engage. ignite. grow.
We are dedicated to growing the impact and effectiveness of the people, teams and organisations we work with. As professionally accredited coaches, leadership development specialists and communication experts with cross sector experience, we are committed to providing relevant solutions to meet your individual and organisational development needs.
We have specific experience in infrastructure projects including alliance-based project delivery, multi partner collaborations, team culture and leadership effectiveness. Most recently, Auckland Light Rail and Ōtaki to North Levin.
With core competencies in leadership development & executive coaching, facilitation and group work, communication and presentations we can work with you to design and deliver relevant programmes that meet the needs of your team. We are empathetic, lively, interactive presenters, and we’d love the opportunity to work with you and your team.
Fiona
Mogridge
ICF Accredited Coach
Human Synergistics Accreditation, LSI and GSI
Master's International Business, University of Auckland
LTCL Acting, ATCL Speech and Drama Teaching
Design Thinking for Innovation, HCD University of Virginia
Fiona is an International Coaching Federation trained executive and organisational Coach, a trained actor, speech and drama teacher and has 15 years experience as an organisational development professional. She has business start up experience building a household brand Fatso.co.nz alongside her SME and enterprise-level company experience.
Key areas of interest in her work include building leadership effectiveness and team performance, presentation consulting and group facilitation. She excels at modernising learning environments, implementing enterprise-wide change initiatives, and fostering collaborative cultures in high-pressure situations.
This strategic focus has driven significant organisational impact, including:
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Ōtaki to North Levin project team establishment including team set up, management plan development, leadership coaching and culture.
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Co-designing and deploying a new learning practice and development programmes for 900 staff at Southern Cross Health Society.
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Serving as a design partner and coach for Aurecon's Leadership Foundations program across Australia and New Zealand (ANZ).
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Successfully creating and implementing NZ learning, people, and culture strategies, aligning with global blueprints.
Fiona leads with a deep commitment to collaboration, Te ao Māori and a strong understanding of the New Zealand context—bringing the same passion for the outdoors and continuous improvement to her client engagements.
She has had an active career in the performing arts; acting in theatre, film and television. Fiona's performance highlights include roles in TV dramas; Duggan, Plain Clothes, Street Legal and Shortland Street, Co-production Hercules and feature film roles and theatre in the award winning play Seed at the Basement Theatre.
With range in her skill base, Fiona can communicate impactfully, lead enterprise change, manage multiple projects and build strong relationships with stakeholders. She takes a coaching approach to meeting team needs, all with a personal resilience to navigate uncertainty and bring humour and positivity to the fore.
Skott Taylor
EVRYMAN M.E.L.T. Program,
Men’s Emotional Leadership Training
Concordia University, BFA
Theatre for Development
Since 2010, Skott has worked in organisational culture, purpose, and leadership, starting his own consultancy in Beijing, China. With a background in performing arts, he discovered the B Corp movement, integrating culture consulting with organisational
purpose and leadership development. He also facilitates and trains groups in men’s emotional leadership and is a husband and father of two young boys.
In 2018, Skott joined BRIDGE’s Hong Kong team as a consultant, guiding the team through challenges before and after the pandemic. He now continues to consult and facilitate while serving as BRIDGE's Global Head of Digital.
Skott and Fiona have worked together in Hong Kong and more recently in New Zealand bringing Augusto Boal's work to a group of corporate, arts and social development professionals.
Nina
Burchett
Nina Burchett is a highly regarded New Zealand actor and speech and drama teacher. Nina has worked in theatre, television, film and as a teacher around the world. Through her teaching, she loves helping people to believe in themselves and be the best they can be. She is delighted to be working with Fiona and the opportunity to build better organisations; by building the confidence and skills of adults to effectively communicate and engage.
Nina's teaching career began in 1992 in Auckland and since she has taught children dance, drama and speech in New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong.
After graduating from Toi Whakaari The New Zealand Drama School, Nina's performance career highlights to date have included being nominated forNew Zealand’s Most Promising Actress Award for her portrayal of May in Sam Shepard’s Fool For Love.
In Australia from 2002 - 2004, she co-devised the play Convict Women, which was awarded the 2002 Enerco Australian Cultural Award. She also wrote and produced the award-winning children's film Gabriel, which won prestigious international A-list awards including Winner Best Short Film - Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Winner Best Short Film - Giffoni Hollywood.
Since returning to New Zealand in 2008, Nina has had roles in several film and television productions including Spartacus (USA), Legend of the Seeker (USA), Billy (NZ), Rage (NZ) Foreign Exchange (AUS), Hillary (NZ), more recently staged in the award winning New Zealand play Seed (NZ) alongside Fiona Mogridge.