Customer Testimonials
“Karl is a fantastic coach and excellent at focussing leaders on facilitatory and enabling behaviours to assist with team engagement. His High Performance through Engagement programme has significantly helped me personally that is having great impact on the team here at Waipuna Hospice. A focus on the 3Cs (commercials, consumers and culture) enhance this process…
“I have worked with Karl for many years. Karl is respectable, honest and humble. He is a high achiever and has an uncanny knack of meeting individual and organisation’s needs with an incisive mind. His application of various theoretical positions to help clients deal with conflict and change is admirable. His understanding of leadership and…
“I’ve worked with other coaches before Karl, and what really frustrated me was that many coaches tried to turn me into someone I wasn’t. They did the thinking for me. Whatever ideas I had were just wiped and rewritten. The words and values didn’t feel mine. And what I’ve found with Karl is that he…
“NZALPA recommended Karl to Air New Zealand when they were seeking external High Performance Engagement facilitators in late 2014. He was the highest scoring candidate and has successfully facilitated a number of challenging issues using the HPE approach that NZALPA has had direct involvement in – including the establishment of a HPE Jet Pilot Steering Committee,…
“Thank goodness I had the good fortune of meeting Karl when I did! When I first met Karl I felt I was an ineffective leader, I felt I lacked influence, I couldn’t articulate myself as well as I used to be able – I was failing and I was struggling to get on top of…
“Karl has a set of logical tools to problem solve all systems. If you have a problem Karl will help you find a way to turn it into an opportunity for improvement. Karl’s application of Theory of Constraints systems thinking along with his deep knowledge of the Human system is a strong combination to create…
“I’ve had the absolute pleasure of working alongside Karl as we introduced a more collaborative workplace across Air New Zealand. Karl has a unique and extremely valuable skill set within the philosophy and practical implementation of High Performance Engagement. He has rich and real capabilities in this space to think and engage strategically with internal…
“I had the privilege of working with Karl to overhaul and re-engage a pilot workforce that had started to feel disenfranchised. This disenfranchisement had taken place over a number of years and the trust had broken down to the extent that industrial action was undertaken. This industrial action was unique and that the trust between…
“Karl, thank you for the insight you recently shared as part of our individual and team-based LSI exercise. I personally found the work to be exceptional and have had similar feedback from other members of the team. The positive energy you injected was infectious and appreciated, as was the personal care you took with each…
“Having worked with Karl now on several different projects, I can highly recommend him when methodical unbiased problem solving, team development coaching or Collective Agreement Negotiations are required. The experience, methods and tools Karl uses, help break down the issues into a clear and concise picture, without the conflict we have had in the past….
“Karl is a results-oriented, dynamic business leader and coach to his team and the cross-functional teams he supports. Karl is incredibly professional in all of his interactions internally and with customers and partners. Karl is engaged, close to the business and conducts business with a unique blend of technical and business savvy. Karl is the…
“I first met Karl when we were both working for the University of Auckland. My first experience of Karl’s coaching was during his facilitation of a culture change initiative called ‘Mission Vision and Values’. Using a combination of tools and the experience and knowledge of the team, Karl facilitated a process whereby the group came…
“Air New Zealand is empowering employees through collaborating to resolve problems or identify opportunities with those who are closest to the problem/opportunity. As part of this change a number of working groups have been put in place with multiple (union/employee/employer) team members. I have used Karl to facilitate problem solving sessions and collective agreement…
I worked with Karl whilst at the Department of Labour. We used his skills to facilitate some developmental workshops in respect of how we could apply our services to SME’s and how we could contribute to improving productivity within the businesses we worked with. Karl’s excellent facilitation skills and ability to see the big picture…
“I’ve very much appreciated working with Karl on the Human Synergistics Framework to support development of constructive cultures in my teams. The program was sufficiently successful that it has spread to other parts of the organisation. Karl was a very strong coach, was very systems driven, and focussed on the programme outcomes. I’m pleased to…
“Karl has put the “spring back into my step” – I now feel motivated, inspired and positively charged to power into 2016. Karl has been my Coach and Mentor for the 2 years I have been a People Advisor. The skills and techniques Karl uses have enabled me to focus on clearly understanding my objectives…
“Karl is a fantastic coach. What has impressed me the most about Karl is the sensitive way he encourages authentic self-reflection particularly in those areas that can be confronting and/or challenging. As a consequence real and lasting personal and professional change can occur.”
“Air New Zealand is working towards being a more collaborative workplace. As part of this change, a number of steering groups have been put in place with multiple (union/employee/employer) team members, and a number of new ways to problem-solve issues have been introduced. One of these is an interest based problem solving technique. Karl was…
“Karl has a unique and powerful coaching technique, which helps people get to their core issue/s or stumbling blocks quickly. This means action planning for change is clear and deliberate. As a fellow coach, Karl has assisted me on numerous occasions to explore my own challenges.”
“Working through the 180 minute “Breakthrough Thinking” process with Karl was like a light bulb being switched on. The process combined with Karl’s focused, personable and expert coaching allowed me to identify and understand both how I think, and how the conflicts created by my thinking process were holding me back. I left with a…
“Our Association has used Karl’s facilitation/problem-solving services with a diverse group of members from our industry who originally could not see their way to a relatively simple solution. It is a credit to Karl’s expertise and practical experience with the process that we were able to identify the problems and begin work towards better outcomes.”
“I selected Karl as my LSI Coach as part of the University of Auckland Leadership Development Programme. Karl is extremely professional and knowledgeable as a coach and I definitely gained a lot from his sessions. I would recommend Karl to anyone that wants to develop their leadership skills further. Whether you are a new or…
“Karl challenged me to think about my leadership style in a way that allowed me to drill down to actual actions, using 360-degree feedback. My sessions were thought-provoking, interesting and really engaging – highly recommend for anyone interested in developing their personal leadership.”
“Karl is the consummate professional in HR. His coaching skills are outstanding and his personal work ethic is high along with delivering quality outputs. Karl has a desire to bring out the very best of people and help work with them towards reaching their potential. He has a sense of fun that he also brings…
“Karl was a great coach for me. He was able to understand where I was coming from and was able to help me through the difficult moments that I really struggled through. There were times when I couldnt find the answer. Karl was able to read the situation and break the information down until I…
“Karl guided me through a 360 degree assessment using Human Synergistics’ self-development programme, and carried out as part of The University of Auckland’s professional development programme. He had sound knowledge of the framework and provided valuable guidance for me to develop follow-up strategies, objectives and actions.”
“I really enjoyed working with Karl on producing Life Style Inventories and associated action plans for myself and my team. I was very impressed with the approach Karl took to the action planning and I got a lot out of it. Karl’s intelligent and change-oriented approach to the work also generated very positive feedback from…
“Our senior leadership team worked with Karl on individual leadership coaching using the LSI from Human Synergistics, and I found the entire experience to be productive and of good value. Karl’s deep fund of knowledge around the LSI, coupled with his expert coaching skills, provided the support for open and constructive exploration of my leadership….
“In taking on a new leadership role Karl provided advice to me that set me up for success. He presents as passionate yet carefully engaged, providing clear simple goals that shifted my and others thinking, and will have longer term benefits for my team and our organisation.”
“Karl guided me through the Human Synergistics Life Styles Inventory process in a very engaging, thoughtful and interesting way. Highly recommended.”
“I worked closely with Karl during the roll out of the Vault Software (Health & Safety data management) across the Faculties at the University. Karl came to the project with a wealth of experience that enabled us to introduce some momentum to the project which had been sidelined for a number of years. I found…
“Karl is a very effective coach finding the balance of working in a compassionate way but digging deep to ensure you can’t get away with a light review. His approach builds a deeper understanding and therefore provides a very effective foundation for personal strategic thinking.”
“Karl is an excellent guide to extracting the maximum value from the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) and Theory of Constraints Thinking Process (TOCTP) tools. His extensive knowledge of the tools themselves and his ability to ask the right questions has been much appreciated.”
“This year I completed the Life-Styles Inventory (LSI) 360 deg behavioural review. Karl, as the LSI Consultant at the University, worked with me through both sets of results to assist me complete my professional development plan. I found Karl to be helpful, considerate, willing to take the time to understand my role and how I…
“Karl, is an excellent lecturer who is able to grab students interest from the outset of each class. Karl challanged students thinking and got the best out of them through critical questioning and real life experience. Student evaluations were always exceptional.”
