Client and Leadership Success

Our effectiveness is measured by the success and results our clients achieve. What follows is a sample of client references based on our relationship with them in the areas of executive coaching, leadership team development and organisational consulting.

Executive Coaching

“My confidence and competence improved very quickly. I experienced a significant change in my style, relationships with others and outlook on the future.”
Shane Dermott, General Manager,
Pacific Retail Group, Auckland

“I was a partner at PwC for many years and felt my career had lost some of its gloss…, I rediscovered my motivation to the point where I doubled my intended work horizon, because I now see so much variety and so many new opportunities.”
Grant Weston, Director,
Highland Management, Wellington

“Their coaching provides exclusive time for me to focus on solutions to real time challenges rather than textbook theory. The benefits have been terrific.”
Fraser Collins, General Manager,
Briscoes Group, Auckland

“They made me look in the mirror by asking the hard questions that have forced me to accept the changes that need to be made to enable me to move to the higher level of leadership. They have exceptional experience at working at the most senior levels so are well armed with the skills necessary to coach executives to deliver effective results.”
Therese Singleton, Executive Legal Counsel,
AMP Financial Services, Auckland

Leadership Team Development

“The benefits of the team coaching programme easily outweigh the costs.  What we‘re trying to do is move these teams to the next level, in a step-shift sort of way, to levels of performance that I’ve never experienced before.  That to me is the essence of the value we are getting.”
Craig Morrison, Chief Executive Officer,
Southern Cross Travel Insurance, Auckland

“Radius Health Group was going through massive expansion and the pressures placed in the individual leaders were immense. Stepshift, through its team building processes and individual analysis was instrumental in holding us together and, more importantly for us, enabling the team to excel.”
Brien Cree, Chief Executive,
Radius Residential Care, Auckland

“Stepshift’s astute and well-structured approach to investigating and understanding team dynamics has been keenly beneficial in helping our leaders find ways to improve their personal and team performance.”
John Burman, Chief Executive Officer,
New Zealand Sugar, Auckland

Leadership Consulting

“Stepshift helped Audit New Zealand take our leadership development and talent management processes to more advanced levels.”
Terry McLaughlin, Chief Executive Officer,
Audit New Zealand, Wellington

“We asked Stepshift to help design and deliver the leadership and coaching programme specifically to meet the needs of PwC because they‘d achieved some great results on an individual level within the firm.”
Bruce Baillie, Partner,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Auckland

“Through their approach, it has been possible to tap into the latent leadership potential within the organisation.”
Denise Cosgrove, General Manager – People and Business Services,
Accident Compensation Commission, Wellington

To read more see our case studies or client list pages.