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WEBINAR
What’s changing in New Zealand workplaces and what leaders should know.
10:30am | Thurs 23 April 2026
What we’ll cover
- Key findings from the 2025 BPTW™ Employee Insights Report
- What employees across New Zealand are saying about trust, leadership, innovation and workload
- What these signals may mean for organisations navigating change
- How the BPTW™ Pulse and Employee Experience Surveys help leaders understand what’s happening inside their workplace
What you’ll leave with
A clearer view of what is changing across New Zealand workplaces
Perspective on how innovation and trust are showing up together
Better questions to ask about leadership, workload, connection and change
A practical understanding of how the BPTW™ Annual Survey can help assess your own organisation
A few of the signals we’ll unpack
You are leading through change. The question is: what’s really happening inside your business?
The latest BPTW™ insights show a mixed picture across Aotearoa New Zealand. While innovation and wellbeing are improving, some of the foundations that matter most to performance - including trust in leadership, team connection, workload, and confidence in tools and technology - are under pressure.
This session will unpack what these signals may mean for organisations navigating change. Julie Gill, CEO of BPTW™, will walk through key findings from the 2025 Employee Insights Report and explain how the BPTW™ Annual Survey helps leaders gain a clearer picture of their workplace experience and how it compares with industry benchmarks.
Speakers
Julie Gill
CEO, Best Places to Work™
Best Places to Work™ is a national benchmarking partner helping organisations across Aotearoa understand how their people experience work.
Julie works closely with leadership teams to measure and benchmark employee experience, recognising that trust, leadership and culture are critical drivers of performance and innovation.
In this session, Julie will share the latest signals, what leaders should be paying attention to, and how organisations can move from assumptions to evidence.
Nicola Taylor
Co-founder, Tax Traders & Taxi
Nicola is the co-founder of award-winning fintech company Tax Traders and start up, Taxi. Founded in 2012, Tax Traders has grown to be the market leader, managing over $4 billion in tax payments and leading the market in technology.
Nicola was also the brainchild behind Taxi, which provides tax-powered working capital to businesses (a world first!). A purpose-driven, people-first leader, Nicola is motivated by justice and equity in financial systems and a deep belief that business can be a force for good.Nicola was named SME Business Leader of the Year at the 2024 New Zealand Leadership Award.
Her companies are proud B Corps and have been widely recognised for their workplace culture, being named Overall Winner in the 2024 Best Places to Work™ Awards and Small Workplace Winner for the 2025 Best Places to Work™ Awards.
Heather Polaschek
Head of People and Performance, Rush
Heather Polaschek is the Head of People and Performance at RUSH, leading the design of high-performing, people-first workplace cultures.
RUSH has been recognised as a Best Places to Work™ Small–Medium Workplace winner in both 2024 and 2025, and received the 2025 BPTW™ Wellness Spotlight Award.
With 15+ years’ experience, Heather specialises in building inclusive, high-performing teams and translating people strategy into measurable business impact.
Kathy McCombe
EMA
Kathy McCombe is a Service Delivery Manager at EMA, the Foundation Partner of Best Places to Work™, where she leads the delivery of outsourced HR services for organisations across New Zealand.
With 30+ years’ experience in client relationship management and people services, she specialises in building strong partnerships and translating complex people challenges into practical solutions. Kathy is known for connecting people, ideas, and services to drive meaningful impact across organisations.
From insight to action
This session helps you understand the broader picture. The BPTW™ Annual Survey helps you understand your own.
The survey assesses your employee experience and benchmarks your organisation against similar workplaces. It provides insight across key areas, including trust in leadership, innovation, wellbeing, performance and growth, tools and technology, and team connection.
Results are delivered through a dashboard with benchmarking and practical insight to support ongoing improvement.
You’ll leave this session with perspective - and, if it’s right for you, a practical way to explore what’s happening inside your organisation.
