Our Mission

We help people and organisations thrive

We grow workplace competency, collaboration and connection.

Working in partnership we focus on your needs and tailor our solutions to meet them.

We harness the power of personal relationships, social interaction, workplace relevance, technology and experienced practitioner facilitators to help people master the competencies that will enable your team to expertly fulfil their workplace roles.

Learning is a perfect opportunity to grow organisational knowledge and relationships within your workplace.

We love seeing the confidence, satisfaction and success learning creates.

NZ owned and operated.

Founded by Lisa Mandic, we are proudly NZ owned and managed (even though Lisa is originally from Australia!)

After over 20 years providing consulting and training through Activate Management, Lisa created Equip Learning in 2021 to enable focused delivery of our learning solutions.

The team at Equip have extensive experience in NZ workplaces, understanding some of the unique things about living and working in NZ.

Our Values.

We are consistent and transparent in our aims.

Do you share our values?

If so, let’s talk :-)   We’d love to explore how we could work together.

Respect

We value ourselves, each other, our work, our world.

Learning

We love learning!
It’s how we fulfil our potential

Autonomy

We are each able to choose for ourselves

Partnership

We all have an important role and are responsible for fulfilling it

Collaboration

We achieve more together (no-one can do everything)

Harmony

Our differences can combine in harmonious ways

Balance

Getting the mix right. Sustainable success comes from combination (rather than extremes)

Integrity

The strength of any whole depends on the combination and coordination of its diverse parts

Meet the Team.

Lisa Mandic

Management consultant and learning specialist

Founder and Director of Equip (and Activate Management Limited), Lisa has over 25 years facilitating and consulting experience in NZ and 35 years business experience throughout Australasia.

Her passion for people development led her to establish Equip in 2021 when she saw a gap in the market for this unique style of learning. Lisa’s style is practical and fun. She focusses on understanding the uniqueness of each person and organisation she works with and enjoys helping people succeed.

Areas of speciality: Organisational management, Strategy, Leadership, Communication, Financial management, Project management

Dipika Chandra

Resource and learning facilitator

Having customised training with Lisa back in 2017 in a previous management role, Dipika’s passion for learning was ignited.  She brings a unique blend of corporate and small business experience to the table.

Dipika is equipped with a strong background in finance, IT, systems, process improvement and training roles with both local and global organisations.

Her commitment to lifelong learning is evident in her passion for personal and professional development.

Areas of speciality: Finance, systems, processes & training specialist

Myriam Heynen

Myriam Heynen

Employment relations consultant and facilitator

Passionate about imparting knowledge, Myriam has been involved in the design and delivery of training in all aspects of HR management for over 30 years. Her goal is to improve understanding of and compliance with legislation within the employment space.

(BA, Dip Bus PMER)

Areas of speciality: People management and employment

Paula Mitchell

Paula Mitchell

Coach and facilitator

With over 15 years of experience as a Coach, Trainer and Consultant, Paula has a wealth of skills in personal and inter-personal communications, learning and development, and strategic oversight.  Internationally certified and experienced NLP Master Practitioner, and NLP Trainer. She is also certified as an mBIT Coach (multiple intelligences – Neuro-science) and Inner World Coach.

Areas of speciality: Personal leadership and effectiveness

Arlene Nicholson

Learning and development specialist

Arlene has over 25 years experience in training and coaching others to be more effective in
business and leadership roles

Her purpose is to help people be more productive, to develop better relationships, and to thrive vs survive at work. Arlene is one of the few certified Positive Intelligence (mental fitness) coaches in NZ.

(Dip Org Psych, Grad Dip Training & Development)

Areas of speciality: Leadership, Communication, Customer Service, Mental Fitness

Debi Higson

Learning & development consultant

Debi has over 25 years experience in people management, coaching & mentoring, learning & development both in the UK & NZ.  She has a passion for people & delivering skills training that can be implemented into the workplace. Certified:

  • Mental Health 1st Aid Aotearoa Instructor
  • Puzzle People communication facilitator
  • TetraMap facilitator
  • Team Management Profile facilitator (TMSDI)

Areas of speciality: Communication & Leadership. MH 1st Aid & Wellbeing

Ready to try us?

Request a free workshop to see if we suit you and your team.

We have 3 great mini workshops to choose from