It’s time for a new way of leading

“Coaching has assisted me in being far more intentional about my engagement both at a strategic and management perspective. The greatest benefit was David helping me recognise my own authenticity in my leadership and articulating my leadership intent in a way that can be adapted to different leadership settings.”

Rachel

Independent Director

“David provided me with the opportunity to think through some big challenges and come up with solutions, as well as to make significant progress on my career aspirations.”

CEO

Health Sector

“.. engaging, thoughtful and open to ideas … very responsive, organised and took everyone along the ride.  Kristy spread her attention across the whole group and was inclusive … showed clear interest in your learning”

Naz

Local Government

“Kristy brings a sense of humour, willing to bring her own experience and put people at ease.”

Theresa

2019

“Kristy is a great facilitator – positive, engaging, and non-defensive. Awesome, thank you!”

Sam

2019

“Some of us heard Shona speak at the Women in Public Sector summit 2019 and thought she was brilliant. We were not disappointed. Shona has a calming and inclusive facilitation style. She is warm. She is genuine. She speaks from the heart and her material is creative and captivating. She inspires a commitment to individual and collective growth. We were left energised and reflective. Thank you Shona.”

Nyree

Department of Corrections

” Shona was a guest speaker at the Women in Public Sector Summit in Wellington in 2019, attended by over 500 public sector women. Shona shared her insights and experiences on the concept of influencing from the heart through collective leadership. Shona’s session was extremely engaging, especially with her illustrating her points with drawings as she spoke. I received extremely positive feedback from people in the audience and I know representatives from women’s networks were keen to speak to Shona afterwards and extend an invitation for her to speak at their agency’s women’s networks events.”

Liz Chin

former Programme Director, Government Women’s Network

“Over the last twelve months our leadership team has had the pleasure of working with Shona developing our leadership culture.

What started as a collection of leaders (relatively) effective within their areas of responsibility is rapidly transforming into an effective leadership collective. The power of this cannot be overstated.

Our transition has been clearly evident through the covid -19 pandemic where connected collective leadership has driven a higher degree of clarity, courage and creativity in decision making across our team in the most uncertain of times. In the leadership sense the whole is now clearly greater than the sum of the parts and it has been an absolute privilege to experience the transition.”

Senior Manager Emergency Services

“Shona facilitated senior manager meetings on two occasions for me. Shona is an experienced and excellent facilitator. I appreciated Shona’s preparation in advance of the sessions ensuring she had a thorough understanding of the situation, goals of the session, participants, and a good structure.

Shona has a warm, inclusive, compassionate and caring approach and she was quickly able to develop a rapport with participants and gain their trust. Participants were engaged throughout the sessions and the meeting goals were achieved, thanks to Shona’s efforts and guidance on the day.”

Liz Chin, former Programme Director

Government Women’s Network