CLIENTS AND TESTIMONIALS

 

RECENT CUSTOMERS

  • Counties Manukau District Health Board

  • Creative New Zealand
  • Department of Internal Affairs
  • Department of Labour
  • DMG World Media
  • Housing New Zealand Corporation
  • Local Government New Zealand
  • Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  • Ministry for the Environment
  • Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
  • Ministry of Women's Affairs
  • New Zealand District Council of Social Services
  • OECD
  • SPARC
  • Statistics NZ

WHAT OUR CLIENTS AND CUSTOMERS SAY ABOUT US

“Dear Leigh. Thanks again. What a wonderful experience to work with you. I will recommend you to anybody!!!!”

Dr Kawshi De Silva, Asian Health, Counties Manukau District Health Board.

“It has been a pleasure working with you on this.  We see the report as a lever to effect change.”

Louise Munro, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Research, Science + Technology

“Again, many thanks for all your and your teams' work on this project. We really appreciated your willingness to liaise with us so closely throughout the process. The report which has been produced was invaluable to our thinking around the next phase of the research.”

Wendy Searle, Senior Research Analyst, Department of Labour / IMSED Research.

“Many thanks for this ‘think piece’.  I found it a very good read and in particular, the ideas about engaging multiple audiences including the public are ones we will discuss and work on.”  

Cathryn Ashley-Jones, Deputy Government Statistician, Statistics New Zealand

“Leigh thanks very much for this.  I know it probably hasn’t been the easiest bit of work and we didn’t give you an easy timeframe either, but we very much appreciate you and your team helping us to get this survey off the ground.  The result looks good to us and certainly gives us not only something to work with now, but also in the future when we try and repeat and improve it.  Thanks all”

Edward Siddle, Senior Policy Adviser, Ministry for Culture and Heritage.

“This outcome framework is great Leigh. The team has really appreciated and got a lot of value out of the work you have done with us.”

Fleur Francois, Ph. D. Senior Adviser, Sustainable Households Project Team, Ministry for the Environment.

“This material is very impressive and quite exciting. I particularly like the prioritisation document and the strategic engagement matrix.”

Andrew Crisp, Deputy Secretary, Work Opportunities, Department of Labour.

“Thanks very much for your work on the Significant Community Projects Fund - I've just had an end-to-end read through and I think you've done a fabulous job.”

Sarah Hill, National Service Delivery Manager, Local Government and Community Branch, Department of Internal Affairs.

“I meant to say you are certainly worth your weight in gold. Thanks for getting a grip on the Orientation and Training programme.  I'm sleeping easier.”

Alison Dalziel, Group Manager, Department of Labour.

“At the last Metro Sector CEO Forum a report was received from the Quality of Life Team where reference was made to the very good work that has been undertaken by you. Once again Leigh, congratulations on a superb job, which is greatly appreciated by all those concerned with quality of life issues in our large Cities. The work would never have advanced to the stage it has without your tremendous application of skills, experience and dedication.” Colin Dale, CEO Manukau City Council on behalf of the CEOs of Auckland, Christchurch, North Shore, Waitakere, Wellington, Hamilton and Dunedin City Councils.

“Others may find it useful to have someone with your experience in Tomorrow's Manukau, which is a good example of how the community outcomes process can work, to discuss with them an overview of councils, the Local Government Act, and the outcomes process; the difference between community outcomes and LTCCPs; and how the process can look to work, with joint strategic planning, information sharing on projects, project teams for actions, joint resource allocation, etc.”

Cherie Flintoff, Ministry of Social Development.

“Your leadership of the Quality of Life project to deliver such an outstanding report has been fantastic and I know that the team has learnt a lot from you.”
Trudi Fava, Auckland City Council.

“Leigh was leader of an initiative to align the measurement programmes of the Ministries of Social Development, with the big cities’ quality of life indicators. She was leader of the Auckland Regional Social Infrastructure Team, as well as Project Director of the Auckland Regional Affordable Housing Strategy. She has played a leading role in developing the Council’s Annual Plan Balanced Scorecard to align council effort with citizen’s priorities, and has maintained her community development roots by focusing on initiatives that make a difference to quality of life in the city.”
Excerpt from Manukau City Council Connexions Magazine.

“Really enjoyed your presentation yesterday and was timely as we are next week going to spend some time as a Board and Management team together in developing Sport Waikato’s new Strategic Plan. The Vision, Values, Mission and strategic goals are all consistent with where my thinking is at. I know we were to get a copy of your excellent power point presentation later, but is it possible for a version to be sent through to me today?”

Matthew Cooper, Chief Executive, Sport Waikato.

“Leigh completed the development of economic, social, environmental and governance indicators for Manukau City which have been utilised as a basis for establishing targets for the Council and other agencies in their respective strategic and operational planning. The indicators, published as the The Changing Face of Manukau, represented ground breaking work in New Zealand and resulted in the Council receiving many accolades for the work.”

Grant Taylor, Director Strategy, Manukau City Council.

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