As a senior woman leader (aged 40+) you are a member of the fastest growing workforce demographic on the planet, on target to surpass one billion worldwide by the end of 2025. In New Zealand alone there are over 500,000 employed women in this life stage, with more than 85,000 in leadership roles.
As a group, we represent a significant talent source for organisations, filling more specialist, executive, and leadership roles than ever before. However, we’re also leaving these positions in record numbers, citing flexibility, wellbeing, work-life balance, and alternative career paths as key reasons.
According to The 30% Club, a global campaign led by Chairs and CEOs to increase gender diversity at board and executive levels, for every woman getting promoted into a senior role two are leaving. McKinsey & Co. is calling this phenomenon ‘The Great Breakup’.
It’s time for us to wake up to the considerable value and potential we have at this time in our leadership journeys, accessing it with the help of development experiences that are tailored specifically to support us through this unique and powerful life transition.
To find out more about the 2025 Turning Point Programme and whether it’s the leadership development experience for you, please request a brochure.
Applications are closed for the 2025 programme. New dates and details for 2026 coming soon.
‘Midlife’ is a label we might be bit uncomfortable with. It smacks of negative stereotypes about our identity and visibility, and limiting stories about our value and potential. But its where we find ourselves. In the middle of life.
Midlife is an experience characterised by transformation and introspection. With 40+ years of life under our belts, we have accumulated vast experience, honed our skills, and navigated numerous professional and personal challenges and milestones. Yet, at a time when we should be at the height of our powers, we run headlong into obstacles specific to this life stage that can knock us off course, hinder our progress, and undermine our confidence.
From the subtle biases and stereotypes that persist in our own minds and our workplaces, to the societal expectations that shape our roles as women, parents and caregivers. From balancing responsibilities and priorities across multiple (often conflicting) domains, to juggling career aspirations with our partners or doing it all alone. From dealing with the stigma of peri/menopause and the bias of gendered ageism, to redefining our identities: we find ourselves in a space between who we were and who we are yet to become.
“If you are a midlife woman in a leadership role, feeling the pull of “what’s next?” or wanting to get your mojo back, I highly recommend Turning Point. My time with Kate and the other amazing women on the program has been incredibly enriching and made a significant impact on my life. It’s been a game changer.”
Stephanie Easthope
Senior Project Director
“Turning Point is a wonderful opportunity to step aside from the day-to-day and share wisdom and experience with other senior women. It’s down to earth, highly informative and inclusive. Kate is a powerhouse with a purpose! She has deep capability and experience, combined with a real ambition for increasing leadership capability in women across New Zealand and Australia.”
Angela Cameron
Executive Director
Over the six months of Turning Point, Kate carefully held the space for a group of powerful executive women from a variety of backgrounds. From our first 1:1 I knew I’d struck gold. Kate doesn’t just listen, she feels and deeply understands. Her grounded and thoughtful style invites one to be raw and vulnerable. When that happens, it’s uncomfortable AND where magic starts to flow.”
Melissa Robbins
Program Executive
Turning Point is a human-centred development experience designed for Executive and Senior Women leaders.
If you’re in a corporate or government environment, that means you’re probably in a Board, Executive, Tier 3, ‘Head of’, or Senior Specialist role. If you’re in a professional services firm, then you’re likely a Partner, Senior Associate, Director, Associate Director, or similar level leadership role.
Regardless of your title or industry sector, you’ll find yourself resonating with some or all of the following challenges and collisions that midlife brings women leaders:
Midlife female leaders don’t need fixing, but we could do with some help!
Until now there hasn’t been a leadership development programme designed specifically to support women leaders like you through this challenging yet temporary transition. So we’ve created one!
Delivered over six months using a blended approach of in-person deep development experiences, on-line coaching circles, and a dedicated cohort space on our digital programme platform, Turning Point is the first leadership development programme of its kind for New Zealand.
It focuses on specific challenges and opportunities for women through this life and leadership transition, providing an experience that aims to awaken you from the quiet midlife crisis, shake off the shackles of outdated stereotypes, and embrace your midlife leadership power and potential.
As a close-knit cohort of up to 12 women, you will:
You will emerge from our 6-month journey together with:
The 2025 Turning Point Programme runs from February to August and places are strictly limited to 12 women.
Applications are closed for the 2025 programme. New dates and details for 2026 coming soon.
Request a brochure to access detailed information.
“At Tahua we strongly believe in our values and supporting the ongoing development of our leaders. We recognise that women in leadership face particular challenges at certain life stages. Turning Point is a unique programme that provides an exciting development opportunity to lean in and embrace those challenges front on!”
Kerry Cornelious
Chief People Officer
“We’re very proud to support our rising senior female leaders through the Turning Point journey. I love how the programme is uniquely tailored to the challenges (and opportunities!) women face in the middle period of life, particularly balancing life responsibilities while also coming into their own as awesome, inspiring leaders.”
Rebecca Mowat
Head of People
“At Te Mata Hiko (Contact) we believe we have both a responsibility and a real need to grow and develop more female leaders in what has been traditionally a male dominated sector. I particularly love how Turning Point has been designed specifically to support women at such a critical part of their careers – the middle part of their lives but with so much more to offer”.
Jan Bibby
Chief People Officer
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