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About Arise Consulting

                                                                         Kia ora

Arise is run by me, Rowena Woolgar. I'm a business system change leader, a catalyst for change, a delivery and operational specialist. As a catalyst for change I like helping people and businesses grow, seeing tangible improvements that ensure positive forward momentum.
An eclectic career
•Motorsport
•Healthcare
      -Speach and Language Therapist     
      -Allied Health Leadership
•Disability
•Consulting   
      -PwC
•Change and project leadership
•I.T.
•Transformation

Services

  • Delivery leadership – I lead transformative projects, manage PMOs, and guide organisations through Agile or mixed methodologies for stable, seamless execution

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  • Inclusive training – I deliver practical project management training, support the development of those with disabilities in projects and build digital health informatics skills

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  • Strategic uplift – I help organisations refine systems, innovate ways to apply AI, drive continuous improvement and achieve operational excellence through focused strategy execution

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  • Workshop facilitation – I lead engaging sessions on planning, journey mapping, and stakeholder engagement to create actionable outcomes

Vision

My vision is to transform workplaces by fostering a gracious and intentional approach to life and work. I believe every business holds untapped potential, and positive growth can be achieved through thoughtful and strategic improvement initiatives

Director Arise Consulting
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Testimonials

"Rowena provided consultancy services for our Trust and provided input & a framework for our strategy session earlier this year. The framework helped the meeting stay on track and trustees focusing on the right areas. It was a very productive meeting with great outcomes. Thoroughly recommend Rowena's services and the value she can add to any organisation!"

Trustee of a Christchurch Trust

 "I really enjoyed the opportunity to be part of the kōrero rather than needing to lead it, as well as the chance to step back and think of things differently to being in the daily." 

Bronwyn Scott

General Manager 

Manahautū - Digital Future Aotearoa 

"We had Rowena consult with us to develop a Strategic Workshop which helped to streamline our organisation,
vision casting, planning and preparation coming into the new
year. Her input was invaluable and helped us to focus on key areas and maximise our time together as a leadership team.
Through the consultation process we were pleased to have some practical and applicable steps to follow that
were specific to our organisation."

Garth Chin Poy
Senior Pastor 

City Church Christchurch

Rowena took us through an "under the hood" session which allowed us to look at our business in a different light. We have often had advisors and consultants who have been primarily in the startup space, and Rowena's experience across a range of industries and business sizes proved extremely helpful for us. She has a very practical and pragmatic approach to business which we really appreciated.

Hannah Hardy-Jones

Contented AI

Services

Delivery Leadership

  1. Transformation Office leadership and support

  2. Enterprise Project Management Office/ Senior Project Leadership/ Portfolio Management

  3. Delivery execution maturity, and movement to Agile or mixed methodology projects

  4. Operational execution to aid excellence including change support, accelerating AI implementation and a measured approach to risk management  

  5. Project stabilisation and realignment​​​​​​​​

Strategic Uplift

  1. Strategy execution, roadmap development and deployment

  2. Operational excellence, continuous improvement

  3. Business system change, redesign underlying systems, technology and processes

  4. Complex documentation support such as business case writing, programme and project scope support, ROI and RFP assistance​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Workshop Execution

  1. Planning

  2. Journey Mapping

  3. User experience analysis

  4. Service Design

  5. Stakeholder Engagement

Training

​​I offer a variety of training on number of topics, get in touch to discuss your specific needs.

Key themes I have a variety of packages in include:

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  1. Disability and Inclusivity

  2. Project Execution Strengthening​

  3. Health and Digital Health Skill Set Development​

  4. Health workforce capability development​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Contact

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