Our underlying philosophy is to use well researched approaches and methodologies to challenge and lift leadership and team capability.

We support HR teams in achieving organisation wide initiatives as well as individual leaders and their teams.

Our preferred working style is to:

• Establish a relationship as a trusted advisor
• Be exclusive and personal, becoming an extended part of your business
• Create and adapt solutions that are customised to meet your unique requirements

Our approach is to develop the core capability of all leaders within your organisation. Whether as an individual contributor or as a leader of teams, it is people who generate the results and ensure the long term success of your organisation.

We work with you to utilise proven strategies in your organisation to:

• Support people to develop strengths and make a great contribution
• Enable teams to generate outcomes that no-one individual can achieve
• Create the organisational frameworks to underpin high performance

Whilst we have some proven products and methods, we also recognise that each organisation’s requirements are unique.

We therefore work with you to develop a solution that will best suit your needs, from a facilitated team workshop, development of competency frameworks through to an organisation wide leadership development initiative.

Whist we will tailor any initiative to meet your specific needs, the core tools and resources that we can offer are:

• HBDI – We are accredited users of the Herrmann Brain Dominance Indicator, a tool to support whole brain thinking within organisations and provide insight into individual and team preferences
• Team Alchemy – We are accredited providers of the Team Alchemy system, a tool to support the development of high performance teams. Team Alchemy  provides teams with a proven model of team success, a clear benchmark of performance through a diagnostic survey and tools to enable teams to lift performance and become truly high performing.
• Leadership 360 – We have on-line 360 Feedback capability which we can tailor to your specific development framework or you can utilise our NZ benchmarked survey that identifies development strengths, supports individual development needs and a clear path to increased performance.
• One-on-One Coaching – We offer individual development coaching, for leaders at all levels of the organisation. Coaching is typically tailored to the specific needs of an individual, often using the HBDI or 360 feedback resources to help create insight and clarity.
• Strengths Based Team & Leadership Development – Our team and leadership initiatives are all customised, however we have bespoke programmes that focus on developing strengths, building team cohesion, ensuring long-term development, all of which are based on proven research and methodology.

Nicky has worked with our team for two years now, and the growth in ‘us’ is magical. The HBDI analysis enlightened all of us, highlighting our individual styles and approaches to our work. This has improved our connectedness and results as a group, as well as crystalising our values and culture.

Nicky also coaches me, the CE, where she has quietly challenged me to re-gain and build my confidence. I’m excited about what this year brings as we enter our third year under her intuitive coaching and very real guidance.

House of Travel (HOT) has been fortunate to be able to partner with Nicky for our leadership programme over several years. HOT is not a standard corporate organisation but operates under a partnership/JV model with a wide range of diverse businesses across New Zealand and has a strong culture based on shared values and collaboration.

Nicky took the time to understand what makes HOT “tick” and worked with us to develop a leadership programme with a scope that spanned from our team leaders and managers through to our business owners and executives.

Nicky’s personal style and approach underpinned with strong, meaningful, and practical content ensured that we gained great engagement for the programme across the HOT group. Most importantly are the outcomes that have been delivered to our leaders who have then been able to deliver great leaderships to their teams.

Working with Nicky Sinclair has been a paradigm shift for our team. 

Nicky has a unique ability to understand the brief and design a day around the needs and style of the team,

fostering collaboration and keeping everyone focused on the objectives of the day. 

Her approachable demeanour and knack to bring out the best in each team member make her an invaluable asset to any group.  Her ability to bend and flex according to what happens on the day versus sticking to a pre-decided agenda is invaluable.  We highly recommend Nicky Sinclair for anyone looking to unlock their team’s full potential.

Nicky delivered two wonderful workshops for the AUT STEM Women team.

The Collaboration Workshop, with insights into diversity and breaking biases, and International Women’s Day group workshop, showcasing group differences and strengths. These both gave us a platform to engage in thought provoking group activities which helped us to develop insights and understanding on how differences can be strengths and how to navigate this to foster meaningful connections at university and in the workplace.

The AUT STEM Women team and members were grateful to have Nicky facilitate such impactful and inspiring events! As a team we thank Nicky for equipping us with valuable tools to further promote positive change in our community and we look forward to many more!

Nicky is a trusted advisor and confident of those that seek her guidance.

Her approach is collaborative, creative and customised.

She guides and empowers people to strive to reach their full potential.

Nicky has a background in Organisational Psychology, starting her career in the Royal New Zealand Navy and then working in various HR and OD roles within new Zealand.

In addition to her own consultancy, Nicky is also a lead facilitator with The Capability Group and Adeption (formerly Jumpshift NZ).