We’d like to introduce you to one of our student members – Rajnil Lal. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the Fiji National University in 2015, and is currently enrolled to complete his Masters at the University of Auckland. In his second semester, he’ll be finishing his studies in June, and will…
We’d like to introduce you to one of our students to join our newly created Student Membership category – Siavash Nourani. Helping you to get to know aspiring engineers like Siavash, is part of our works to better connect you with our future engineers and develop meaningful relationships with them. Together, we can make the…
The dust has settled from the first of our Future Forum conferences and we’d like to congratulate the winners and runners-up at our 2020 Vision: Nation Dinner. It goes without saying, that the performance of forward thinking companies play a pivotal part in propelling our industry into the future, and making sure we have relevance.…
HERA was excited to kick off our year by hosting the 2020 Rotary National Science and Technology Forum at HERA House. This student event is part of our commitment to inspire future engineers to work in the metals industry and showcase the real opportunities that exist within our sector. The visiting group was part of…
Our team at HERA wanted to take the time to wish all of our members the best as we break for our Christmas holidays. We look forward to seeing you in the new year! We’ve had a milestone year with some great new initiatives which we’re proud to have achieved. We embedded a new focus…
We’re excited to let our members know that we now have a new Senior Structural Engineer on board with us – and lets just say… he’s no stranger to HERA! Andrew Pennington joins the HERA fold once again after a sabbatical away pursuing other roles. His history with us dates back to 2013 when he…
Recently, I met up with a senior leader whom I admire because of the way he practises mindfulness in his leading. The focus of our conversation was being authentic and mindful in our leadership. We agreed that a good definition of mindfulness is about being awake to and aware of what is happening to ourselves…
HERA proudly sponsored and was happy to have our Research Engineer Hafez Taheri attend final year student project events for both the University of Auckland (UoA) and Auckland University of Technology (AUT) this year – promoting new ideas in the field of engineering. At HERA, we believe that supporting industry projects such as these give…
Have you ever asked yourself this? It is a term that is often bandied about in leadership discussions. But what does it actually mean and why is it important for HERA to talk about it? Recently, being a charismatic leader has come up in many conversations for me (and not by my initiation). It’s prompted…
We’re making great strides in achieving diversity in the boardroom, but we’re still not there. One would think it’s a no brainer. But every time an announcement is made around diversity in the boardroom, I always get asked for comment about why this is important which makes me wonder: Is this really not self-evident or…
We all know that HR has fundamentally been about helping enable culture and driving performance. But in order to do this effectively in today’s world, we need to recognise the key role HR plays in enabling innovation. There is an innate tension within high-performing leadership teams, a product of the diverse and (partially) non-overlapping goals…
Surprisingly, this appears to be the case according to research recently released. An interdisciplinary team involving researchers with backgrounds in engineering, intercultural communication, and applied linguistics from universities in the United Kingdom, Belgium, Australia, and Japan conducted the research. They analysed written materials with intercultural communication as the subject, as used in engineering education. They…