Communication, leadership and building strong teams in the workplace are Kathy's key strengths. Kathy is an experienced performance consultant and trainer who has worked with a variety of New Zealand organisations, helping them to develop great people and business results. She brings expertise in training design and delivery, competency based recruitment and performance development practices. She is also a certified practitioner of whole brain thinking using the HBDI thinking preferences tool, (see Strategic Teams course) and a proponent of the HPT system of performance diagnosis and solution development. Kathy presents Leading your Staff - Building Strong Teams, Coaching your Staff, Communication Champions and Leading By Design: one-on-one Leadership Coaching.

Linda has worked in the tertiary sector at both Otago University and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology. She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree, a post graduate Diploma in Commerce and a PhD. Linda is passionate about research, especially research that is practical and can assist a business to make decisions; for example, customer surveys. Linda's main areas of skill are research design, questionnaire development and dissemination and analysis of questionnaire data using SPSS - a statistical, analysis, software package; and the writing up of results in a report format that is clear and succinct. Linda has undertaken a number of research projects in the Nelson region including event attendee feedback, feasibility studies, stakeholder analysis on a specific problem or ssue, employee feedback and customer surveys.

Cher Williscroft, BA, is an experienced course presenter and workplace consultant. She has worked in the area of mediation, conflict resolution and communication skills for over 25 years. Cher worked at the Sealord group for seven years as a Human Resource Manager and as the Organisation and Staff Development Manager, where she was responsible for the professional and personal development of over 2,000 employees. Cher delivers the Managing Staff Performance course and Find the Time; a time management system, Leading by Design - Leadership Coaching

Needing information and expertise in computers? Then Steve Smith is your 'go to'person. Steve started his career in computing 1978, and progressed into electronic design and repair. He began computer training in 1981 and added software training in 1984. Discovering a passion for teaching others, Steve completed a ‘train the trainer’ course in 1983 and neuro-linguistic programming training in Wellington in 1993 to become a fully qualified practitioner. He went on to complete Master Practitioner Training in Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology (HNLP) in the United States in 1997.  Steve returned to work in Nelson in 2003, and has become an experienced trainer and lecturer, firstly at NMIT and then at WHK West Yates as their Training Manager. Steve is as passionate about learning as he is about learners and finds his work exciting and forever challenging. Go to Training Courses to see the list of computing skills courses that Steve offers, along with Train the Trainer and Customer Service

Lisa is a Chartered Accountant with 15 years experience in both the private and public sector. After completing her Bachelor of Commerce Degree and accountancy practice in Dunedin she travelled to the UK, where she worked in the health and corporate sectors. Since her return to NZ, Lisa has continued to gain considerable experience in accountancy. She has worked for a local chartered accountancy firm assisting a wide range of business clients before moving back to the corporate sector as a Financial Accountant. Understanding accounting and financial statements can be intimidating for non-accountants and Lisa looks forward to helping people gain confidence in this area. See Accounting for Non Accountants for more detail

Les Armstrong is a business owner and a tutor. He has gained extensive experience in business, accounting and teaching since completing a B.SC. at Otago University. He has written books, developed software and lectured at university and polytechnics. Les won the National Polytechnic Award for ‘Excellence and Innovation in Teaching’ and he has a natural ability to present information in a simple, powerful, and clear manner so that listeners can implement the information immediately into their every day lives.

Within accounting practice Les particularly enjoys delivering information in the management accounting field as it is not bound by laws and regulations; rather it seeks to measure real efficiencies in the workplace and provide useful information for decision makers. Go to Management Accounting to see the course detail.

Angela has worked extensively in radio and the newspaper industry as a writer of advertisements designed to catch the attention of  target markets. With a passion for small business combined with a B.Com. major in Marketing, Angela is keen to assist business owners to employ practical and affordable ways to lift their business profile. She currently works as a Marketing Consultant to small and medium-sized businesses and has taught extensively on topics such as writing your press release and developing your marketing plan.

Randolph has worked extensively in the public and state sectors for 36 years and in the education industry for 2 years. His work experience has been in positions of middle and senior management, alongside 15 years in off-shore consultancy work to implement postal systems in developing countries. Randolph has been at the forefront of the major business realignment projects in Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast regions inter alia the Post Office closure, Mail Operations and Postal Delivery transformation and modernisation programmes. He has a diverse range of skills and experience in leadership, customer service, change management, project management, production management, sales & marketing, human resources, training, process reviews, writing standard operating procedures and operations reviews. Randolph has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Management majoring in Business Transformation and Change. As a resident of the Nelson region for over 20 years Randolph is a new member of the Nelson Budget Services committee, the Richmond Neighbourhood Watch committee and is a volunteer at the Nelson branch of the SPCA.