It's tough at the top
when you're running out of ideas, or patience, or skills
to help your staff
to help themselves...
and besides, you have your own stuff to deal with, right!?
Lead +
Influence
Consciously
Most business leaders feel the overwhelming sense of uncertainty and complexity right now, and the resulting weight of responsibility for the mental health of their team.
You’re not alone. It’s really common for high performing leaders + executives to feel that overwhelm. And just as common to feel they should know 'everything' to fix it.
That’s exactly why I’ve designed a Conscious Leadership framework to help business leaders - and anyone who has influence over people around them - support their workers and grow effective teams that talented people want to be in.
When they – leaders and team - lean into leading and influencing consciously, then everyone becomes more aware and focused. Teams engage, cycles of creativity and inspiration are ignited, morale is boosted and performance improves.
People start to do more good than harm!
It’s the most holistic and deliberate way to create connected, resilient + happy teams. And leaders.
You have influence inside of yourself, between you and others, and all around you! You cannot NOT have influence!
Does any of this sound familiar?
You get the feeling staff want to stay in bed all day with the cat!
Blame is rising and no one is taking responsibility for their actions.
Your leadership is being tested - you start to doubt whether you can do this.
Staff drag themselves to work, without motivation and productivity is down
Staff aren't coping with changes and challenges, they're struggling
The team isn't work in harmony, there's tension and reactivity everywhere....
Leadership Isn’t About Having All The Answers
It’s About Fostering An Inner And Outer Environment
Where Challenges Are Met With Equanimity And Creativity
Transforming
the way we
lead +
learn +
love
Inside-out Conscious Leadership changes lives
"TRUE LEADERSHIP begins from within.
Traditional models where a few have the answers for the many are no longer sufficient. That’s why it’s time to reframe our approach to life and leadership, to focus on the immense power of human consciousness, connection and collaboration.
Conscious Leadership is about rethinking and redesigning how we lead and convene so we open up new possibilities for you, us and them.
Sustained change begins within and extends to others through our presence and influence. Doing the inner work to BE a conscious leader is the only way to sustained change.
By first cultivating our own character, emotional operating system, values, and purpose we’re able to lead from the depths of our own authenticity, empathy, and self-awareness. This creates a ripple effect that transforms the way we learn, lead and love but also the world around us."
This may be the best 2 hour investment you ever make!
The MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL way to improve our influence + leadership
For
leaders
and
change makers
I help you, a leader and influencer, understand your emotional operating system and your 'derailers', however elusive.
You’ll become more aware, gain clarity and acceptance of what these derailers are, and get super clear on the aligned action you need to take to get out of your own way and reach your goals.
You'll be able to unlock the human potential of your team by using appreciative inquiry, having life-giving conversations and inviting all the voices into the room: leveraging collective wisdom. YOU don't need to know all the answers!
This empowers you to lead, love and live in a world of adversity, uncertainty and complexity. And people!
For
your
team
I help your team communicate, connect and create. They'll break free from cycles of stress + reactivity that are costing them 'everywhere' and they'll enhance resourcefulness + leadership presence - influence - in moments of stress, exactly when needed!
I help your team solve problems at three levels:
personal level - stemming from thoughts + behaviours that are unconscious and reactive
relational level - the inevitable conflict that arises from navigating continuous change
organisational level - the lack of trust and safety and energy-depleting workplaces
By normalising what's going on for them, providing opportunity to share what's really going on and how to deal with it with greater presence, calm + resilience, the entire energy of the team can shift.
"Rhonda brings her calm and grounding energy and expertise to every session. Her ability to effortlessly connect and engage with people creates an atmosphere of warmth and openness, fostering an environment where shared dialogue and reflection is valued, propelling the kaupapa of the session. Her use of interactive activities, mindfulness practices and reflective exercises keeps sessions dynamic and engaging, holding our team's attention from start to finish. She seamlessly weaves the stories and perspectives of our shared koorero together, supporting us to make meaning and connect the content to our professional and personal lives. The content itself is absolutely fantastic, made accessible because Rhonda has a remarkable knack for distilling complex concepts into easily digestible insights.
– Lia Hockly-Carrick – Manager, Old MacDonald's Morrinsville
"We have learnt personal skills on how to cope with everyday stressors, relearnt why we think in certain ways and how to adjust some of those situations. We learnt a lot about each other and how to effectively deal with each other’s differences. Rhonda is a fantastic facilitator and is compassionate and caring whilst also keeping everyone constantly engaged. It would have to be one of the best investments we have made for ourselves our staff and business as a whole".
– Sharlene Hird – Owner, Stihl Shop
"Whilst some consultants have good content, Rhonda goes further by curating great content based on lived experiences together with a sense of deep personal care she brings to those she works closely with. Her highly tuned facilitation skills enable her to customise programs and interventions with a real lasting impact for her clients. Great facilitators like Rhonda can read the room and adapt delivery on the spot to ensure content covered has a better chance of being embedded into practice for the people she's working with, rather than being just heard and then forgotten".
– Simon Wickham, (ex) CEO Harkness Henry Lawyers
Mindfulness
Positive Psychology
Neuroscience
Substance of My Mahi
Vulnerability
is the #1 requirement for connection and trust (Brene Brown)
Psychological safety
is the #1 pathway to effective teams (Google's Aristotle Project plus more...)
Emotional intelligence
is the #1 skill being looked for in leaders (SixSeconds plus more...)
Mindfulness (or conscious leadership)
is the #1 tool for stress reduction (anyone who has ever practiced mindfulness - plus research!)
That's why I use neuroscience + research, and the research backed tools of conscious leadership, mindfulness + positive psychology to inform all of my work.
Because whether you're a leader of a family, 10 or 10,000 people, you're a human first and foremost.
Which means you have INFLUENCE on everyone around you and everything inside of you, whether you're aware of it or not! Your reactions, emotions, fears, self limiting beliefs and your view of the world cannot NOT have influence.
What's the
research?
Positive Psychology shows us that happier people are
smarter,
healthier,
more creative and
31% more productive
Being a great leader means being comfortable that you can't be expected to know everything. You just don't know what you don't know!
53% of NZ workers are feeling burnout from work (employment hero 2022)
Research shows that 25% of staff are suffering with chronic stress in silence
The pandemic has meant that 41% of people place less importance on their career (employment hero 2022)
50% of us are more likely to be loyal to an employer whose commitment to health is good (employment hero 2022) AND they're more satisfied, more committed and more productive
1 in 5 people will experience depression in any given year (wellplace.nz)
Only 30% of large scale change efforts succeed - meaning 70% don't costing billions
The return on investment for health and wellness is between $2.30 and $10.10 (PwC)
Employees of organisation who invest in their 'whole health' are nearly 8 times more engaged (Right Management Research, NZ and Workplace Survey 2017)
Organisations where health and wellbeing is promoted have better financial performance by 2.5 times (Right Management Research, NZ and Workplace Survey 2017)
This may be the best 2 hour investment you ever make!
The MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL way to improve our influence + leadership
I design and facilitate bespoke leadership workshops and programmes to meet the needs of each organisation.
This is the most meaningful and transformational training available.
And I'm totally at ease having to adjust my delivery style, content or rhythm to accomodate what is 'present' inside a session. It's all welcome.
Inside we benefit from the wisdom in the room. When we dare to share and care, sessions become rich in stories and examples, sharing and discussions, And this builds psychological safety (#1 factor required for effective teams) and connection.
Sessions also include practices, exercises, tools and takeaways.
Min 4 pax, max 25 pax | 2 hour min or programme of 4+ x 75-120mins
WORKSHOPS & PROGRAMMES
Group coaching goes deeper because we spend more time on our 'inner workings'.
It's especially transformational when in smaller groups because we can build psychological safety quicker in a group setting.
Similar to 1:1 coaching we work on five different levels - somatic, emotional, mental, behavourial and unconscious to work on YOUR beliefs, blocks, bruises and biases.
Resulting in sustainable change in a safe, comfortable + nurturing space.
Trust and environment are key - our learning spaces have a huge impact on our ability to absorb information and effect lasting change.
Up to 12 pax | Weekly connect over 6 months | Face to face + zoom
GROUP COACHING
My approach to facilitating looks and feels like this:
I get on the inside, build trust and work with you. Not 'for' you. Not 'at' you. Not 'done for you'
I'm authentic, 'perfectly imperfect' and real. I make no apologies for being human.
I am totally adaptable and will shape content + rhythm of my delivery to suit whatever comes up on the day
Workshops and group coaching are informal, relaxed and invite interaction and sharing. That's the point!
We have a shared, lived learning experience to increase impact and longevity of change
I take a non-clinical stance, using science + research backed tools of mindfulness, positive psychology and neuroscience.
There may be pre work to help me frame content for your team
Plus we can measure where the team is before and after
I prefer whiteboard to powerpoint.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
"Rhonda's energy was infectious... The interactive activities and exercises she incorporated to keep the session engaging and dynamic, ensured that every participant remained involved and interested throughout. Rhonda's knack for managing group dynamics created a safe and inclusive environment where everyone felt valued and heard. What sets Rhonda apart from other facilitators is her ability to connect with each participant, encouraging open dialogue and participation from everyone. Rhonda's flexibility in adjusting the content and approach based on our staff's needs ensured that every participant went away from her session, having gained meaningful understanding of the material and they could apply it practically straight away".
- Nikki Willis - Acting Principal Te Kowhai School
"Rhonda is an acute listener, she hears what is being said, she focuses on everyone so not just those who speak the most. She has a warm and caring manner which people feel. She connects well, giving time to build the relationships needed. She shares of herself appropriately to enable that connection. She spent time initially with myself as manager finding out what our needs were so that she could tailor the sessions to meet our specific needs. She treated us with respect and dignity, and we felt we were really valued by Rhonda as people and for the mahi that we do. She was culturally respectful and we all appreciated her joining in with our cultural practices such as starting with karakia. She is very knowledgeable and is well researched. She connects new ideas with other topics so one area flows to another and refers back again to previous concepts as new information is added"
– Libby Jones – Manager, Jigsaw North Manaaki Whānau Services
"It has been game changing for us to have Rhonda supporting the team at HMS Trust. She brings great insight and support to our team and does so in an encouraging and supportive way, while also challenging one’s thinking. As a leader in an organisation you are always thinking how to invest and support your team and even more so in the last two years with the impact of Covid on mental –health and well-being. Rhonda has become an integral part of the support we provide to our staff and others connected to our organisation. One of our organisations’ values is family and Rhonda has become one of our family."
Integral part of the support we provide to our staff - Ellie Wilkinson.
Is 1:1 Leadership coaching
the best option
for you?
Or someone
in your
team?
Yes we run workshops and group coaching, but the impact of 1:1 coaching can also have a profound impact on a work environment. A Harvard Business Review of 140 leading executive coaches showed that while only 3% of coaches were hired to attend to the personal lives of executives, over 75% of the coaches found themselves assisting executives with personal issues - the 'whole' of themselves.
The "opponent within is more formidable than the one outside".
Just an option!
Awesome teams I get to partner with include:
My mission is to help you lead yourself from the inside out .
Using world class cutting edge coaching methodologies (I know, big call!), and the science backed principles of mindfulness, neuroscience and positive psychology.
So that you navigate a deliberate life with ease and confidence, upgrade your human experience and unlock your human potential!
