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Coaching & Consulting
RedHead Communications offers executive coaching, group programs, and consulting services to maximise your leadership impact, team performance, and organisational culture.
RedHead Communications coaching and consulting sessions bring out the best in people, whether at the individual level or for organisations big and small. Our Director, Dr Tanya Finnie, has 24 years of consulting experience with a diverse international client base. She’s worked with the South African Minister of Tourism, high-level executives, and professionals in industries ranging from mining, maritime, oil and gas, and IT, to hospitality, tourism, and aged care.
From technical specialists to people leaders, Tanya bridges insight with action.
Why Partner with an External Facilitator?
At RedHead Communications, our facilitation goes far beyond surface-level workshops. While I regularly deliver tailor-made sessions on culture and leadership, we also guide deeper, more strategic internal conversations. From upgrading your organisational strategy or navigating change, to preparing your Diversity & Inclusion plan or embedding inclusive values into policy.
Whether you’re reshaping direction, aligning executive teams, or building cultural momentum, having an external facilitator allows all voices to be heard including yours. It’s tough to lead and fully participate at the same time. I create the space, structure, and trust for honest dialogue, fresh thinking, and real outcomes.
With decades of experience across sectors and a practical, action-driven style, I’ll help your team decode what’s unspoken, challenge assumptions, and walk away with clarity, not just ideas. And let’s be honest: external facilitators don’t get invited back unless they get results. I’m here to make sure we do.
We incorporate a dynamic mix of structured and creative methods tailored to your goals, including:
Nominal group voting
(for equal input from all voices)
Divergent & convergent thinking
(to expand ideas, then bring
them into action)
SWOT and cultural mapping exercises
(for clarity and context)
Visual whiteboarding and silent brainstorming
(to engage both extroverts and introverts)
Empathy mapping & values alignment tools
(to surface personal drivers and shared meaning)
Real-time feedback loops and safe dissent spaces
(to build trust and psychological safety)
Think Pair Share
(to balance individual reflection with group discussion)
World Café
(to generate collective insights through small, rotating conversations)
Ladder of Inference
(to reflect on how assumptions form and challenge bias)
Whether guiding strategic planning, shaping D&I frameworks, or navigating team transitions, we design spaces where insights aren’t just heard, they’re actioned.
We tailor tools to your context, choosing the right format to spark insight, not just tick boxes.
Why you need an expert?
These methods don’t run themselves they require expert preparation, thoughtful adaptation, and the right touch to land with your people. Here’s what we bring to every session to ensure meaningful results:
- Preparation: We invest the time to get it right. A full-day session often takes a full day to design, and we come equipped with the right tools and templates to get things moving from the start.
- Time-saving structure: You’ll save hours of internal coordination and keep participants engaged with targeted, outcome-focused facilitation.
- Experience and adaptability: We’ve facilitated across sectors and cultures. That means we bring a toolkit that’s both deep and flexible — and a feel for what works in the room.
- Independence and trust: It’s hard to be fully heard when you’re also managing the agenda. As an external facilitator, I bring neutrality and credibility to help surface honest perspectives.
- People-centred approach: We understand behavioural styles and cultural nuance, allowing us to engage all voices — including those who rarely speak up.
- Action orientation: We don’t let insights float away. Sessions are designed to land on decisions and practical next steps, building momentum beyond the room.
Tools to Support Your People and Culture Goals
We offer a suite of evidence-based tools to enhance your coaching or consulting outcomes:
Cultural Intelligence (CQ) Assessments
Each participant receives a personalised 24-page feedback report, covering their cultural values, capability strengths, development areas, and global benchmarks. A group report helps leaders identify team patterns, blind spots, and priority actions.
Cultural Values Tools
Based on international frameworks, our cultural values instruments help individuals and teams understand their underlying beliefs, drivers, and communication styles, critical for building trust across differences and increasing collaboration.
Organisational CQ Audits
We assess your organisation’s readiness for inclusive leadership, providing strategic recommendations to embed cultural intelligence across departments and leadership layers.
Advanced DISC®
Psychometric Tool
Beyond traditional profiling, Advanced DISC® helps decode workplace behaviours and adapt communication styles — especially useful for diverse and high-pressure teams.
Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Toolkit
We incorporate emotional intelligence frameworks to support leaders in building self-awareness, managing emotional triggers, and fostering empathy, crucial for inclusive leadership and psychologically safe workplaces.
Cultural Maturity Audit
Our proprietary audit evaluates the current stage of your organisation’s cultural capability, from compliance to embedded inclusion, offering a roadmap for growth and measurable outcomes aligned with your strategic goals.
These tools can be woven into leadership development, strategic planning, onboarding, or tailored workshops. They equip your people with practical strategies, shared language, and the insight to build inclusive, high-performing teams. Each tool is designed to strengthen your inclusive leadership, unlock team trust, and support ESG, D&I, and HR capability goals.