Who am I?
Kia ora tatou
He uri ahau nō tawhiti. I tau aku tūpuna ki Karamea me Māwhera, Te Tai Poutini me Whangaraupō, Ōtautahi, ā, ka mihi ahau ki taua whenua.
Kei Ōtautahi tōku kāinga
Ko Lyn tēnei e mihi ana ki a koutou
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa
Welcome
My whanau hail from distant lands.
My ancestors arrived in Karamea & Greymouth, West Coast and in Lyttelton, Christchurch and I hold these places dear.
Christchurch is my home.
Welcome to my website - my name is Lyn Williams
My Experience
I have been part of a consultancy company for many years – working with teams designing and delivering learning solutions in medium and large organisations. This has included working with NZQA qualifications & moderation.
I have rich experience in learning design, organisational development, capability, teacher education. My most recent role (2021-23) has been leading a large team of Academic, Digital, Organisational Development, Learning & Development professionals through an exceptionally challenging period of change, at Ara |Te Pūkenga.
While I am very familiar with strategy, processes and culture in the NZ tertiary education sector, I have also worked as an independent contractor across Health and Education and in an NGO role.
Please feel free to browse my CV for further details
My Approach
I enjoy collaborating with managers, leaders, influencers and learning professionals on the design, implementation and evaluation of talent growth strategy and initiatives that build culture, engagement and capability. I seek to
understand your strategy and business needs
identify current culture, talent & capability
determine how to integrate the need into a strategy and growth plan
deliver an integrated solution that grows current and supports future business needs
I am committed to working collaboratively to explore perspectives, ideas and opportunities
My Skills
My skills encompass the full range of organisational, learning and development expertise – from analysis to design to delivery to evaluation, with a focus on practical, achievable, capability development that has an impact on practice and performance. My expertise includes:
design, implementation and integration of culture and talent growth strategy initiatives that build culture, engagement and capability
learning frameworks, pathways, programme / workshop design and delivery
project leadership, design thinking & co design for planning and project development
change management
design & facilitation of leadership & team skills, core development programmes, courses and workshops
mentoring & coaching – individuals and small groups