Kia Ora:
Welcome to PeopleTalking Aotearoa
Whakakaha i ngā rōpū. Whakatipu i te angitū.
Empowering teams. Growing success.
At PeopleTalking Aotearoa, we help teams and leaders build strong, safe, and connected workplaces. We believe when people feel understood, connected and clear on the direction of travel, they do their best work.
Ā mātou ratonga – What we offer
Programmes to enable your organisation and people to thrive and perform.
Measuring Psychological Safety
Using Professor Amy C. Edmondson’s award-winning system, learn how your team is really doing, and how to create a safer, stronger environment.
Fearless Leadership
Build the confidence and tools to lead in tough and changing times.
High Performance Teaming
Help your team tackle challenges together, with honesty and respect. Build the team, not just the individuals!
Repairing Teams
Support teams to reconnect and rebuild trust when relationships break down or falter.
Online Learning Academy
Scalable. Economical. Accessible.
Flexible, self-paced learning to grow your people wherever they are.
Training and Accreditation
Become accredited in our tools and methodology.
We partner with businesses across Aotearoa and internationally.
Build trust and open communication
Improve psychological safety
Strengthen leadership and team culture
Support people through change and challenge
We partner with businesses across Aotearoa and internationally.
Build trust and open communication
Improve psychological safety
Strengthen leadership and team culture
Support people through change and challenge
Te Tīma o Aotearoa: Our People
Alex Smith
Executive Coach & Consultant
Alex brings 30+ years of experience helping leaders see the hidden dynamics that shape their systems and teams.
Belinda Wilson
Business Support Manager
The queen of making it happen, Belinda is your port of call with questions, logistics and how to get started with us.
Patrice Feary
Director, Executive Coach & Consultant
With a deep understanding of business realities, behaviour and culture, Patrice guides leaders and teams through meaningful change that sticks.
Sarah Tocker
Executive Coach & Consultant
Sarah is known for helping leaders navigate complex situations with insight, manaakitanga care, and practical solutions.
Professor Amy C. Edmondson in NZ for the First Time Ever
We’re excited to be hosting Harvard Business School Professor Amy C. Edmondson in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland and Sydney this November for two intimate client events (50 leaders per city).
This isn’t a keynote – it’s an interactive, practical dive into the leadership conditions that enable innovation, intelligent failure, and organisational learning.
Executives from leading New Zealand, Australian, and global organisations are already confirmed.
14 November 2025 | 12:30PM – 5:00PM
Auckland, New Zealand
Event Full
Our Partner: Professor Amy C. Edmondson
Novartis Professor of Leadership at Harvard Business School, Amy C. Edmondson, is one of the world’s most influential management thinkers. With accolades from Thinkers50, London Business School, HR Magazine, and the Financial Times, Amy’s work on psychological safety, teaming, and organisational learning sets her apart as a leading researcher and speaker.
Guided by the pioneering research of Professor Amy C. Edmondson, The Fearless Organization has developed a science-based survey tool that measures psychological safety and provides actionable insights. PeopleTalking is a founding Fearless Organization partner. We are the accredited provider of training programmes in Psychological Safety and the Fearless Organization Scan in New Zealand, Australia and Asia.
About PeopleTalking
At PeopleTalking, human connection and meaningful conversation are at the heart of change. Our core expertise is in developing competence in conversational agility, dialogical skills and building a psychologically safe space where people feel able to speak up when needed.
Over the past ten years, our Psychological Safety programmes have transformed numerous local and global organisations. Professor Amy C. Edmondson and Dr David Kantor, industry leaders in psychological safety and organisational culture research, are at the heart of all PeopleTalking programmes.
“I have spent 25 years as a leader, exploring team effectiveness, experimenting with coaching, and building energised teams. PeopleTalking have ended my search and cracked the code of repeatable, enduring and simple techniques that embed a refreshing way of working that is astonishing in its simplicity and human impact. It changes lives for the better, at work and at home.”
“Working with the team from PeopleTalking has been one of the most memorable and impactful experiences I’ve ever had in my career. The team was both supportive and challenging (the right kind of challenging), showing great expertise and deep vulnerability at the same time. I look forward to continuing to work with PeopleTalking in the future.”
Kei te hiahia koe ki te whakakaha i tō rōpū? –
Ready to strengthen your team?
Let’s kōrero. Reach out today and find out how we can help your people and business thrive.
Chat with Belinda to make contact with our Aotearoa team.
