About

Although she doesn’t often admit it, Talia Mana started her working life as an Accountant. Fortunately, she has since come to her senses and after a successful corporate career spanning marketing, finance, business planning, strategic planning and general management, an entrepreneurial streak took hold leading Talia to start her own businesses in training, consulting and publishing, as well as a research and development company. She invented a game for kids called Mobile Mastermind, is an author and an award winning blogger and public speaker. Talia has also been featured in television, newspaper and magazine interviews and was a financial expert on TVNZ’s Good Morning show.

Talia has worked in executive management positions for Fortune 500 companies, such as Telecom and Fletcher Challenge, and has also held senior roles in IT companies and the building materials industries. As a consultant she has worked with companies of all sizes from solo business entrepreneurs to major corporations, as well as not-for-profit companies, in the health, travel, insurance and manufacturing industries.

She is a past mentor for the NZ Institute of Management and specialises in strategic and business planning. She has also coached individuals in stress management, financial success and goal-setting and conducted training workshops on a number of topics including business strategy and scenario planning, stress management, personal success and self-development.

She is a past board member of the Cement & Concrete Association, Dress for Success Northland and the Council for Mental Well-Being. Talia has degrees in commerce and applied science, a diploma in psychology and certificates in marketing management and strategic decision making. She considers herself lucky to have learned marketing and strategy from some of the world’s leading experts.

Talia is the author of two non-fiction books and a contributing author to 101 Great Ways to Improve Your Life: Volume 2 with John Gray, Richard Carlson, Bob Proctor and Jack Canfield.

Talia is now based in Whangarei – known as ‘The Winterless North’ of New Zealand – where she enjoys the peace and tranquillity of country living and does her best to avoid the weeding.