Care Beyond Profits

Diana arrived with years of leadership behind her. Her first job in New Zealand was vacuuming a casino floor.

In this episode of Care Beyond Profits, I speak with Diana Sharma, co-founder of Mission Ready and the Mission Impact Foundation.

Diana was born in Kuwait, lived through the invasion as a child, grew up between Kuwait and India, and arrived in New Zealand with no contacts and no network.

After hundreds of job rejections, she...

Mike Casey, cherry orchardist and CEO of Rewiring Aotearoa, shares how electrification, solar and climate action turned his New Zealand business profitable.

"Climate action is no longer a cost. Climate action is profitable."

From a suburban Wellington childhood to building a Sydney tech startup that 4 out of 5 Australian university students used to find their first job, to planting 9,300 cherry trees in Central Otago, Mike Casey's st...

"My daughter was young when I had one of my cancer diagnoses… her little life literally fell apart."

Monica Briggs, CEO of Child Cancer Foundation, speaks about her experience in charity leadership, childhood cancer support and measuring social impact. In this conversation, we learn how a New Zealand not-for-profit turns $1 into $6 of impact.

In this episode Monica shares her personal journey and the operational strengths in...

Paul Button, CEO of Rotorua Canopy Tours, shares conservation tourism, regenerative business, and purpose-driven leadership in this Care Beyond Profits podcast on sustainability and ecotourism."Humans...All we crave for is just connection."From a whitewater kayaker chasing rivers across North Canterbury, Canada and Central America, to running one of New Zealand's most awarded ecotourism businesses, Paul Button's story is one of adv...

Michael Eaglen didn't draw a salary for eighteen months. There was no demand.

The capital cost was higher than diesel. Auckland Transport pretty much wanted to be left alone to keep buying diesel boats. Then he stood up at a Fullers breakfast at the end of 2018, painted a picture of two electric ferries gliding into Auckland for APEC, and almost overnight it became inevitable.

EV Maritime today has built Auckland's first urban elec...

From a Facebook post to a multi-million dollar yoghurt brand, Tesh Hearth shares social enterprise, impact business, and philanthropy from her purpose driven work.

"It's not worth it for me to just do stuff for myself or make money for myself to buy fancy things. I have to feel like I'm being of service, actually being helpful and making things a bit better than they were."

Tesh Hearth never went to school.She never went to universit...

Bill Murphy, founder of Purpose Capital, shares impact investing, degrowth, and climate investing in this conversation about renewable energy, sustainable finance, and ethical investing in New Zealand."We either start it or it's going to happen to us. And the way we're going, most likely it's going to happen to us."

From a working class Irish Catholic family in Boston to building one of New Zealand's most influential impact investme...

From Malaysia to leading New Zealand's Ministry for Ethnic Communities, Mervin Singham, Chief Executive of the Ministry for Ethnic Communities, shares his leadership journey, social cohesion vision, and public service leadership in this purpose-driven interview about diversity, racism, and ethnic communities in New Zealand.

"It's enormously enriching to have compassion and kindness in one's heart. Compassion is not a weakness. It is...

Sanjesh Lal, Auckland builder and Director of Keola construction, shares his entrepreneurship journey, resilience, and personal growth in this Care Beyond Profits podcast about small business in NZ.

"Starting from scratch is bloody hard. The whole ecosystem for construction is cooked. When it's good, it's good. And when it crumbles, it really crumbles."

From a rural farm in Fiji to leading an award-winning construction company in Auc...

From a dairy farm to leading New Zealand's schools - Dale Bailey, Chief Executive of Springboard Trust, shares his leadership mindset, self leadership journey, and education strategy in this leadership interview about personal growth, professional development, and teaching in NZ.“Whatever you want to do, it requires great leadership to really accelerate the change.”

In this conversation, Dale shares how his journey throu...

“Energy poverty is real. And batteries can change lives.”

From growing up with scheduled power cuts in India to leading a breakthrough battery company in New Zealand, Dr Shalini Divya’s story is one of resilience, scientific rigour, and purpose-led innovation. As CEO and Co-Founder of Tasmanion, Shalini is building next-generation rechargeable aluminium-ion batteries designed to make energy storage safer, more affo...

“Everything is designed. And if it’s broken, we can redesign it.”

From being told he wouldn’t succeed academically to spending the last decade redesigning how the world drinks water, Jayden’s story is one of curiosity, conviction, and quiet defiance. After launching one of the world’s first compostable coffee capsules while still at university, Jayden went on to tackle a far bigger problem: the gl...

“If you can’t have fun while trying to change the world, you’re doing it wrong.”

Tim Jones, known as That B Corp Bloke, explains how B Corp certification helps CEOs grow revenue, retain great talent, access capital, and build resilient purpose-driven businesses.

In this episode of Care Beyond Profits, Tim shares his journey from medical device sales inside operating theatres to becoming one of New Zealand&rsqu...

“A house becomes a home when it is in relationship to other homes”

From escaping a closed religious community as a child to co-founding a nationally recognised housing group, Israel's story is one of resilience, purpose, and deep care for human flourishing.

As Co-Founder of the Home Group, Israel has spent over 15 years building housing ecosystems that prioritise dignity, community, and long-term wellbeing.In this convers...

“The more we focus on wellbeing with our teams as leaders, miraculously, the better the outcomes are for everyone”

From growing up in North Wales to leading organisations across the UK, Asia, and Aotearoa New Zealand, James has shaped a leadership style built on purpose, people, and practical care. As Chief Executive of Manaaki Tāngata Victim Support, he leads a nationwide team supporting over 50,000 people a year throug...

“I had to work out what my purpose was… and that clarified to me that I needed to go out and do my own thing.”

From surviving war in Iraq to rebuilding life in Jordan and New Zealand, to leaving a secure 20-year career, Husain has spent his life navigating change with loyalty, integrity, and deep commitment to community.

His journey shows how purpose-led entrepreneurship can empower people, uplift communities, and...

Stop waiting for motivation. Start scheduling your success.

Mark reveals why high-performing leaders don't rely on motivation to reach their goals.

From building daily fitness routines to managing community funds, Mark has spent his career helping leaders blend empathy with accountability and showing that purposeful business can drive real results.

His work across the UK and New Zealand charity sectors has shaped a leadership philosop...

What if success in business meant leaving the world betterthan you found it?

For Dave Rouse, that question has shaped every chapter ofhis entrepreneurial journey. From growing up off-grid in the Waitākere bush toleading CarbonClick, one of New Zealand’s pioneering climate-tech companies,Dave has spent his career proving that profit and purpose can grow together.

As Co-Founder and CEO of CarbonClick, he helps businessesand ind...

What if you discovered your money was funding the very problems you care about fixing?

For Barry Coates, that realisation became the spark for founding Mindful Money, a movement helping thousands of Kiwis switch to ethical investing. After decades working across international development, sustainability, and politics, Barry saw that big change starts with where money flows.

In this conversation, Barry shares how he built Mindful Mone...