Kyran Newell has an extensive background in organisation leadership, management and governance from a variety of regional, national, chief executive and director roles. He has worked in...

Simon Carey, Public Practitioner and member of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand, has over 25 years' professional accounting experience. He has extensive experience in...

Nicky Trainor has worked in the education sector for more than 20 years, initially as a secondary school teacher with leadership roles in New Zealand curriculum...

Cathy Anderson offers a wealth of experience in administration and executive assistance within the education sector. In 2001 Cathy returned from three years working in London,...

Kathryn Jackson is an Executive Coach, specialising in working with managers and leaders to design and create personal career success – and helping them to understand...

Kristen Cooper has over 25 years experience in middle and senior leadership roles in planning, human resource management, marketing, training and consultancy in a broad range...

Leanne Markus is a registered psychologist, Principal of Performance Group International (Consulting Organisational Psychologists) and Managing Director of Centranum Group (Auckland-based developers of web-based software for...

Carol is an energetic, experienced and pragmatic coach, consultant and facilitator who works at the intersection of workplace strategy, change and culture. Her experience includes many...

Michelle is an independent Human Resource Development Consultant. With over 20 years of experience in industry and academia, she brings a unique blend of evidence-based applied...

Teresa is an Organisational Psychologist and OD Professional with 15 years’ experience in HR/OD consultancy and management roles. She holds an MBA (Distinction) and Masters of...

André Esterhuizen is an Innovation Leadership Consultant. With more than 20 years’ experience in Innovation and Management, he is able to work alongside those who want...

Helen Johnston is an experienced Human Resources and Learning/Organisational Development professional with over 15 years experience as a consultant and in-house practitioner in both New Zealand...

Alison Ogier-Price specialises in the application of the principles of positive psychology to organisational and workplace wellbeing. She supports organisations to create and maintain mentally healthy...

Linzi has 25 years' successful experience in Organisational Development both in New Zealand and in the UK.  Currently she is highly valued for her consultation, facilitation and...

Piet Beukman has 42 years' international experience in the field of engineering, technology management and commercialisation of technology, as well as training at university and industry...

Alison Hood is passionate about the happiness and effectiveness of people in the workplace and is skilled and talented at raising individual and team awareness to...

Desirée Williamson designs and facilitates workshops for organisations on all aspects of communicating effectively. In particular, she enjoys delivering seminars which use creative and innovative techniques...

Phil Laurence has almost 25 years in the training and consultancy industry. His focus and passion is for designing and delivering leadership, team development and accountability...

Andrew Brickell is a consulting civil engineer and specialist construction contract adviser and arbitrator. He recently established the firm of  ‘Enmore Consultancy Ltd’ of which he...

Prior to moving to New Zealand in the late 1990s, Rob spent almost a decade providing support to people with mental health and drug and alcohol...

Craig McDowell is a leadership learning and development coach and facilitator. He has previously been a Leadership and Management Adviser at the University of Canterbury. Craig has...

Roger Lewis successfully operated his own private financial advisory service for 25 years, and was the inaugural chairman and a director of Rutherford Rede, a national...

Karin Lehmann holds a degree in psychology and started her career at Cisco Systems in the UK, moving to New Zealand in 2005. Over the past 20...

Sarah McGuinness has more than 10 years of experience working in corporate, government and community-based organisations in New Zealand and Australia. Her roles have spanned communications,...

Robin comes from a corporate background with Fletcher Building, specialising in Sales Management, Leadership Development, Employee Development and senior HR related roles. He is an experienced...

Denise Hartley-Wilkins is a people and organisation development consultant, executive coach and trainer with over 25 years’ experience gained in a diverse range of organisations in...

Gay Pavelka has mediated disputes in a wide range of fields since 1984 and facilitated or mediated public issues and environmental conflicts since 1990. Training people...

Having had success working at senior executive level with managing national teams for the past 11 years, Lynn has been committed to assisting businesses globally to...

Dylan Adams is a Human Resources practitioner who has gained over 16 years' experience in operational and HR management roles. Dylan has experience in a broad spectrum of...

Leah believes that understanding or defining your Why, What, and How (ie Purpose and Strategy) is critical to building a values-based, customer-centric organisation, or when leading...

Rosita Guy is a people and business management coach, consultant and training facilitator with over 25 years' experience in the private and public sector. Rosita specialises in...

Jane Chart has had extensive experience both as a trainer and practitioner in the fields of negotiation, mediation and strategic thinking. She has been involved in...

Tamika's specialist area is culture and communication, or how people get work done. She is known for connecting different parties with the opportunities and issues around...

Errol Wood has approximately 45 years’ experience as a teacher at secondary and tertiary levels, research scientist, science leader, university professor, information services manager and manager...

Caroline Boot is the founder and manager of Plan A, New Zealand's largest and longest established tender writing specialist company. She is an engaging and interactive presenter...

Dr Ian Brooks is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury where he teaches courses on leadership and interpersonal/group dynamics on the MBA Programme....

Ian 'Whit' Whitehouse has more than 30 years experience in scientific research, research management and in general management in the science sector. He has held roles...

Annemarie Settle is a communication professional with extensive experience in management and leadership roles within the public and private sectors. Her fields of expertise include community...

Michael Hempseed is quickly gaining a reputation as one of the leading HR consultants in Christchurch for assisting organisations with unusual or difficult employment problems. He...

Dr Joerg Finsterwalder, born in Germany, is a senior lecturer in marketing and part of the Department of Management at the University of Canterbury where he...

Dr Peter Cammock has taught leadership for a number of years at the University of Canterbury. His academic and consulting interests centre on the personal foundations...

Bob Miller consults and teaches in financial accounting in New Zealand and in Europe. His expertise in specialised areas of accounting and his ability to communicate...

Harry Fox is an expert in sales and sales leadership. He has more than twenty years’ experience in New Zealand and Australia in the application of...

Mike is one of a handful of Certified Master Trainers in Extended Disc (EDISC) and, as an expert, assists companies and HR Advisors on both sides...

Selena is passionate about building capability and obtaining better business outcomes. She has over 15 years’ experience in leadership, team development, industry training, operational management and...

Alan Robb is well known as a stimulating and informative presenter of courses on financial accounting. He taught at the University of Canterbury for many years...

Michael Darby is a doctoral student at the University of Canterbury, researching organisational creativity. He has previously undertaken research in creative problem solving, managerial creativity and...

With more than 18 years' experience in the Learning and Development space, Pamela is a widely experienced and innovative consultant, facilitator, presenter and trainer. She specialises in...

Betsy is an organisational consultant and facilitator who specialises in mindfulness training and coaching. Her emphasis is on sharing mindfulness practices that cultivate focus and self-awareness,...

Manfred is known as a passionate advocate for Agile Methodologies and has worked on large scalable systems for nearly 20 years. As a specialist in real-time...

Kevin began his career in Health & Safety in 1995, after a full career in the British Armed Services. Whilst still serving, Kevin was responsible for...

Cheryl is a leadership futurist and curator of leadership ideas. She follows leadership trends and research and translates these into practice, working internationally and virtually with...

Technology and innovation veteran, Patrick E J Rottiers brings 25 years of international corporate know-how. His expertise comes from working on four continents in four languages...

Dr Denis Mowbray is a specialist working in the corporate and not for profit sectors. His areas of specialist expertise are governance and strategic development. Denis...

Samantha started her journey as a psychologist in 2002 after working in a commercial banking environment for a number of years. She became intrigued with the...

Val Goulding, MHRINZ, has 25 years’ human resource experience. For the past seven years she has been consulting to organisations and individuals in human resources and...

As a learning and development specialist, Carolyn is expert in helping individuals, teams and organisations to identify and deliver appropriate and pragmatic learning and development solutions....

Julia Shallcrass is a qualified employment lawyer, who specialises in delivering people management training to help organisations create better workplaces. She has 10 years’ experience in upskilling...

Rebecca is an organisational development consultant, senior recruiter, trainer and executive and personal development coach. For the last 20 years she has worked as a Senior...

Summer Pringle is an employment and health and safety law specialist. Her past experience includes working as a senior solicitor for one of New Zealand’s top...

Andrew Jackson is an IT Consultant with a history of successfully leading teams both in the UK and in New Zealand.  His keen passion is using...

Owen is a friendly, thoughtful and experienced leadership coach with a strong IT background. True to his purpose – giving teams wings – he works with...

Cathy is an experienced Learning, HR and Organisational Development professional with extensive knowledge of the public sector. Cathy has designed, developed and delivered learning and culture...

Dr Lin Roberts is an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the University of Canterbury, and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at Lincoln University. She is founding director of a...

Kate Logan is an experienced senior human resource practitioner who has held senior management roles in public, private and global organisations over the last 19 years....

David Cartwright is a consultant, coach and counsellor, specialising in professional and personal development. He has more than 15 years’ experience in corporate and academic environments,...

Liz Todd is a trained commercial teacher who went on to tutor at Christchurch Polytechnic. During her time at Christchurch Polytechnic, Liz launched 'flexi' computer courses...

Richard has been working with ACE Computer Training since August 2000, initially as a MS Access database trainer. With the increased demand for applications training, Richard...

"Nicky and I met on several occasions before we committed to engaging with ODI to provide a leadership development intervention. She made a concerted effort over...

We change how people work - developing leaders and improving organisations. Leadership drives organisation performance and results. *Leadership development* builds leadership capability at all levels and *organisation...

“We* were very happy to have Kyran and his team in our organisation. Developing leaders and leadership competencies is a priority for us. The workshops, the...

I see many organisations that invest in leadership training for senior and middle roles, but not for managers and supervisers closer to the coal face –...

“We’ve worked with ODI over the last few years to deliver a range of tailored in-house courses for our businesses, ranging from Effective Communication through to...

Manager Development Programme Background Timaru District Council (Tim DC) consists of 330 staff across four areas – Community Services, Infrastructure, Environmental Services and Corporate Services – and includes...

Here's a taste of some of our work with organisations around New Zealand, and their feedback. 

Making sure that training and development deliver value is a real challenge for organisations. Connecting learning, application at work and improved organisation outcomes sounds a lot easier...

Kick-start your organisations' leadership development journey with a custom inhouse programme that builds a core of aligned leadership practice to expand from over time. Focus on the...

Tomorrow’s Leaders Programme Background As Brightwater Group emerged from the negative impacts of the global financial crisis on its Australasian energy and minerals sector clients in late 2013,...

Our people truly are our greatest asset - bringing business training and business consultancy to New Zealand since 2007. Kyran Newell and Nicky Trainor are the Directors...

In terms of priorities, health often comes last for leaders. Time and time again, studies have found the top sources of stress for executives are excessive...

"Thank you for this [evaluation] service – it has been very valuable to have an easy but comprehensive method for assessing this programme. I will recommend...

Our people truly are our greatest asset - bringing leadership development and organisation improvement to New Zealand since 2007. Kyran Newell and Nicky Trainor, ODI Directors, supported...

"A key part of the relationship with ODI is the willingness to continually improve the content, delivery and outcomes of the programme." (Jeremy Blandford General Manager...

Not just walk-in, walk-out workshops, but just-in-time custom in-house learning with workplace support to cement new leadership practices at work. Leadership workshops deliver a targeted punch to...

"We have worked with Kyran and Teresa on two occasions to help us to design and administer survey and interview tools for our culture programme.  We...

"4 Quadrant with ODI is fast becoming one of our most popular courses and I get very positive feedback about both the content and facilitator. We...

The Infinity Room is our training/meeting room at Unit 4, 41 Sir William Pickering Drive, Christchurch (five minutes drive from Christchurch airport and within walking distance of several...

Leaders at all levels sometimes need external help to make changes to their leadership practice - our leadership coaching does just that. Not just 'how's it going'...

"For me, one of the best things about the ODI’s Advanced Leaders Programme was its consistent focus on the application of learning to practice. This was...

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The Lawyer as Negotiator This 1.5-day workshop for junior lawyers develops their skill and confidence as effective negotiators. It is delivered annually for Chapman Tripp, and is...

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Our leadership coaches are available for face-to-face and remote coaching at any New Zealand location. Each has specialist leadership knowledge as well as coaching experience and credentials. *Talk...

“We were very happy to have Kyran and his team in our organisation. Developing leaders and leadership competencies is a priority for us. The workshops, the...

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Training is big business. It costs money and time, both of which are covered mostly by the employer, and only sometimes by the employee. Some organisations...

"ODI exhibits the highest levels of professionalism in delivering bespoke, very cost competitive learning solutions. The training is delivered by expert practitioners who operate within a...

Our Kirkpatrick tools and methods, and I think common sense also, tell us that if organisational training and development do not result in new skills or...

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. Kind regards Nicky and Kyran Directors, ODI

Manager Development Programme Timaru District Council engaged us to design, develop and deliver its Manager Development Programme for Tier 3s and Team Leaders. From the programme, it...

“ODI took our competency framework and developed a 360 feedback questionnaire which we rolled out to our 'high flyers' group. They universally agreed that, although they...

At ODI we truly believe that we are different than many other training providers. And here’s why: All of our learning solutions aim to change how people...

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"A key part of the relationship with ODI is the willingness to continually improve the content, delivery and outcomes of the programme." (Jeremy Blandford General Manager...

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Principles of Personal Productivity Roger Lewis has delivered this workshop several times now for Westland Milk. The workshop introduces participants to current world-class personal productivity material and...

The holiday period has given me the chance to review all of our ODI training deliveries over 2013, and it has been quite a ‘special’ review...

Gay Pavelka new1 Gay Pavelka is one of the very special presenters we've worked closely with over the last four years. Gay’s specialist background in mediation...

Start improving the performance of your workplace today.   We've worked with many clients who have experienced poor performance in their organisation. In our guide, we've compiled a...

Project Leadership The purpose of this workshop, facilitated by Piet Beukman, was to provide some in-depth project management skills, particularly around people issues and the management of...

Andrew Brickell We're very fortunate to have Andrew Brickell amongst our pool of specialist presenters. He is highly respected both nationally and internationally in his field...

If poor behaviour or poor performance aren't addressed in your workplace, you could be experiencing negative impacts such as:low engagement, trust and respect poor teamwork, productivity and...

"Risk management as a subject can be quite daunting. Piet's presentation provided a good understanding of the subject and will allow us as individuals to initiate...

How do you achieve desired business outcomes from training? This is a central question for any organisation and the answer lies in analysis, planning and design...

If your organisation is investing in leadership development, you'll want to know that you're going to see some real benefits back at work.   Our eight tips will...

Personal Resilience Alison Ogier-Price delivered two half-day workshops to provide Canterbury staff with post-earthquake support. "Excellent presentation to help people understand the nature of resilience and providing strategies...

Are you looking to improve your leadership practices in order to improve results?   Our five good practices to become a better a leader will help.

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"The [Negotiation] workshop was very practical, outlining a clear negotiation process and effective techniques, and allowing the sales team to identify critical elements of value within...

As many of you will know, we've made a number of changes to our Short Courses over the last year or two. We've been responding to...

Here are download links to our resources.... Leadership Competencies Framework Workplace Application Tool (WAT) Action Learning Tool (ALT) Leadership Model etc.

As we work more closely with our clients we are learning just how fragile many workplace climates are when it comes to the application of new...

*Coaching to GROW Your Team* "Fantastic workshop. Superbly run. Kathryn is very knowledgeable and easily comprehensible about this subject. Well done." "This was an interesting and engaging...

We are an appointed provider to the All-of Government Consultancy Services Panel to provide Human Resources Consultancy (Tier 3).  Currently (January 2018) there are 113 government agencies...

"We had been considering in-house project management training options for some time before we selected ODI to deliver a two day course. They were very professional...

Yesterday, a group of Canterbury business and organisation leaders spent a little time with four outstanding collaboration practitioners and a subject-matter expert in that space. It...

FIDIC Contracts Andrew Brickell delivered two-day FIDIC Contracts workshops for Mighty River Power. The workshop was designed around two one-day sessions that were held approximately one month...

Project Management Piet Beukman presented this two-day workshop for all the staff at RDCL in Havelock North. They wanted all of their staff to be introduced to...

We've known for a long time that simply attending a training course is not enough to make a difference at work. Participants need to start the...

"ODI appealed to me as a training provider because of the breadth of experience, qualifications and knowledge of their presenters. Their management team ensured that they...

All organisations have a reason for being. Smart organisations are clear about what that purpose is and have strategies in place to achieve it, and measures...

Scientific and Technical Writing Errol Wood has presented two Scientific and Technical Writing workshops for Hill Laboratories' technical staff in order to improve the presentation of a range...

Many see Competencies (or Capabilities) Frameworks as something HR does that adds complexity but no value to the organisation – they see a sideshow that is...

Project Management and Leadership Piet Beukman presented a two-day Project Management and Leadership workshop for Davis Ogilvie senior staff which incorporated a half-day facilitated discussion. The aim...

"While communication skills are something that one develops over longer periods of time than just a single day course, Rosita's tools and teachings have nonetheless made...

In our business training and business consultancy practice we regularly advise clients on the best ways to develop the competency of their organisation. We’d like to...

Purpose, Vision, Strategy Having a clear and well-communicated: *Purpose *statement, which articulates the critical reason for an organisation's being, gives its people a shared sense of why. *Vision*...

"Prior to the Project Management training, Piet ensured that he understood our organisation's needs and situation (embarking on a new initiative - Programme Management). After the...

At ODI we’ve been concerned for some time about the effectiveness of New Zealand organisational leadership and we are not alone in that thought. We are...

Leaders achieve Alignment through Capability Frameworks, Culture and Performance ManagementA *Capability (or Competency) Framework* lays out the behaviours and skills needed in each role to achieve organisational...

Over the last year or so we have completed quite a number of 360-degree review assignments for our clients - and we'd like to share some...

We have delivered many in-house custom programmes for councils throughout New Zealand, using a number of our specialist facilitators. The links provided below are to the...

Engagement Surveys *Engagement* *surveys* provide leaders with insights into how well connected their people are to the organisation - both emotionally and intellectually. Typically, following an engagement survey,...

A large part of being an effective leader at work is the ability to coach the people in your team. Most people, when asked, would say...

Diagnostics, Performance Management, Learning and Development*Diagnostics* such as 360° or self reviews, including MBTI, Belbin and Extended DISC, identify individual and aggregate opportunities to improve relationship...

As a leader, you are out of a job if there are no followers prepared and willing to follow you. That is self-evident at the extreme...

*High Performance Work* results from a systems review of your organisation and implementing initiatives that assure an engaged workforce and improved workplace practices; yielding improved competitiveness, productivity...

ODI has worked with the Burke-Litwin Model of Organisational Change and Performance to create a set of diagnostics to help identify organisational strengths and development opportunities...

Callaghan Innovation is implementing a nationwide initiative aimed at helping small-medium sized organisations to be higher performers - to assist them to grow their productivity, profitability...

Over the last couple of months, while anticipating, undergoing and recovering from major surgery, I've had pause to think a bit about the future. Not so...

Having recently explored the concepts around mindset, I've become a little fascinated and have taken the time to dig much deeper. I've realised that mindset isn't...

ODI is hosting a High Performance Work Initiative (HPWI) 2015/16 Seminar in Christchurch on Thursday December 8th as the capstone event for this programme.  Registrations for...

Sticky learning is a new buzzword in the training lexicon. It is turning up quite a bit in tender documents and elsewhere. Google searches pull up...

In our leadership training practice we are often confronted by programme results that are less than we would like to see. I say ‘confronted’, not because...

The art and science of leadership has been on the organisational agenda for almost 40 years now. Back then leadership started to reveal itself as something...

Tough conversations can be one of the hardest yet inevitable parts of a leader’s job. Impactful crucial conversations can resolve conflict, deepen relationships, build strong and diverse...

ODI has been rolling out its Callaghan Innovation-supported High Performance Work Initiative (HPWI) programme since October 2015 for the four organisations that have joined this inaugural...

As we all appreciate, organisations are systems of integrated parts, with leadership holding the tiller to guide the organisation’s journey. The organisation exists to achieve pre-determined...

In my experience most people say they can sum up a person pretty quickly, and for first impressions, most probably can. So why do I have...

Winnie the Pooh “Here is Edward Bear, coming downstairs now, bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head, behind Christopher Robin. It is, as far...

Only when purpose is really clarified, can attention can be truly focused. Take Southwest Airlines as an illustration. For an airline that began with only three destinations...

Wiser folk than me make a clear distinction between management work and leadership work. Some define management work as about accomplishing tasks and leadership work about...

ODI's High Performance Work Initiative (HPWI) programme was Callaghan Innovation co-funded and worked with four client organisations over the 15-month period to December 2016. The programme...

Since 2012 ODI has deployed Kirkpatrick Four Levels (R) in the design and evaluation of each programme it has delivered. Information about each of the four...

One of the bigger 21st Century trends in learning and development is the increased use of coaching as a core component of development programmes. There are...

Sooner or later just about every business will face a challenging staff member. Staffing problems can be extraordinarily costly; they can cause high staff turnover, lost...

John Lees explains how quieter people can make a bigger impact. Why are so many career changers told to “get out there and sell yourself”? In some labour markets,...

"We know that improving our leadership will help our business, so we’ve decided to run a leadership development programme, but we want to make sure that...

In th P28302 Leadership model globe FA V5 e ODI worldview, organisations are systems that operate within a wider system of suppliers, competitors, customers and other...