Strategic advisor

Moving forward requires a game plan with smart moves and generating effective engagement amongst staff, stakeholders and shareholders.   Communities, boards and management teams call on Karen to provide and facilitate clear advice on moving forward.  Karen has particular expertise at the Crown-Māori interface and helping organisational governors generate direction, capability and momentum.  

Facilitator

Effective, independent facilitation helps get people listening, talking and engaging creatively in focused ways. Keeping the conversation inclusive, on track and moving forward ensures that outcomes are achieved. I provide interactive processes for:

• Stakeholder conversations with groups such as sector leaders, iwi partners, customers, supplier, staff, project teams, management teams, funding partners, volunteer groups
• Strategic planning and review
• Mobilising project teams and collectives
• Giving and receiving challenging feedback
• Building trust
• Problem solving and aligning for right action
• Getting past conflict into cooperation and learning.

Coach

I work closely with leaders who are committed to developing themselves to be better and do better. Coaching is a potent catalyst to employ self management strategies, develop qualities of character or attain stretchy self-set goals. This is a provocative support relationship that empowers you to get more of what you want.

Trainer

As a trainer i work with you I design tailored training events and group or team experiences to up skill and motivate your people.
Areas of proven training expertise include:

• Leadership development
• Governance and management strengthening
• Relationship and communication strategies
• Organisational responsiveness to Māori
• Teamwork
• Facilitation skills.

Supervisor

Supervision assists clients to think and work more effectively and safely by peeling back the layers to look closely at "how and why i do what i do". Through regular reflective talking in either professional supervision or cultural supervision settings I assist clients  to:

• Increase awareness of themselves, their impact on others and their work practices
• Consider complex dilemma's and situations
• Explore and challenge comfort zones and limited thinking
• Work out strategies to their change behaviour and experience
• Work more effectively at cross cultural interfaces
• Expand identity