Owen Woollaston
Consultant/Facilitator, Waikato
Owen is an adaptable, highly qualified leader with a calm, thoughtful style and a strong background in project management. A consummate pragmatist, he is always seeking to find practical, useful solutions that are a good fit for the business. Specialising in innovation strategy and product development, Owen brings over two decades of diverse experience across industries, particularly in the high-tech sector. He is passionate about supporting people to develop project management, leadership, and negotiation skills. He operates at the senior leadership level, managing complex portfolios and projects, establishing PMOs, and driving business transformation. His systemic approach is rooted in his dual perspective as both an engineer and coach, enabling him to effectively influence processes, environments, and stakeholders. He has coached over 100 global leaders from Fortune 500 companies on leadership, strategy, negotiation, and career development.
During his career, Owen has worked within organisations at board level, held senior positions, managed innumerable projects, established several project management offices, developed medical devices, and introduced Agile. He has operated a small IT company, an internet retail business and currently his coaching business. He has supported senior executives, school principals, sales professionals, business owners, engineers, health professionals and their teams on matters of strategy and vision, leadership, stakeholder management, resilience, self-mastery, stress management, life purpose, career path, sporting goals and work-life balance.
After experiencing 9/11 from the East Coast of Canada, SARS, multiple recessions, parenting four children, a seven-year earthquake insurance battle, and the uncertainty of COVID-19, Owen has had his fair share of ‘life experiences’ and is skilled at managing stress and supporting those who are struggling with uncertainty and overwhelm.
Owen is able to deliver a complete range of assessment tools at the individual/leader, team and organisation levels.
Qualifications and Accreditations
- Master of Management Studies (in progress)
- Bachelor of Engineering (Hons)
- NeuroLeadership Coach (NLI)
- Advanced Team Coaching Practitioner (CMI)
- Project Management Professional (PMI)
- ICAgile Certified Professional (ICAgile)