Management Consultant & Training Facilitator
Butterfly Consultancy & Training
As the founder of Butterfly Consultancy & Training I assist organisations’ to develop innovative solutions to service delivery & organisational development challenges. I have a particular interest in business development, change management & encouraging effective leadership. I supporting organisations to recognise opportunities to improve & grow, identifying new avenues, embedding good practice, implementing effective processes, developing service user led approaches & operating a positive organisational culture.
Contract roles I have undertaken include a two-month interim CEO role. During this time, I developed the processes & practices required to manage a major new service delivery contract & consulted with staff regarding opportunities to improve the structure & culture of the organisation, as well as undertaking the usual day to day running of the organisation. Another example is developing a Youth Engagement & Leadership Skills development course & toolkit with young adults with intellectual disabilities for a major service provider, facilitating the pilot course & setting up a youth led community leadership group. Most recently, I have been supporting a collaborative project to become a separate charitable trust & entity. Working together with the founding organisations & General Manager, I have undertaken the registration process, developed new policies & procedures & established a communications strategy.
I have facilitated strategic planning processes and I have delivered a wide range of staff, service user & leadership development programmes throughout NZ (plus one opportunity in Fiji), both directly through Butterfly CT & as an associate for Portal, SAMS & the Sexual Abuse Prevention Network. I also have an on-going relationship with PHAB & The Cube – facilitating development opportunities for the staff & young people who are part of these organisations.
As a contracted Evaluation Team Leader for SAMS (Standards & Monitoring Services), I have undertaken over 20 developmental service evaluations. This involves evaluating disability or mental health support providers against their MSD or MoH contracted requirements, consulting with the people who use the services & their families & working with team members who have lived experience of disability or mental health, personally or as a family member. As a result, a report is then written that identifies strengths & offers recommendations or requirements for service improvement.
I have presented at a number of conferences & events including the 2015 Australasian Mental Health Outcomes Information Conference, the 2015 National Post-Secondary Education Disability Network Symposium, the 2014 Portal Practice Improvement Conference, the 2013 NZDSN Conference & FINZ learning & development events.
