckland HR and business leaders, join us at EMA on 16 October for another practical Connect breakfast session as part of our Hire to Retire series, led by EMA consultant Lisa Oakley. Lisa and her team will help you spot and stop the hidden behaviours that sabotage workplace culture and wellbeing - then replace them with psychological safety, clear structure, and values-driven recognition. 

In this interactive workshop, Lisa will cover topics including:  

• Culture and wellbeing - from intent to everyday behaviour: What "culture killers" look like in practice, from under-tooled teams and toxic leadership habits to tolerating poor behaviour. 
• Fix what's quietly undermining your culture: Simple tools to realign roles, handoffs and expectations, and how to translate values into daily behaviours that drive engagement and wellbeing.
• Psychological safety, values and resilience - in real life: Creating trust and having courageous conversations that lift collaboration, and strategies to stay steady during uncertainty and high workload - without burnout.

Lisa brings 20 years of experience in partnering with businesses for HR, employment relations, and health and safety, from large companies to not-for-profits. She'll share real-world stories and examples you can learn from while networking with your peers, and you'll walk away with a quick diagnostic and conversation prompts you can use the same day. Register now - and bring your questions.

Plus: Read this recent thought leadership piece from Lisa Oakley, Culture killers: Identifying the hidden behaviours that can sabotage your workplace.

Why Hire to Retire?

From the 30,000+ people who receive our monthly HR newsletter, or the hundreds of monthly AdviceLine calls, we know our members lead people, drive workplace culture, and carry the responsibility for policies and procedures. We also know that with 2000+ cases appearing before the ERA annually, and compensation for damages from the Employment Court can range up to $50,000. Getting HR right at every stage of the employee lifecycle is crucial – which is where the Hire to Retire series comes in.

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