“We’ve made strong progress as a Lead Team in the 12 months we’ve worked with Mandy, it’s been a really good investment of our time and effort. What I liked about Mandy’s approach was that she sought to understand our challenge deeply before developing a customised programme that met our needs, and that flexibility shone through in our group sessions where she was able to seamlessly adapt content depending on what was happening in the room. Her approach and facilitation style meant we were able to build trust within the group quickly.”
David Ross
CEO, Kotahi
“Mandy is authentic, empathetic, fun, thought provoking and yet challenging, it is these traits that set her apart from other coaches. Mandy has been a fantastic coach to me over the last couple of years. She has a humble, non-judgemental and approachable style, which means that it’s easy to open up and share things with her that maybe you wouldn’t in other scenarios.”
Wendy D Colaço
Director, Head of Consulting,
American Express
“Mandy is a gifted leader of people, a sound strategic thinker and a someone who creates an environment of achievement. I’ve seen Mandy take the ordinary and make an extraordinary difference. Keeping abreast of market trends, understanding business and commercial imperatives, and turning design into best-fit implementation, is what Mandy does very well.”
Chris Hutton
Director of HR
“Mandy is a commercially astute practitioner of business as well as all matters HR. I especially valued Mandy’s agile approach combined with an attitude that managed any demand of her. She became a trusted adviser to many of the Executive Leadership Team and I would welcome working with her again – anytime.”
Vena Crawley
Strategy and Marketing Executive
“Mandy has a very effective coaching style, which includes excellent listening and questioning skills. Mandy also knows when and how to focus in on key issues, and challenges the coachee to think in different ways and try new things. Mandy is also very results focused, and uses a number of creative techniques for building passion, excitement and commitment towards the goals.
Finance Manager
IAG
“Geyser was fortunate enough to work for Mandy and her team on several employment branding projects in both New Zealand and Australia. Her vision, leadership, creativity and passion made the experience throughly rewarding and I would recommend working with Mandy in a heartbeat.”
Kath Knight
Geyser Creative Group
“Mandy is an exceptional OD practitioner who brings a strategic focus to her work, combined with an ability to achieve executive stakeholder buy-in to this vision, while building a high capability team around her. It is a pleasure to partner with Mandy as she is a consummate professional, as we work towards building transformational career aspirational interviews for critical talent.”
Anne Fulton
CEO, Fuel50
“Mandy is an inclusive leader with strong OD skills and experience. She has been instrumental in driving change and innovation in the talent management and leadership development practices. One of the keys to her success is her ability to foster collaboration across divisions and her willingness to have the difficult conversations.”
Jenny Simonovska
Director, Advisory Practice
The 100% Project
“Mandy is a rare OD professional who has the skill of recognising where development will create the most positive change to truly support business strategy. Not only that, she is an open, communicative and honest person who is always a real pleasure to work with.”
Matt Williams
Principal Consultant
Melbourne Business School