Our Facilitators
Leaders who walk the talk.
At Wayfinding Leadership, our facilitators are not just teachers — they are experienced leaders, cultural navigators, and relationship-holders who embody the values they teach.
Each member of our team brings deep personal practice, professional excellence, and cultural grounding to their work. Together, we hold space for transformation — creating leadership experiences that are relational, safe, and powerfully impactful.
Whether you're working with a senior facilitator, a guest expert, or an emerging voice from within our growing network, you can trust that you're in capable, caring hands.
Dr. Chellie Spiller
Dr Chellie Spiller is a professor at the University of Waikato Management School and a passionate advocate for Māori business development. Her vision is to create relational wellbeing and wealth — across spiritual, environmental, social, cultural, and economic dimensions — and to support people in claiming their rightful place in the world.
Chellie brings a powerful combination of cultural grounding, academic excellence, and extensive corporate experience to her leadership development work. She has held senior executive roles in New Zealand and abroad, and now designs and delivers programmes that are both deeply transformative and professionally relevant.
She is a prolific and widely cited author, best known as co-author of Wayfinding Leadership: Ground-Breaking Wisdom for Developing Leaders. Her TED Talk on the subject has reached a global audience, and her most recent book, The Catalyst’s Way, emerged from her role as Leader-in-Residence at the Atlantic Institute (Oxford University).
Chellie’s leadership journey has been recognised through a Fulbright Senior Scholarship (Harvard Kennedy School and University of Arizona), a Research Excellence Award, the Dame Mira Szászy Māori Alumni Award, and the National Māori Academic Excellence Award.
Chellie’s facilitation style is grounded, relational, and quietly transformative — helping leaders connect with their values, lead with presence, and navigate with purpose.
Stay Tuned — More Facilitators Coming Soon…
Our facilitator whānau is growing.
We’re proud to be nurturing a new generation of wayfinding leaders — emerging voices who bring fresh energy, cultural depth, and lived experience to this kaupapa.
As our work expands, so too does our network. Stay tuned as we introduce more incredible facilitators who are walking alongside us in this journey.
Ngā mihi nui for your patience — more to come.
