Strategy and Workshop Facilitation
The right conversations spark action.
McElrea Consulting provides independent workshop facilitation for organisations working through strategy, complex challenges and collaborative projects.
We design and facilitate strategic planning workshops, leadership sessions, stakeholder and community forums, and multi-organisation conversations that bring the right people together, strengthen relationships and turn discussion into practical action.
Workshop facilitation services:
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Strategic planning and strategy workshops
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Leadership and governance sessions
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Stakeholder and community forums
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Collaborative and multi-organisation workshops
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Strategic Doing facilitation
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Values, vision and mission development
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Investment Logic Mapping (ILM) facilitation
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Complex problem-solving and decision-making sessions
Our approach:
Good facilitation creates the conditions for people to do their best thinking together.
Our approach is structured yet flexible. We design each process around the people in the room, the decisions that need to be made and the outcomes you need to achieve. We make space for different perspectives while keeping conversations focused, constructive and moving forward.
Depending on the challenge, we draw on approaches including Strategic Doing, appreciative inquiry, Investment Logic Mapping, collaborative design and large-group facilitation.
McElrea Consulting's facilitation is led by Rebecca McElrea, an experienced strategy and engagement facilitator who has worked with councils, leadership teams, boards, businesses and communities across New Zealand.
From conversation to action:
Our aim is for people to leave the room with greater clarity, shared commitment and a clear understanding of what happens next.
Need an independent facilitator?
Whether you're developing strategy, working through a complex issue or bringing multiple stakeholders together, we can design and facilitate a process that gets the right people involved and moves the conversation towards action.
Facilitation in practice
Central Otago District Council
In 2024, McElrea Consulting facilitated a workshop with over 140 staff at Central Otago District Council to co-design a shared mission, vision, and set of values for the organisation.
Using a mix of guided exercises and collaborative discussion, we created a strong foundation for organisational culture. This was followed by Executive Leadership Team sessions to refine goals, objectives, and measures of success.