WIFT NZ Events

Been talked over in a meeting? Struggled to negotiate your contract? Feel undervalued? Hate conflict?

In this hands-on workshop, Dr Jo Cribb will share practical negotiation and conflict resolution strategies as well as important insights on attitudes to money and pay gaps. You will leave with practical tips and tricks for tackling your next contract negotiations.

Date: 14th September
Time: 1 PM - 5 PM, includes late afternoon networking drinks.
Venue: National Academy of Screen Arts cinema, Dominion Museum Building, Tokomaru, Block 10, Massey University, Wellington

The ticket price is $10 each. Spaces are limited. This event is for WIFT members and Massey students only.

Jo is a consultant and professional director with a focus on gender and diversity. She was the previous Chief Executive of the Ministry for Women, and co-founder of the Mind the Gap campaign advocating for pay gap reporting. Recent assignments include evaluating Sport NZ's gender equity in governance policy, leading sessions at APEC 2023 on gender equality in customs and border agencies, working with the New Zealand Defence Force's leadership team on the gender diversity of the forces, and completing a gender analysis of immigration policy.

In 2020, she co-authored the book Take Your Space: Successful Women Share their Secrets; the aim of which is to support women and girls to advance themselves. All proceeds from the book will be donated to The Aunties and Otara Blue Light programme to support young women leaders. Jo has also extensively researched the future of work and the result was the 2018 and 2024 second edition co-authored book Don't Worry About the Robots: How to Survive and Thrive in the New World of Work which provides an accessible synthesis of the trends in technology that are impacting on work and practical tools for future-proofing careers.

In 2016 she was a finalist in the New Zealand Women of Influence Awards and in 2021 won the Women in Governance Community Award from Governance New Zealand.

Jo is the proud mother of two, owns a small vineyard in Martinborough and distills her own gin.

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