Matthew Pickering
Experience Working As A Leader In Organizations:
- 9 years regional manager banking role leading the strategy development and its implementation through the growth and development of 110 staff. Predominantly rural client base of 6,000 located throughout the top third of New Zealand. A selling to needs culture underpinned achieving a 41% market dominant position.
- 24 years in voluntary Surf Life Saving roles from club to national level – operational, competition and governance.
Coaching And Facilitation Background:
- Licensed facilitator of Navigational Coaching Leadership Programme, TetraMap,
- 4 years coaching, member International Coach Federation.
- An example of how coaching is utilised is in succession planning with large scale ($10m+) rural clients. Coaching at all levels; uncovers dreams, desires and aspirations of multi generational family members; facilitates a vision that all can accept; delivers meaningful action plans; facilitates involvement of expert professionals and delivers and results that all family members can live with as fair.
Relevant Business Experience:
- One of 3 founding partners (2009) in Coach Approach Limited, where individuals, teams and businesses visions’ are the foundation for coaching to achieve them. www.coachapproach.co.nz
- Matthew’s specialist fields are in; self leadership, leading others, Work:Life Choices, change management, strategic planning, facilitation, motivational speaking and succession planning.
- He has led at the coal face, he has been through significant personal challenges, he knows how leadership works and he is passionate about using his leadership coaching skills to develop sustainable change in people, teams and organisations.
- Current board member of; a 460 student year 0 – 6 school and the 600 member Papamoa Surf Life Saving Club.
Education and Training:
- 1985 Bachelor of Commerce in Agriculture (VFM) – Lincoln University
- 1994 New Zealand Surf Lifeguard of the Year
- Survived four life threatening events
- 2001 Strategic Leadership: The Transformation Process. Mt Eliza Business School, Melbourne
- 2003 Creating Our Future: Creating Leaders of Leaders. Massey University
- 2005 Executive Consortium Programme: Driving Corporate Growth. Australian Graduate School of Management, Sydney
- 2006 Leadership Talent Development Centre, Personal Decisions International
- 2007 Equal Employment Opportunities Trust – Work & Life Awards: winner Walk the Talk Award
- 2008 Coach U – The Coaching Clinic® Licensed Facilitator
- 2010 Navigational Coaching – Licensed Facilitator
- 2011 Certified TetraMap® Facilitator
