I Bring direction, innovation and engagement to your organisation

If you need help with:

  • Collaborating on a Strategy
  • Designing and Delivering a Hui
  • Designing and Delivering training
  • Re-energising your team
  • Engaging stakeholders or
  • Creatively and visually communicating it all
  • making your facilitation skills extra-ordinary

then I am your woman.  

Here is why:

MULTIDISCIPLINARY STRATEGIST

I have had strategic responsibility across a wide range of endeavours:  from social enterprise start-ups, to global human rights campaigns, and communications for corporate clients and government departments.

SENIOR

I have worked at as an Executive Director, part of a senior management team and in Governance. As well as for for volunteer community groups,

CAPABILITY BUILDER

My work now not only ensures you get a strategic output, but that you and your team have developed your strategy making capability along the way. I can work with your challenges; whether it be a complex team dynamic, tricky issues, or multiple conflicting stakeholders and create the right conditions for strategic clarity to emerge.

INDEPENDENT AND INNOVATIVE

I do this through a range of methods including facilitation and mentoring, outdoor and nature adventures, issue analysis and generating innovative ideas, and visual thinking.

I have 30 years international experience as a leader in the fields of sustainable development, social change and communications.

“The Hui was a resounding success and much of this credit must go to Liana who was like a symphony conductor over the four days, teasing out the talents of the attendees and bringing together diverse ideas to create a coherent whole. Liana’s facilitation exceeded expectations, which were high to start with. “

Strengthening Communities Hui

“With her rich subject experience and knack for corralling people and ideas, Liana was able to quickly and comprehensively assimilate existing strategic material and plot a clear course forward.”

Reconnecting Northland

Recent projects include:

Providing training, facilitation and writing strategies for government: Greater Wellington Regional Council, Department of Conservation, Kāpiti District Council, Ministry of Education, Environment Canterbury, SportNZ, Lower Hutt District Council, Horowhenua District Council, MidCentral District Health Board

Facilitating cross sector forums: Waikanae Ki Uta Ki Tai,  Mauri Tūhono

Devising bespoke resources, courses and coaching for teams in Business: Mana Communications, Chargenet, Usedfully, PikPok, Business Council for Sustainable Development and more

Working with Iwi and Not for Profits to empower and engage their people: Living Wage Movement, Mountains to Sea Wellington, Ngai Tahu, Enviroschools, C0mmunity Foundations, and more

Creating powerful visuals with meaning: NZEI, Coastal Special Interest Group, TEDX, Rongoa Collective

Designing the Extraordinary Facilitation 2 day bootcamp

  • This new course helps emerging facilitators develop out of the ordinary and powerful facilitation techniques:

"Very practical experiential learning – heaps of fun – gets you thinking outside the box"

Facilitating the formation of New Organisations

“Thanks for all the work you have done to focus us on being more of a collaborative group. Your …amazingly creative organisation … energy, enthusiasm, skills and relationships with people have enabled this to happen”

Client

“Liana has a knack for seeing the bigger picture. She asks the right questions, the meaningful questions, and the hard questions, and facilitates the journey for us to find the best answers. Her expertise helps groups to produce strategic direction and positive impact and consistently leaves everyone feeling accomplished and inspired.”

EHA Chairperson