Brendon O’Connor

Brendon is a highly sought-after strategist, leadership coach and facilitator. He helps organisations find clear direction and leaders become capable of what comes next.

Through Strategy Unlocked, he works with boards and leadership teams to unlock organisational knowledge, turn complexity into consequential choices and build strategy that leaders understand, own and can deliver. His approach combines independent challenge, disciplined conversations and clarity, without outsourcing their thinking.

Through Leading What’s Next, Brendon supports leaders stepping into greater responsibility, complexity or visibility. He helps them understand what the role requires and make the shifts in identity, mindset and behaviour needed to lead confidently and create results through others.

A former Chair and CEO of SenateSHJ and Director (Consulting) at PwC New Zealand, Brendon combines leadership experience with expertise in strategy, commercial judgement, change and communication. He is an Internationally Certified Results Coach (ICF ACSTH), holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Otago. He facilitated Strategy Essentials for the NZ Institute of Directors from 2013 to 2018.