Who we are > Associates
Anne Fitzpatrick
Since 2005 Anne has been a Relationship Manager with the Leadership Development Centre (LDC), working one to one with Public Sector senior managers on their professional and career development. From March-November 2010 she is on study leave, with research interests in coaching and mentoring, career development, and women in senior leadership and governance. She is available for coaching, mentoring and advisory services in her personal capacity (unrelated to her role at LDC) with specialization in the following areas:
- Leadership development
- Career and professional development
- Planning for first 90 days in a new role
- Optimism, resilience, confidence and personal wellbeing
Anne has had more than twenty years senior leadership, management and governance experience across the public, private and not for profit sectors in Australia and New Zealand. This includes Chief Executive roles with NZIM Central and Women’s Golf NZ, Registrar/Director of Corporate Services at Nelson Polytechnic and Team Leader, Chief Executive’s Branch, State Services Commission, supporting the State Services Commissioner in the recruitment, development and performance of Public Service Chief Executives. She has an honours degree in Statistics, a Masters degree in Business Administration and is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Psychology. She is a Fellow and accredited mentor of the NZ Institute of Management, has completed coaching training with Coach U, and is a certified Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). Anne may be contacted on 021 866 733 or by
Jennifer McDonald
Jennifer is a principal consultant with Continuum Consulting Group in Wellington,
which specialises in leadership coaching, strategic facilitation, change management and
communication skills training and development. Her clients range across public and
private sector, and she is accredited with the Leadership Development Centre. Jennifer
is passionate about effective communication and has extensive experience in managing
change and leading people through change, having worked in the field of mergers and
acquisitions, restructures and corporate culture changes. This has included HR and
General Manager roles for multinational companies in New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong
and London.
She holds a Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from Victoria University and
is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport. She is also an Internationally
Certified Trainer and Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), a
Member of HRINZ, and a regular presenter on the University of Victoria MBA
programme.
Denis Grennell
Denis is an experienced educator and developer, with over 20 years experience in
education, management and consultancy. He has worked with a wide range of organisations
to improve Maori Responsiveness and leadership and implement creative ways to build
capability and the commitment essential to driving better business. Enhancing this wide
experience is Denis' management history in the public and industry sectors and his
work at a governance level with Boards of Trustees. Denis has been utilised by clients
to work with them on transforming their internal culture. Denis facilitates processes
that act as a catalyst, to align individuals to their inner core beliefs and values,
creating powerful transformation. Working in an energetic, safe, and interactive way
Denis closes the knowing-doing gap by connecting individuals to teams, and teams to
organisational values, mission & vision to allow growth and realise full
potential.
Denis is of Ngati Maniapoto decent with Irish ancestry. He now lives on the Kapiti
Coast, with four children of Rarotonga, Niuean and Tahitian decent on their
mother's side. All of Denis' children are involved in the immersion Maori
education system, and the whole whanau are bilingual.
Wayne Urquhart
Wayne is a Director at Auckland based Acumen Consulting Ltd, and provides strategy
and workshop facilitation services, development feedback, executive coaching and HR
project management expertise to many clients from both the private and public sectors
throughout NZ, Australia and in South East Asia. As the New Zealand Associate for
Lominger Inc. he is significantly experienced with the LEADERSHIP ARCHITECT® suite
of competency-based products and services for stimulating culture transformation, high
potential development and management/executive improvement.
Wayne has over 20 years commercial experience, having progressed to hold General
Management as well as sales leadership positions in the insurance and financial
services industry. He also worked for some years in Executive Search and Selection
assignments and in the NZ Police. He is currently completing research towards a Master
of Management Studies (Organisational Behaviour), having earlier completed an MBA
through Massey University.
Dr Susanna Kent
Susanna is a medical doctor who shares her time between General Practice, Police
forensic medicine, and Wellness Education for organisations and on national television.
She is passionate about combining the best of mainstream medicine with evidence-based
aspects of complementary health and mind-body medicine. She enjoys using this knowledge
to assist Achieve Group in the design and delivery of training that promotes optimal
health, resilience and stress-reduction.
Susanna has been practicing medicine and health education since 1990, and has been on
the boards of several health management organisations. Her post-graduate qualifications
include a Diploma in Clinical Nutrition and she is a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand
College of General Practitioners. She is also a certified Practitioner in Neuro
Linguistic Programming (NLP), motivational interviewing, and a communication skills
instructor.