When important work gets stuck
I offer diagnostic consulting to professional services firms in Auckland and across New Zealand. I help you understand what's actually blocking you so you can make clear decisions and move forward.
What's really blocking you?
You're running a professional services firm but something's stuck. Maybe it's a hiring decision, or a partnership that isn't working, or you're trying to expand but can't align on strategy. Everyone's working hard. But leadership knows something's off and you can't move forward.
Here's what I've learned over the past 30 years: the problem you think you have is almost never the actual problem. What feels like a hiring decision is often a question about strategy you haven't answered yet, and what feels like partnership breakdown is often misalignment about what you're actually building together. Sometimes the surface problem signals that you've outgrown your business model and need to rethink it. That's where I come in, to help diagnose what's happening under the surface.
I work with professional services firms in Auckland and across New Zealand, helping you explore problems within your organisations. Once I identify where you're misaligned and understand what's driving it, things can shift.
I find the small moves that create real change. Not dramatic strategy overhauls. Just iterative tweaks that create more space, more perspective, that let you think differently about what's possible. Each move is you taking back agency.
The timeline varies. Some people need one phase of exploration. Some iterate through several small shifts over months. I work in phases, not time limits. Some engagements focus on specific projects, others on broader strategy and positioning work.
Projects
I help by building ambitious new initiatives or diagnosing how projects have stalled and what might get them back on track. Work includes partnership health checks through to full resets, crisis recovery to embedding a culture of ongoing iterations
Strategy & Positioning
I help build reputations, developing strategies to ensure you are saying the right things to the right people in a way that dovetails into your business and sales ambitions. Work includes thought leadership programmes, message development and stakeholder alignment
I've spent 30 years working with talented leaders across a range of organisations including professional services, financial services, urban development, recruitment, and the non-profit sector. That range means I recognise patterns most specialists miss—the connections between individual psychology, team dynamics, and what's actually possible in your business.
I'm trained in integral theory, the StAGES developmental model, and psychodynamics. The practical application of Ken Wilber's Integral Theory helps me see what's happening beneath surface-level problems, and understand how people and organisations actually change.
I'm genuinely interested in how organisations work, what makes teams get stuck, and what creates the conditions for people to think and act clearly. I bring both pattern recognition across different sectors and a real interest in helping people rebuild their own sense of agency.
Credentials: Genratec® Accredited Associate | BA (Hons) International Relations
Let's talk
If your professional services firm is stuck—whether it's strategy, a partnership, or a decision you can't move forward on—let's have a conversation.
I typically start with a 60-minute call. No commitment. Just a chance to understand what's standing in the way and what might shift it.