Leadership and Organisational Development Partners

We’re on a mission to empower leaders to navigate today's complex challenges with authenticity, resilience, and grit. Our human-centred approach integrates effective leadership strategies with cutting-edge insights, tailored to your organisation to drive growth and transformation for your leaders and teams across Aotearoa.

Our name, Whakawhitinga, holds the sense of a leadership journey—a transition or crossing to a new way of knowing.

We chose our name as many clients come to us on the cusp of change and transition or searching for insights and growth.  As a partnership, we see our role as supporting and uplifting internal capabilities so that leaders create the habits and practices to sustain important mahi long after we have finished our work together.

We embrace a human-centred leadership approach and are highly skilled at building engagement and alignment, enabling your organisation to execute your strategic intent and achieve your goals.

Our Services

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We partner with you to design tailored solutions for organisational growth, streamlined operations and an enhanced competitive edge.
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We empower leaders and their teams with practical and engaging learning experiences, delivering both bespoke programmes and off-the-shelf solutions.
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We can help you develop the right conditions for transformation and change to embrace the shifts with confidence and courage.
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We offer a range of coaching support, including Executive, Leadership, Career, Transition, Team and Group coaching.
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Our expertise in communications and passion for people make us an ideal choice for engaging with your stakeholders, customers and community.
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We help cultivate a positive, inclusive environment where employees have a sense of belonging, to collaborate and thrive in their work.
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  • "We put people before position or process. Because that's where true transformation takes place."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

  • "Future-fit progression matters to us. This means we will choose long-term, sustainable benefits over short-term wins."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

  • "We believe that better results emerge when different viewpoints are considered - when people connect and truly understand each other."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

  • "We don't do things at you, but with you. We see ourselves as an extension of your team for a moment in time."

    Whakawhitinga Value Statement

Human-Centred Leadership:
Leading in a BANI World

Over the coming months, we will share FREE resources from our Human-Centred Leaders Kete. First up is: Leading in a BANI World, A Guide For Leaders Navigating Complexity.

The BANI concept describes the core components of a rapidly changing work environment. Developed by American futurist Jamais Cascio, BANI stands for Brittle, Anxious, Non-linear, and Incomprehensible - outlining the unique challenges we face in a world characterised by fragility and unpredictability. Download our free resource guide and leadership checklist to learn more about BANI, and how you might open up conversations on resilience, empathy, adaptive leadership, and leading with intuition - all core human-centred leadership skills for leading in the 21st century.

Our Team

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    Angela Butt, Tainui/Te Arawa/Tuhoe

    Senior Partner, Organisation Cultural Development, Change & Transformation

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    Kara Brown, Waikato and Ngāti Awa

    Senior Partner, Leadership Development and Organisational Change

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  • whakawhitinga-partnering-our-team-aleisha-coote

    Aleisha Coote

    Senior Partner, Stakeholder Engagement, Marketing and Communications

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Stay in Touch

Nā tō rourou, nā taku rourou ka ora ai te iwi With your food basket and my food basket, the people will thrive. #leadershipmindset #whakawhitinga
Nothing beats a marae sunrise 🌅Te Manukanuka o Hoturoa Marae #reflection #insight #intuition #listentothewhispers #leadershipintent #whakawhitinga
"We believe that better results emerge when different viewpoints are considered - when people connect and truly understand each other." #inclusiveleadership #inclusionmatters #whakawhitinga #leadershipdevelopment
The world is changing. At pace. And this calls for you to lead differently. To consider your leadership style, in the context of the environment you operate in. We love the BANI framework as a conversation starter. It describes four unique traits o
✨ Kia ū ki te pai, kia whai hua ai ✨ Hold on to what is good and good things will follow. #gratitude #intent #leadershipmindset
We've created a partnership with a vision to improve outcomes for whānau and communities in Aotearoa. We are on a mission to empower leaders and teams to navigate today's complex challenges with authenticity, resilience, and grit, understanding that
What's it like to work with us? Here's one of the values we hold high - "we don't do things at you, but with you. We see ourselves as an extension of your team for a moment in time." #valuesmatter #leadershipdevelopment#leadershippartners #
Our Whakawhitinga logo shows the poutama pattern, known as the stairway to heaven in Māori weaving. Poutama has strong educational and spiritual significance. The stepping pattern represents progression and ascent to higher levels of achievement and
Our name, Whakawhitinga, holds the sense of a leadership journey—a transition or crossing to a new way of knowing. We chose our name as many clients come to us on the cusp of change and transition or searching for insights and growth. As a pa

Let’s kōrero…

We offer free, no obligation, connection conversations to learn more about your context and what you want to achieve. Plus, we hope you’ll get some value just by staring a conversation with us. Let’s kōrero!

Phone: +64 21 443 775