A committed and energetic leadership specialist. Dedicated to organisational well-being, fostering positive workplace cultures and person/whānau-centred solution design. Applies people and organisational development approaches that are anchored in real-world experience, compassion and empathy.
I have worked across a wide range of sectors including housing and homelessness, youth, elder care, mental health, sexual violence prevention, and disability. I have extensive experience of leading on responses to sector wide issues and initiatives, working with NGO’s, local government and central government agencies.
• Empathetic, resilient and flexible leader who gets things done
• Responds positively to change and ambiguity
• Versatile, adaptable to differing environments and situations
• Proactive team player, a natural problem solver, collaborator and solution seeker
• Able to identify system-focused opportunities for change, connect the dots, work with the detail and the bigger picture
• Experience and understanding of the machinery of Government
• Responds with common sense and intelligence to pressurised situations
• Entrepreneurial drive with an intuitive business sense, underpinned by an MBA
• Varied experience in training facilitation, learning and development design and management consultancy
• Strong client focus with highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
• Committed to a continued journey of understanding Tikanga, developing Te Reo abilities and honouring Te Tiriti o Waitangi
• Strives to provide the highest quality service to all clients and stakeholders and actively seeks
improvements to meet client, business and end user needs
• Experienced in facilitating, leading and supporting organisational and Local/Central Government
strategic thinking, including developing frameworks to respond to specific issues, cohorts or needs
• Skilled writer, adept at presenting information for a range of audiences
• Decisive and adaptive, able to quickly and effectively assess options, make sound recommendations,
identifying risk and mitigations
• Practical change and project management, sound business development and financial capabilities
• Exceptional standard of personal integrity and honesty
