Steve Jurkovich: Redefining success as a working dad

In this episode, we interview Steve Jurkovich, dad to two daughters and Chief Executive of Kiwibank. You’ll need to pull up a chair for our conversation as it is a fire side chat with a master storyteller.  Steve joined Kiwibank in July 2018 as Chief Executive. He graduated from Otago University with a Bachelor of Law and completed his MBA at the University of Sydney. With over 20 years of banking experience, Steve’s career to date has included senior and executive leadership positions with accountabilities across Retail, Corporate, Commercial and Rural Banking and Legal. He’s passionate about business and business leaders delivering on Purpose and Performance and having some fun doing it.In our conversation, Steve very generously shares his personal and professional reflections of the life he has lived since becoming a dad. How his parents and their parents have influenced his parent/life approach. How Dads can put themselves under pressure and question themselves – am I doing enough?Reflections on whether he thinks he stopped himself from taking the time he might have wanted for his family.The most successful and unsuccessful period of his life – and how they happened at the sae time. Validating Dad’s struggles does not invalidate Mum’s challenges. Thinking about change the definition of success to more of a balance scorecard. Wellbeing days work for everyone – not just parents.Great stories don’t wear out, they wear in. Resources DiscussedFathers and Flexible Work https://www.kcl.ac.uk/giwl/research/fathers-perceptions-flexible-working-arrangementsRepresentation of gender doing housework in media https://geenadavisinstitute.org/research/this-is-us-how-tv-does-and-doesnt-get-mens-caregiving/Connect with EmmaThis podcast was funded by Works for Everyone, a business based in NZ and operating globally that supports working parents to stay in the leadership pipeline through coaching, workshops, and keynote speaking.  Your host, Emma Mclean, is a mother of three teenagers, an Executive Coach and the Founder of Works for Everyone. Following a successful 25-year career in corporate marketing, Emma launched her business in 2019 to put a care wrap around working parents at the hardest time in their career. She launched the NZ Part Time Power List in 2024 as she wanted to shine a light on individuals that are building their career through part time roles, rather than side stepping it. She is alumni of the 2021 NZ Leadership Programme and a proud Swiftie (a lifelong Taylor Swift fan). To work with Emma or enquire about speaking – [email protected] www.worksforeveryone.co.nzhttps://www.instagram.com/worksforeveryone/https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-mclean-9176217/