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Hilary Bryan
Director
Hilary brings together thoughtful reflection and practical action.
She’s been a senior manager in central and local government, a communications consultant and a tertiary education lecturer.
As an avid learner, she keeps up to date with the latest thinking and develops her own ideas, meshed together from a wide variety of sources and experiences.
Hilary has 20 years consulting, coaching and facilitation experience and is engaging, challenging and energetic. She recently completed her thesis on Emotionally Intelligent Leadership to become a Fellow of Speech NZ. She’s presently researching how to practically apply business agility to all parts of organisations.
Recognising problems and then finding solutions that achieve results is her first step. Adding additional value follows on.
Hilary has two degrees in Political Behaviour and is an avid follower of the NZ political and public sector scene. She leads The Training Practice’s government and local government work.
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What people say about Hilary
"Fantastic, engaging, knowledgeable, encouraging facilitator. A++. Brilliant discussions from all attendees - often generated by great questioning and a safe, honest culture created by Hilary. Best course I've attended in a very long time."
Hilary's strengths
Activator
Maximiser
Communication
Empathy
Woo
People exceptionally talented in the Activator theme can make things happen by turning thoughts into action.
People exceptionally talented in the Maximiser theme focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence.
People exceptionally talented in the Communication theme generally find it easy to put their thoughts into words. They are good conversationalists and presenters.
People exceptionally talented in the Empathy theme can sense other people’s feelings by imagining themselves in others’ lives or situations.
People exceptionally talented in the Woo theme love the challenge of meeting new people and winning them over.
My number one strength is Activator - let's get moving - let's get it done!
They're at the heart of my agenda. After that comes Maximizer - Can we improve it? Can we make it better? What else can we add?
The last three - Communication, Empathy and Woo - are connected. I love the written and spoken word, tuning into others and winning them over.
Hilary's latest thinking
Hilary Bryan, Rachel Kasa, Kristen Gyorgak
11 December 2025
Tea & Toast: Enhance your Customer Experience
Creating great customer experience isn’t just about providing a service, it’s about building relationships, trust, and loyalty. Whether you work with internal or external customers these insights and tools will work for you.
Hilary Bryan
27 November 2025
Tea & Toast: Challenging conversations you need to have
It seems like there's always one you need to have. Let's work through mindsets and approaches you can use to get to the heart of the conversation. We'll work through the thinking of the negotiators, influencers and communicators. They've all got gems we can learn from.