Imagine your ideal life - a fulfilling career, financial success, and time to enjoy it. Now equip yourself with the smarts to make it happen.
Success is no longer a default outcome of working hard. And there’s no point working hard if you don’t actually like what you do, or it’s not allowing you to live the life you want. The sweet spot of success happens by design.
EquipMe Now is an expert coaching programme, shaped for senior high school students and recent school leavers, to equip students with the tools and confidence they will need to succeed in life.
Financial success requires more than financial literacy - it requires Financial Smarts. This is the output of an individualised and highly tailored strategy, supported with tools and confidence from working with expert coaches.
Our coaches* work with you one-on-one to teach you the tools you need to master money and help you design a career you can leverage and a personalised wealth plan you can execute. They’ll support you to gain clarity and confidence as you set out on your own personal path to success. For the more ambitious our coaches will work with you to get on the property ladder within the next 12-months.
The EquipMe Now programme runs for 4 months, and is made up of three parts. Part One is a 12-week online “financial smarts” course. During this course our coaches will work with you to design flexible strategies to play to your strengths.
Once you have completed the course, you move onto Part Two: Level Up. This is where you will apply what you have learned to your own situation. Because if the learnings aren’t relevant to you, then what’s the point?
At the end of Part Two, you can continue to access the benefits of the course through our Alumni membership.
*Each Student will work 1:1 with 3 coaches:
- Talent & Strengths Coach
- Career & Employability Coach
- Financial & Wealth Coach
Earlybird discount of 15% to $2,500 until 31 January 2019.
Alumni memberships are available to graduates of the Year 1 programme.
Spaces strictly limited to 100 students on a first-in basis.
Please click below to secure your place.
Course applications close Early 2019.
Course commences Early 2019.
Students will work one-on-one with a Strengths Coach, a Career Coach and a Financial Coach. These coaches will work together to design a strategy that reflects each student’s tendencies, opportunities, talents and goals.
To set yourself up for a life you love, you need to know what it’s going to cost. Then learn the wealth strategies to get there.
Understand your abilities beyond school subjects or university courses. Leverage these to focus your energy where you’re most likely to excel.
Being connected with the right people is always an advantage. We’ll help you develop mentors and partnerships that can enable your success.
Students will be provided with the advanced tools and support they need to hone their skills and thrive in a changing landscape. With practice they will have the confidence to refine their strategies, pivot or double down. This will create their advantage.
You work for money, and your money should work for you. We’ll show you how to position yourself to use leverage from a young age.
Learn how to stand out beyond good grades. We’ll teach you the personal skills that get you hired and promoted.
Our future leaders will be those who learn to think big in a changing landscape, creating solutions that benefit yourself, others and your community.
Part 1: Financial Smarts Online Course (Months 1 - 3)
We have worked with an education expert to deliver these vitally important life lessons in a way that is clear, relatable, and engaging. All lessons are online, so you can complete them when and where it suits you.
Access to our course content and expert coaching is exclusive to equipMe members. Many adults don’t even know this stuff! We’re excited by the potential of a new generation of fully equipped young New Zealanders.
Our engaging video lessons deliver important knowledge in an easily absorbed format.
You’ll work with a strengths & talents coach, a career & employability coach and a financial & wealth coach to craft a plan that totally inspires you.
You’ll work collaboratively with a group of fellow students to workshop ideas, critique concepts and present solutions.
Our team of experts will work with you to keep up the momentum after graduation. Includes strengths coaching, career design and financial advice.
Part 2: Level Up (Month 4)
Tap into our team of coaches and facilitators if you need an extra nudge or an independent sounding board.
*Upgrade your membership to access 12 months of strategic support.
Get access to the latest tricks and hacks to master the right skills, in the right order, so you peak at the right time.
So much of life is about knowing the right people. Let us hook you up with introductions to people in your industry.
*Upgrade your membership to access this exclusive content.
Learn how to negotiate like a pro, buy a property before you are 25, the art of the pitch and many more skillsets.
*Upgrade your membership to access this exclusive content.
Check in with us to make sure you are tracking as you should. You are three times more likely to achieve a goal if you are accountable to an independent expert.
Sit down with a financial coach to understand how you and your parents could leverage and grow your wealth together.
The financial smarts course runs over 12 weeks, for up to two hours each week. The weekly modules are broken down into lessons and within each lesson is a set of activities to complete. Here’s an example of the first two weeks of lessons:
A quick intro to how the course works, what you need to get ready, and what you can expect as a Graduate of this course.
We are all told the world will be taken over by robots and that the job you want to do wont exist. Understand what the future of work really looks like and the skills you need to know to rock it.
Money pays for pretty much everything. Money gives you options, so you can live a life you love. Learn why it’s harder to succeed in today’s world – and what you can do about it.
Getting ahead financially can be hard. Especially when you factor in the big events. Understand the big milestones, what they cost and how to build it into your strategy.
Building wealth is tricky. How do you own something when you are starting out with nothing? Should you invest in crypto-currency, get on the property ladder, or avoid a student loan? We cut through all the noise to show you just what’s relevant to you, now.
Leverage is one of the most important words to understand when it comes to making money. We’ll show you how to wield this powerful sword with skill and wisdom.
Some of us are born with money, some of us aren't. Your starting point does not determine your destination when it comes to money. Your mindset does. Learn how to develop a wealthy mindset.
The course is divided into 12 modules. One module is released each week and contains up to five short lessons. Each module is designed to take no more than two hours per week. You can complete the lessons over the week, pausing and picking up, as you need.
Our team of experts will continue to work with you for another month, as you start to put your plan into action and continue to develop skills transferrable to the working landscape you’ll face. You can upgrade your membership and extend this strategic support to 12 months.
4 months. Within the programme you’ll do a 12-week online “Financial Smarts” course and work with different coaches. This lays the foundation for Part Two. At the end of the 4 months you will graduate. We offer an annual membership to our Alumni, at different costings and levels of support.
To register, click here. You will be prompted to complete a quick questionnaire (2 minutes). Once completed, press the “submit” button, and we will be in touch to advise if you have been accepted into the course. You will hear from us one way or the other after the course application close date.
We will email you confirmation of your acceptance, along with a link to the payment details and our terms and conditions for you to accept. Once you’ve paid and accepted the terms, your placement is secured.
The course fee is non-refundable, however if due to unforeseen circumstances you can’t complete Part One of the course, you can put the programme on hold until the next intake of students. You cannot move to Part Two of the course until you have completed the “Financial Smarts” course.
The earlybird price to 31 January 2019 is offered at a discounted rate of $2,500 (15% discount). When you accept your place in the course (after receiving email confirming your placement), you will also receive a link to the payment screen. Acceptance of our T&Cs, and full payment is required to secure your place.
No. The three sessions with coaches are included as part of the course. However, if you want additional support outside of the course structure you can purchase more sessions as needed. You can also upgrade your membership to include Hook Ups (to meet the right people) and Masterclasses.
Yes. This ensures we can give personal attention to each student. We have four intakes per year. Invitations to register will be sent out three months in advance of each course starting.
You need to have access to the internet to view lessons and watch videos. You will need to be able to receive and reply to emails, view a Facebook page and record and upload videos. Most students use their phones to do this.
Yes. They will get a weekly update on what has been achieved and what’s coming up, so they will know what is happening and how your plan is starting to build. They do not have access to the work you submit and are not required to attend your coaching sessions.
All communication is private. Your personal information is shared between the coaches and facilitator while they work with you to design aspects of the course. All group communication is posted via a private and monitored Facebook page. All course work remains secure within the course platform.
EquipMe Now is founded by Hannah McQueen – the CEO and Managing Director of The Financial Fitness Group. Hannah is a Chartered Accountant, financial advisor, has her Masters in Taxation and runs many successful businesses. She is the face of enableMe – financial personal trainers – and is seen as a leading expert in personal finance.
In 2017 she wrote her third book, “From Pocket Money to Property – Creating Financially Independent Kids”. As part of her research for this book, she interviewed hundreds of kids and parents. This opened her eyes to how ill-equipped the next generation is to deal with the increased challenges they are going to face.
“The times they are a-changing. When it gets harder, you need to get better. Let's help you cut through the noise to understand what options will suit you best, based on who you are, where you want to go and the gap you need to fill”. Hannah McQueen
Over the last two years, Hannah has researched and worked with leaders in business, wealth advisers, career strategists, strengths coaches, financial trainers, recruitment specialists, psychologists and learning experts to craft a process to equip our kids with the smarts and confidence they need to think big, and act on it.
Hannah’s vision is to improve the financial future of New Zealanders, and create enduring change for a generation that advances themselves, their familes, their culture, and their country.
- Jim Rohn
