Insights Discovery: How Self-Awareness Helps Teams Work Better Together What changes when people understand themselves — and each other — a little better? Insights Discovery helps people build greater self-awareness and understand how their preferences can influence the way they communicate, [...]
Productive Conflict: Turning Team Tension into a Strength What if conflict wasn’t something your team avoided — but a capability they mastered? Productive conflict is an important capability in high-performing teams. Different ideas, interpretations and perspectives will naturally create [...]
Does Mindset Matter? More Than We Might Think How would you describe the mindset in your team or organisation? It’s a question worth thinking about. We can have a clear strategy. We can have the Plan on a Page. We can establish priorities, measures and expectations that give people direction [...]
What Helps High-Performing Teams Be at Their Best? What enables high-performing teams to really be at their best? It’s easy to focus on individual capability. But high-performing teams need more than talented people. They need a shared purpose and clear objectives. They also need strong [...]
As organisations plan for 2026, one thing is clear — operational performance will depend on how well people strategies translate into real and sustainable impact. From what we’re seeing across the organisations we work with, top priorities are shaping up to be: Building agile, adaptable teams [...]
At Mather Consulting, we know that strong teams are built when people understand and play to their strengths. Recently, we had the privilege of partnering with the University of Auckland’s HR Advisory Team during their offsite — a day focused on connection, celebration, and planning for the [...]
How often does your leadership team pause to ask the big questions? What’s working? What’s not? How do we strengthen our “One Team” approach? High-performing teams don’t just emerge by chance. They are built intentionally—through the discipline of regularly reflecting on performance, [...]
What makes a team offsite truly impactful? For the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) at the University of Auckland, the answer was clear: designing it with the team, for the team. Last week, Te Puna Tiketike | RIO came together for a full-day session to reconnect with their shared purpose and [...]
What does it take to lead with impact in a changing world? This is the question that leaders at RDT Pacific are exploring through their 2025 Leadership Development Programme. As part of their journey, they’ve been diving into the Insights Discovery® framework, a tool that helps leaders gain [...]
What happens when leaders commit to living their values—not just talking about them? Recently, the Fiji Revenue and Customs Service (FRCS) brought together its Executive Leadership Team and senior managers for a powerful full-day programme: “Leading Our Vision and Values.” Facilitated by Joan [...]