He kōrerorero ki a Lisa

He wheako tōna i roto i ngā kāheru e whānui ana i ngā whenua rerekē, i ngā kiritaki me ngā huringa ara. Our Client Director Lisa can be found zipping around Tāmaki Makaurau. I tēnei marama, i mōhio mātou ki tā mātou kaimahi hou me te ako mō tōna huarahi ki te umanga auaha.

Kōrero mai ki a mātou mō tō ara mahi i tēnei wā.

I tīmata ahau i taku mahi i Awherika ki te Tonga. I muri i ngā rā e rua hei kaiako, ka whakaaro ahau "he aha taku mahi"? Nā reira i ako anō ahau, i tēnei wā he tohu mākete, kātahi ka whiwhi mahi ki TBWA hei kaiāwhina whaiaro. Kātahi ahau ka mahi i te hokohoko rerengamahi mō te 3 tau, e mahi ana me ngā auaha 35 – kōrero mō tētahi ānau akoranga! He pai ki ahau te mahi i te taha o ngā auaha, ā muri ake, me tētahi kaiwhakahaere ratonga kiritaki tino pai.

I te mutunga, ka whai ahau i tētahi tangata Kiwi ki Aotearoa. I whakawhiti ahau ki ngā mea katoa e taea ana e au te mahi, arā, ko ngā ratonga kiritaki i tētahi kamupene pūkoro. I muri mai ka haere mai he whare whakanao, kātahi ko Platform29, i reira ahau i āwhina ai i a rātau ki te whakatipu i te Skinny Mobile mai i te tamaiti hou i runga i te paraka ki te wāhi e noho ana rātou i tēnei rā. Kātahi ka tae mātou ki taku tūranga o mua tata nei i Bob's Your Uncle. I tīmata mātou i te iti, ā, i āwhina ahau ki te whakatipu ki tētahi wāhi i toa ai mātou i te kirimana Contact Energy, he nui ki a mātou. I tētahi wāhi i roto i te whāranu, ka hapati ngā rangatira, ā, ka mau ahau ki te mau i ngā whatumanawa o te umanga me te pupuri i a mātau ki runga i tā mātou kēmu i a rātau e ngaro ana. I hiahia ahau ki tētahi huringa, koia te wāhi e uru mai ai taku tūranga hou i te Rautaki.

Me tēnā wheako katoa, he aha koe e pupuri ana i tēnei umanga?

I ētahi wā, ka pātai ahau ki a au anō: "He aha ahau i roto i te pānuitanga?". Kua whakamātauria e au, engari kāore e taea e au te whakaaro i a au e mahi ana i tētahi atu mea. Ka mahi tahi ahau me ngā tāngata tino mātao hei āwhina ki te whakatika i tētahi raruraru. Ko te mea e whakaongaonga ana i a au ko te mahi tahi i waenganui i te auaha me te kiritaki ki te kimi rongoā e kawe mai ana i te hari.

Me pēhea koe e whakatere ai hei piriti i waenga i te kiritaki me te auaha?

He tino hira te noho hei wāhanga o te tīma kiritaki – ko te tikanga ka puta te mahi ngātahi. Kei runga mātou i ā rātou whāinga, ō rātou mōhiotanga me te horopaki. I te wā anō, kei te pai rātou ki a mātou, ā, e tuwhera ana ki te rongo i ngā huarahi hou.

Mō ngā auaha, he raina pai hei kanikani. Me pupuri koe i ngā auaha me ngā kaitohutohu ki te kaupapa, engari me pupuri hoki i a rātou ki roto i ngā whāititanga o te poto. He pai ki ahau te tautuhi i ngā tawhā tino mārama kia taea ai te auahatanga, engari me whakahaere hoki i ngā tūmanako.

He tino whakapono hoki ahau ki te whakamatautau i te whakaaro taketake. Ko te whakamatautau i te tūnga kōkuhu te wāhi i puta mai ai ngā whakaaro tino pai. Nā reira, ko te āhei ki te whakaatu i ngā whakaaro e rakuraku ana i taua ngau ka nui ake te mahi.

He aha tō huarahi i te ao pakihi hou?

Me whai huarahi rautaki koe – he hiahia motuhake tō ia kiritaki. E rua ngā mea rerekē e mahia ana e au. E hiahia ana ētahi kiritaki ki tētahi whakamōhiotanga ira whero iti hei whakaoho i ētahi hiahia. I te nuinga o te wā, ko ngā tohutohu e kawe mai ana i ngā mahi hou. Nā reira he tino hira te whakahōu i ā mātou hongere, pēnei i te paetukutuku, LinkedIn me ētahi atu pāpori. I ētahi wā, kotahi tonu te mahi tahi, kia kite ai mēnā he pai tāua ki a rāua anō. He iti iho te pekenga o te whakapono, ā, he nui ake te kite mēnā he hototahi tātau.

Me pēhea tō whakataurite i tō aroha ki te tūtaki i ngā tāngata ā-tangata, me ngā tūturu o te oranga matihiko?

He tangata tino tāngata ahau – He pai ki ahau te haere ki mua i tētahi tangata kia māmā ai te ine i tētahi rūma me te āwhina ki te hanga i tētahi mahi ngātahi kaha.

Ināianei he maha rawa ngā tauwhitinga kei te tuihono, he mea noa iho me mahi ahau. Me noho koe i a koe anō i ngā wā katoa e taea ana e koe, kia ngātahi, kia ōrite hoki. He pai ki ahau te hopu i ngā kiritaki (me te tīma!) i te nuinga o te wā. I find it nurtures those relationships and gets to better outcomes for everyone involved.

He aha ētahi atu huringa nui kua kitea e koe i roto i te umanga?

Ki taku whakaaro kua kikī ake ngā tahua, ā, he nui ake te tūpato o ngā kiritaki ki te wāhi e haere ai a rātau moni. Ko te tikanga o tēnei kua kite ahau i ētahi atu utauta me ngā rauemi e waihangatia ana hei āwhina i te kiritaki ki te mahi i a ia anō. Kua kite hoki ahau i ngā hongere pai ake, pēnei i te rongonui me te arotahi ki ngā pānuitanga mamati. I mua, ko ngā whakahau TVC me ngā whakahau whakahaere; ināianei kei te whakamahi i ngā hongere pānui mamati i runga i ngā huarahi mōhio kia tae atu ki ngā tāngata tika.

Mā ngā tarau poto kikī ake, ko te tikanga hoki ka taea e tātau te whakamātau i tētahi mea whakamere. He pai ki ahau tētahi poto āwhina - te kimi koki rerekē me te waihanga i tētahi mea e hiahia ana koe ki te mahi mō tētahi kiritaki. Kua kitea e au te nuinga o te wā, mēnā he whakaaro pai ka kitea e ngā kiritaki he tahua mōna. Me pēhea koe e whakatutuki ai i te toenga mahi-ora?

Kia pono, e tino whawhai ana ahau ki tēnei. Ki taku whakaaro he mea nui te kimi i te toenga ahakoa - ki te kore koe e tiaki i a koe anō, kāore e taea e koe te mahi i tō mahi, te tiaki rānei i tētahi atu. Kaore e taea e koe te ringihia mai i te kapu wātea.

What are your top things about living, working and playing in Tāmaki Makaurau? He aha koe e pupuri ana i reira?

Tāmaki Makaurau has so much cool stuff going on. Ngā hākari, ngā takahanga ahurea, ngā kōwhiringa kai - he nui rawa ngā mea e puta ana i runga i te taumata pāpori e arohaina ana e au.

Kua noho ahau i Mt Eden, Pt Chev, ā, i te ono marama ki muri, i Te Tai Tokerau. E aroha ana ahau - ko ngā one otirā! It just so happens that my suburb is home to every single South African that's ever emigrated to New Zealand, so it feels like home. E kōrero ana te tangata i Awherika ki te Tonga - i te reo Afrikaans rānei! - i nga tiriti. Ka kitea e koe ngā boerewors, ngā tītī miraka, ngā hurihanga rēmana rānei i ngā toa katoa. Ahakoa taku tama e whakaae ana he rite ki te hokinga ki te kāinga.

He aha tāu e mahi ai i waho o te mahi ka taea te whakawhiti ki tō oranga mahi?

Kua wero ahau i a au ki te ako kita me te kore āwhina a taku hoa kita, a Dan. Kei roto tonu ahau i te mātotoru, engari kei te ako ahau mēnā ka wero koe i a koe anō, hoatu ngā haora me te whakapiri atu, ka taea e koe. Ka waiata ahau i te tīma i WIPs i te wā poto.

I tēnei wā... Te Pānui i te Paru Amerika na Jeanine Cunnings.

Listening to Live at the Aquarium by Elderbrook.

Mātakitaki ana i ngā whakahaere anō o Yellowstone.

E hiahia ana ahau ki Awherika ki te Tonga mo te raumati, i roto i te wera maroke ātaahua me taku whānau.

E hiahia ana ki te feng shui o taku tēpu tari (kāore rānei).