Helping businesses and organisations navigate growth, complexity and change.
Fractional strategy and operational leadership support.
Where I help
I work with businesses that are growing, changing, or becoming harder to run.
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Too many decisions sit in one place. Things slow down.
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What worked before no longer holds. Clarity starts to slip.
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The direction is there, but momentum comes and goes.
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Key initiatives stall without someone driving them.
How I help
Fractional strategy and operational leadership support for growing businesses and leadership teams.
I work alongside founders, CEOs, and leadership teams to clarify direction, improve decision-making, and keep important work moving.
Focus areas
Operating rhythm
Clear cadence, priorities, and accountability across the team.
Planning and roadmaps
Turning ideas into structured, visible plans.
Decision-making
Reducing reliance on one person for every call.
Team alignment
Clarity on roles, ownership, and priorities.
Execution systems
Simple ways to keep important work moving.
Leadership support
A trusted sounding board for leaders.
How the work usually starts
Most of my work begins with a focused session to get clear on priorities and agree next steps. From there, I can stay alongside to support implementation and execution, whether that’s regular check-ins or ongoing fractional support.
About Warren
I bring more than 20 years of experience across operational leadership, project delivery, business advisory, and general management roles.
I've worked with founders, business owners, CEOs, leadership teams, and growing organisations across a range of sectors, helping improve performance through clearer priorities, stronger leadership, better ways of working, and practical action.
My work spans operational leadership, facilitation, coaching and mentoring. I'm also often a sounding board for leaders working through decisions and change.
Based in Wellington, I work with businesses and leadership teams across New Zealand.
Thinking out loud
Examples of my work
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The team wanted dedicated time to reflect on how they worked together, clarify their purpose and values, and identify opportunities to strengthen communication and collaboration. Facilitated a team workshop focused on alignment, ways of working and future priorities.
Result: Greater clarity around purpose and values, stronger team alignment, and practical actions to improve communication and collaboration.
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Too many decisions were being made by the founder, creating delays and limiting progress across the team. Introduced clearer priorities, stronger delegation, and a simple operating rhythm.
Result: Faster decisions, clearer accountability, and more consistent progress.
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Several workstreams were moving at once without clear ownership or coordination. Helped connect the moving parts, define priorities, and create more structure across the work.
Result: better alignment, clearer ownership, and less coordination overhead.
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As the business grew, priorities, communication and ways of working were becoming less clear. Worked with the founders and team to understand what was helping, what was getting in the way, and where improvements could be made.
Result: Clearer direction, improved alignment, and a practical roadmap for strengthening leadership, operations and team effectiveness.
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An important piece of work had lost momentum because no one had the time or capacity to lead it. Stepped in to take ownership, build a plan, and move it forward.
Result: Momentum restored and delivery back on track.
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The business had strong ideas and ambition, but priorities were shifting, and execution was inconsistent. Worked with leadership to clarify direction and translate it into a more visible plan.
Result: Clearer focus, stronger follow-through, and better visibility across the team.
Testimonials
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“Working with Warren during the Aurora Climate Lab, I was struck by his warmth. He has a rare ability to simplify complex thinking, using simple, practical frameworks to bring clarity to what felt tangled. He kept bringing the conversation back to what mattered most, creating momentum without pressure, and went above and beyond during my busiest, most stressful times. He's a skilled coach who brought both insight and empathy, and I feel very grateful to have had the chance to work with him.”
Kat O’Sullivan, Founder & CEO, Snap Power
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“Warren created a space where every voice was heard and every perspective was valued. He took the time to understand what was important to us and that was reflected in the quality of his work. His calm, mana-enhancing and pragmatic approach helped our team find clarity, build alignment, and leave with outcomes that will continue to shape how we work together.”
— Nicola Nation. Chief Executive Officer, Rei Kōtuku
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“Warren brought clarity and positive momentum to our work at 1 Up. He quickly built strong relationships with clients, while bringing a calm, practical and collaborative approach to the team.
What stood out most was his grounded, people-focused style and his ability to simplify challenges, support strategy development, and help keep things moving without overcomplicating them.”
— Joe Cottier. Managing Director, 1 Up Marketing
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“Working with Warren has been hugely valuable. He's been a trusted sounding board, keeping me accountable, challenging my thinking, and providing practical advice and guidance across the business.
What I've appreciated most is Warren's ability to listen, ask the right questions, and turn ideas into action. I'd happily recommend him to anyone looking for a trusted mentor and operational advisor.”
— Jack Tolley. General Manager, Dev Academy Aotearoa
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“Warren gets to the heart of things fast. He ran workshops with our team and founders, listened like few people do, and surfaced the blockages we'd been talking around, both the operational ones and the harder emotional ones. Sharp, commercial, and trusted almost immediately. We left with a firm plan and a clear way to deliver it."
— Matt McNeil and Antony Young, Managing Directors, The Media Lab
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"Warren has coached startups in Creative HQ's Aurora Climate Lab for two years running. He builds trust quickly with founders, which lets him support their wellbeing and team dynamics from the ground up. Every team he works with thrives, thanks to the gentle way he challenges their thinking and helps them hone their proposition and articulation. I love working with Warren for the passion, energy, and care he brings to this mahi, and for how effortlessly he simplifies challenges for teams."
— Holly Beals. Senior Innovation Specialist, Creative HQ
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Warren joined us as a Main Judge for the Electra Business & Innovation Awards, assessing the Business Strategy section. He brought a thoughtful, practical and commercially focused approach to every entry, always taking the time to make sure he had considered the business carefully and got his assessment right.
What stood out most was the quality of his feedback. It was fair, constructive and genuinely useful, giving each business something valuable to take away. Warren was generous with his time, easy to work with, and brought a strong understanding of our local business community. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Warren.
Heather Hutchings. Lead Judge, Electra Business & Innovation Awards - Kapiti Horowhenua
Let’s talk
If your business or organisation is navigating growth, complexity, or change, let's talk.
Whether you need operational leadership, an independent perspective or simply someone to help work through a challenge, I'm always happy to have a conversation.
No pressure. Just a conversation.