Facilitation that connects and challenges

What you can expect from my workshops

No ‘chalk and talk’ here! All my workshops are carefully designed to be highly engaging and interactive, with deliberate pacing to manage your energy and create space for connection, reflection and integration. 

I facilitate workshops that help strengthen your team’s cohesion and effectiveness, build your leaders’ skills in key capabilities, and diagnose and address the complex, evolving challenges your organisation is facing

From front-line to C-suite, I build rapport quickly, honour the wisdom in the room and constructively challenge your thinking.

I can help you with…

Team effectiveness

Help your team have the critical candid conversations to accelerate your effectiveness and achieve your highest potential.

  • Grounded in simple yet powerful frameworks for high-performing teams (e.g. Lencioni)

  • Building trust and psychological safety

  • Deepening listening

  • Defining team purpose

  • Team planning and roadmaps

  • Defining operating rhythms and ways of working

  • Strengthening commitment and accountability

  • Celebrating success

Leadership development

Build leadership capability to deliver on your strategy, with applied learning that builds new habits with confidence.

  • Leading change and adapting to change

  • Managing boundaries and overwhelm

  • Building a culture of effective feedback for accountability and growth

  • Empowering teams through delegation and coaching

  • Planning and time management

  • Prioritisation and decision-making

  • Systems-thinking

Adaptive leadership

Empower you and your organisation to tackle the tough, evolving challenges with no easy answers.

Get beyond technical fixes to diagnose the real issues; understand systemic and cultural factors; and learn new ways of thinking and behaving so you adapt and thrive in complexity together.

  • Grounded in Heifetz and Linsky’s seminal work from Harvard University

  • Dialectic and enquiry-based

  • Systems and polarity mapping

  • Peer coaching on adaptive challenges

  • Pre-mortems to mitigate failure

  • Navigating and regulating productive discomfort

I draw on the wisdom of a wide range of practitioners and thinkers, and distil these into purposeful custom workshops for your context.

Building a high performing team with Jacqui

“As our senior leadership group embarked on a transformative journey, we sought an executive leadership facilitator who could guide us toward cohesion, empowerment, and autonomy.

Grounded in the principles of Patrick Lencioni’s ‘Five Dysfunctions of a Team,’ we aimed to break old habits and forge a fresh path in how we worked together. Our team had weathered over five years together, leading a significant frontline operation during the pandemic. The familiar “command and control” leadership style had served us well, but it was time for change.

We craved a mindset shift—one that would empower each team member and foster collaboration. Enter Jacqui, who swiftly engaged to prepare us for our first two-day offsite. Her approach was both intuitive and focused. She interviewed each team member, building trust and rapport effortlessly. When we gathered in the room, we all knew our roles, thanks to Jacqui’s meticulous groundwork.

What truly stood out was Jacqui’s ability to make me, as the leader, feel like part of the team. I wasn’t just an observer; I actively participated, listened, and learned alongside my colleagues. Together, we set clear goals, defining the path forward. Jacqui’s ongoing support ensured we stayed on track.

Her facilitation style was beautifully understated, yet impactful. She orchestrated events seamlessly, leaving us with a sense of purpose and direction. Follow-up coaching and support reinforced our commitment to growth.

In summary, Jacqui is an exceptional facilitator for senior leadership groups seeking cohesion, functionality, and high performance and I’d highly recommend her.”

— Cath, Executive Leader, Government-Funded For-Purpose Organisation

Shall we begin?

Connect

Meet me over a virtual or in-person coffee so I can understand your context and needs.

Define

We determine and agree together how best I can help you achieve your goals.

Engage

Once we're clear and aligned, we get into the work and start accelerating your progress! 

Reflect

We debrief, evaluate and iterate or embed as needed so you create real momentum.