Over ten years ago Jim Collins, author of ‘Good to Great: Why some companies make the leap… and others don’t’ outlined his take on the traits of a great company and provided guidance on how to become one. The equation outlined by Mr Collins rested on an assumption of good management capability to support the new leadership development bandwagon he created.

If you ask Kotahi’s HR manager, Jay Padden, which three qualities she values most in the Beyond Performance team, she doesn’t hesitate: agility, flexibility and innovation sit at the top of the fast-moving global freight company’s list.

I wanted to be sure that I extracted the maximum benefit from insights shared by entrepreneurial trailblazers, Theresa Gattung, Claudia Batten and Michelle Pratt at the recent Ignite event run by Co. of Women. I attended the event with a main objective in mind: to learn something — so I thought that I would share my learning journey with you!