Collective Wisdom Consulting
“Lucy facilitates with an incredible depth, skill and intuition.”
Our WHY?
Services
Clients & testimonials
Services
Program and process design, facilitation & training:
Programs. facilitation and training designed specifically for and in consultation with your organisation, community group or team, including:
Focus groups, Industry round tables, community engagement
Strategic planning and work planning for teams, organisations and boards
Leadership development for your community, organisation or team (including mindful leadership, inner leadership and horizontal leadership)
Values, purpose and well-being at work
Public Speaking & MC’ing:
Examples of recent and possible presentations:
‘Not just lip service: truly sustainable, resilient and effective work cultures’
‘#MeToo: The Power of shared story’
‘Turning the microscope the other way: how healthy is our health system?’
‘Turning the ‘helper’ the other way: how humane are our human services organisations?’
‘Hearts at Work: the power of the ‘soft’ sciences’
‘What is leadership development, really? And who is it for?’
‘Gender and leadership’
‘Joy at Work’
‘No more white knights: Communities doing it for themselves’
‘Kitchen Table Wisdom’ – we need to know where we’ve come from to know where we’re going
‘Free to be Me’ (targeted at 18 – 24 year olds)
Our ‘WHY’?
The days of hierarchical leadership and vertical leadership development (more tools & tricks) are over. The future is in ‘new power’ (shared wisdom & influence) and horizontal leadership development (enhanced human skills: self-awareness, deep communication & wisdom).
What is going on in the world? Complexity, Disconnection & Distress
Increasingly complex systems, processes and demands
Increasingly complex lives, lifestyles, needs and expectations
Burnout, ‘presenteeism’, poor workplace behaviour, emotional distress and poor mental health
(image from http://www.u1group.com/blog/article/working-with-google-glass)
What is the solution? Simplicity, wisdom & connection
HUMAN skills & strengths: emotional intelligence, kindness, communication, resilience, purpose & meaning
The wellbeing of staff, teams, humans at work = increased productivity, quality & retention
Collaboration, community & shared power belong at work and in community
Recognising our shared humanity & creative differences
We can help!
We believe in Collective Wisdom for Collective Impact. We know that developing self-awareness, inner leadership, purposeful work, insightful teams and humanist organisations is the future of work. We foster and facilitate individual learning, team learning and organisation-wide capacity building which prioritise and promote positive, productive and flourishing workplaces, groups and communities which are good for the humans in them, and good for the humans receiving their service or product. We specialise in a deep understanding and skillset in human systems and change processes.
We work to empower all voices in a system – the wisdom is not in an expert in front of the room, it is in the room, in the people who make up your organisation or group, at all levels. When we create safe spaces and platforms for participation and empowerment, this wisdom can be activated and shared, and the impact is powerful and sustained. This approach, and the focus on building emotional intelligence and resilience, is increasingly important as organisations and communities try to adapt to a fast changing and increasingly complex world.
Clients include:
Testimonials
“Lucy is a warm, insightful and accomplished project manager who is able to design and deliver programs which truly understand the needs of the audience she is working with.
Couple this with her skills as an engaging facilitator and entertaining public speaker, Lucy is someone who will leave a positive impact on every member of your group/team and lead to meaningful change that is sure to make your workplace/organisation a much better – and more productive – place.
As someone who has had the privilege and honour or working with Lucy in the past, I can highly recommend Collective Wisdom Consulting to any organisation that understands that through the empowerment of their team and providing a safe space in which to explore and innovate, magic can – and will – happen.”
Julie Slater, Former Executive Officer, Community Leadership Loddon Murray
“I’ve valued your guidance and clarity and am really happy with the outcome and output.”
CEO, Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
“Lucy brings her wisdom to the collective table. She helps focus our thoughts, draws out the questions and creates an open and inviting space for participants to contribute in a meaningful way. We love working with Lucy!”
Geoff Adams, Department of Education
“Lucy is a skilled facilitator who brings passion, empathy and wisdom to the table. Lucy has the skills to bring out the best in others, galvanise groups and create cohesiveness within a disparate group of individuals. Lucy creates safe environments for personal reflection, models integrity, and gives honest and constructive feedback. Her magic extends not just to working with groups but in her ability to lead by example.”
“I was taken with Lucy's quite confidence during her presentation. Her considered responses to questions from the floor were thought provoking and insightful as she commanded the room with a presence greater than one would expect from her petite stature. I would gladly purchase a ticket to attend an event where Lucy was providing a keynote address and look forward to another opportunity to share a podium to address cultural workplace and community issues where we see our health care professionals prescribing kindness as an antidepressant where a duty of care is tempered with a care factor.”
- Michael Lloyd-White, Chief Executive Officer at World Kindness USA
“Lucy Mayes is the most qualified and talented facilitator, program and project manager anyone could wish for! Lucy led with 'heart', holding us all, till we emerged with a greater sense of community, values and self-awareness. We have all emerged with a tool box of skills, confidence and a sense of 'can do'! She taught us skills and mindsets that will serve us well into the future. Most of all, she taught us how to draw on the 'power within' and our 'inner resilience' in a way that would benefit any organisations or communities we find ourselves in.”
“Lucy has a skillset that spans so much. She has a caring way, with a strength of authority that is not dominating. She has the ability to support all members of a group or team through their own stages of learning .... and not just one person at a time.”
“As a facilitator, mentor and guide Lucy has the ability to make all participants feel welcome and part of the greater group, while recognising, and allowing space, for each individual’s uniqueness. Lucy willingly shared her wisdom, skills, insights and stories, and was fearless in her provision of support and participation.”
“There is no doubt that Lucy’s skills and passion for empowering and inspiring others, gave us more as a group and as individuals than other affiliated programs would have been able to offer.”
“Lucy has a skill for creating a safe space for us all to step out of our comfort zones, to grow our confidence and to see the world through a larger lens.”
“Lucy has a diverse and unique skillset. She facilitates groups in a caring, nurturing way, with a strength of authority that is not dominating. She has an amazing ability to support more than one person at a time through their vulnerabilities, keep an eye out for anyone struggling, and check in on all to make sure all are having a positive experience from which to learn and grow.”
“Lucy is a wonderful and giving facilitator. She is always smiling, happy, positive, encouraging, supportive, humoured, understanding, calm, and committed.”
“Lucy’s workshop was a really powerful session for me. I wish everyone could experience what I did in that session – it was a truly moving experience."
“Lucy’s was the most incredible session! I got so much out of it and loved the way she broke everything down and made it fun and profound at the same time."
“Lucy was amazing - by far my favourite presenter of the whole week."