What I Do

Navigating change is team work. I work alongside leaders and teams, supporting their collaboration.

I design and facilitate workshops and group processes, creating an open and safe space for all to contribute. Together we share, listen, reflect, explore and create. I challenge all to discuss the tough and unspoken issues. I am valued in this role because I am honest, authentic, compassionate and non-judgmental.

I bring my knowledge of how organisations work and have a strong analytical and conceptual mind. This helps me to quickly get my head around complex organisations, systems and processes. Together we work our way through the complexities, bringing clarity about what really matters. I’ll suggest or design pragmatic tools and frameworks that will help us along the way.

"Being an expert is a severe impediment for listening and learning."Adam Kahane

As a consultant and facilitator I have worked for a wide range of organisations in public and private sector, initially in the Netherlands and since 2007 in New Zealand. Changing the way people collaborate has been the common theme in all my projects. Prior to consulting I was an HR manager.

Life outside work is important to me too. I am a Buddhist practitioner, love my grand piano and the New Zealand outdoors and I volunteer for a large NZ social services charity.

Work Experience

Since 2013

Independent Change Navigator

2010 - 2013

Management Consultant at Thought Partners Ltd

2007 - 2009

Director Building Effective Organisations at Hay Group NZ

2000 - 2006

Management Consultant at Hay Group the Netherlands

1989 - 2000

Several roles in Dutch organisations

Education

• LLM – University of Groningen
• Post Graduate Diploma HR Management – University of Utrecht
• Company Directors’ Course – NZ Institute of Directors

NZ Defence Force

Long-term engagement supporting the Director Defence Health and his team in a significant transformation process. This assignment includes the merger of health services, strategy development and business planning, leadership and cultural change.

NZ Customs Service

Supporting the Manager Customs and Excise Act Review and her team in a multi-year program to develop a new act. I design and facilitate workshops with internal and external stakeholders, exploring policy challenges and options and testing the drafting of the legislation.

Ministry of Transport

Designing and facilitating cross-agency collaboration on a range of regulatory changes and policy topics. Projects include policy changes under the NZ Safer Journeys strategy and the collaborative development of the Transport Domain Plan.

A Health Sector Not-For-Profit

Supporting the Council of this organisation with redefining their strategic direction.

Landa has had a significant role in the design of our merged health organisation, her expertise guiding us along the way. She now is a great sounding-board and coach. She knows us well, and does not shy away from addressing the tough and sometimes sensitive issues. Her on-going involvement in our transformation offers stability and helps us to stay on track.

BRIG Andrew Gray, Director Defence Health, NZ Defence Force

Landa quickly got up to speed with very detailed subject matter and her direct but considerate approach to workshop design and facilitation created a supportive environment. It allowed participants to explore difficult issues, understand each other’s perspectives, and together move beyond problems to solutions.

Scott Trainor, Project Manager - Transport Domain Plan, Ministry of Transport

Landa brings energy, pragmatism and curiosity to the work, and helps us to navigate the complexity of engaging with a wide range of stakeholders over technically complex issues. Landa is also unfailingly generous in sharing her expertise with my team. She is one of my ‘go-to people’ for her flexibility, common sense and down-to-earth approach.

Jacinda Funnell, Manager Customs and Excise Act Review, NZ Customs Service

Lips-Wiersma and Morris, 2011, The Map of Meaning, Greenleaf Publishing

I love the subtitle of this book: “A guide to sustaining our humanity in the world of work.”
This NZ book describes a beautiful model and tool that helps us to uncover how to live and work in a meaningful way.  An essential skill in the modern and often rather dehumanising workplace!
A recommended read, full of practical exercises and examples, for personal and team development and coaching.