bp Leaders For Life Profiles

Joanne Parry
bp Leaders for Life 2017
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My name is Joanne Parry and I’m a member at Mt Maunganui Lifeguard Service. I patrol as a Surf
Lifeguard on weekends, and we’ve recently acquired a squad of IRB racing athletes who my
teammate Julia (also a bp Leaders for Life alumni) and I are hoping to develop into competition
squad! In my "other life," I'm in my final year of Dentistry at the University of Otago.
The caliber of the facilitators, mentors and guest speakers in the bp Leaders for Life programme is
outstanding. You learn from an exceptionally diverse and experienced range of leaders, who
challenge you and encourage you to challenge yourself.
The team management profiles we did were a game changer - they are terrifyingly accurate, and
still to this day are a guide for me to navigate situations I have found myself in.
If you have the willingness to be open to new ideas, learn from others and challenge yourself - this
is the programme for you! Our group had people from all different backgrounds and each of us
was involved in our organisation in very different ways - which made for an awesome opportunity
to mix with people you otherwise wouldn’t get to - and to hear different ideas and perspectives.
If you are looking to get more out of Surf lifesaving and are open to challenging yourself to learn
more about how you work as an individual and as part of a team, then I would recommend bp
Leaders for Life to you.