You will be placed in a team of eight members drawn from six to eight countries. Teams compete, not countries. Your team will communicate via the cloud to produce a social enterprise proposal.
Be a peer-leader
Peer-leaders matter. They are the people who see a need and step up to the challenge – regardless of their designated role. There is a famous quote from Margaret Mead about peer-leaders; “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has".
All participants are expected to be peer-leaders - that is taking joint responsibility for team creativity, team productivity, team problem solving, team unity and coaching others to succeed. As a peer-leader you also support your designated team leader in their role to guide the team.
Learn more through reading the reflections from past peer-leader winners, and checking out our Peer-Leadership Self-Evaluation to understand the qualities that we expect of you.
The top peer-leaders wins the University of Otago Business School Champion Global Peer-Leader Award and NZ$1,000 prize money.
How do I become a team leader?
There are four ways you can step up to become the overall team leader:
- You are a member of a sponsoring organisation. The team leaders are appointed before the start of the contest and receive training and support.
- You enrolled in the GEE Plus programme so receive priority rights to any team leader roles
- You are invited to be a co-leader during the contest by your team leader because of your high performance. As a co-leader you will be given access to all of the same materials and support as the leaders.
- Sometimes the designated team leader fails to fire. If so, promptly reach out to the leader to see if there is an issue, offer help, alert the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., and keep communicating with your team. You may need to step up to lead the team. If so, let the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. know and you will be given access to all of the leader training and support.
Enrolment and Cost
Enrol here between February 21 to April 12. You may choose to enrol as a single or with a partner. The partner needs to know the first enrolee's email address.
After enrolling, we will ask you to send a brief bio to share with your team members, and complete a five-minute self-evaluation of your peer-leadership skills.
Enrolment to be a team member is free. You receive support and are eligible for awards, prize money, a certificate and letter of commendation.
The GEE-Plus option costs USD630. Check out the Peer-Leader Plus Programme. A comparison of the Peer-Leader, Peer-Leader Plus, Leader, and Leader Coach programmes are here.
GEE-Plus: Add training and support
Team members can choose to upgrade to GEE-Plus for USD630. The additional benefits are:
- Access to a full suite of interactive webinars on leadership skills, personal development, developing a business concept proposal, social enterpreneurship, the UNSDGs, innovation and coaching
- Personal coaching
- Access to a peer group for networking and learning materials
- Priority rights to be invited to lead a global team
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GEE-Plus enrolees can choose to received an internationally recognised microcredential for an additional USD190. It is awarded by Victoria University of Wellington which is ranked in the top 2% of universities in the world. Based on performance two microcredentials are available:
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Peer-Leadership in the Global Enterprise Experience (8 points at NZQA Level 6)
- Leadership in the Global Enterprise Experience (12 points at NZQA Level 7)
Team Proposal