I'm not the kind of psychologist who hands you a framework and sends you on your way.

I work with senior technical leaders - people who've built careers on being the one with the answers, and who've now been promoted into a role where that's no longer the point. Where the job is to develop expertise in others, influence without directing, and get results through people who don't want to be told what to do.

It's a harder transition than it looks from the outside. And most leadership development skips straight to the skills - delegate more, be more strategic, have the hard conversations earlier - without dealing with what's actually making those skills hard to use for this particular person.

That's where I start. Not with what you should be doing differently, but with what's actually getting in the way. Sometimes it's a pattern that's been running quietly in the background for years - one that worked well when you were the expert, but is working against you now. Sometimes it's that you've never actually been handed the tools, and you've gotten this far on raw intelligence and good instincts. Instincts that work well with people similar to you, but that break down with people who are wired differently.

Whatever the gap is, I help you see it clearly - and then do something specific and useful with it.

My clients are organisations and the senior technical leaders they invest in - from the point of appointment through to sustained high performance. Whether the conversation starts with an HR director making a critical hire, or a leader whose organisation has pointed them my way, the work is the same: rigorous, evidence-based, and specific to this person in this role.

I'm a registered business psychologist (NZ and NSW) and founder of Winning Performance. For nearly 20 years I've worked with senior technical leaders in technology, engineering, science, finance, and professional services - at the point where expertise alone stops being enough.

As a psychologist I can't share testimonials, but I'm happy to connect you with people I've worked with - including Aurora Energy, TGT Legal, and Hill Labs.