Testimonials

Morag Hutchinson is a highly accomplished consultant with Ahead Associates, bringing deep expertise in school leadership and governance across Auckland. Morag supports senior leadership teams through strategic planning, team restructuring, professional growth cycle development and peer mentoring—all rooted in evidence-based practices and trust-based relationships. Known as a highly competent facilitator, she brings clarity, strategic focus, and relational depth to her work with principals and senior leaders.

The team and I were extremely grateful for the expertise and support Morag gave us during what could have been a very challenging time for us as a board. Morag encouraged and supported the team as we all were overwhelmed to begin with but thanks to her excellent experience and guidance we were able to come together and make clear and informative decisions in choosing a new principal from the many applications we received. I honestly don't know if we could have made such an important decision without Morag. She was lovely to work with and we were very grateful for the opportunity to work with her. We learnt a lot especially about ourselves as a board and would most definitely work with her again if we were to find ourselves in a similar situation again (let's hope not). I am going to recommend your services to anyone who has need of a supportive and professional team such as you have. If you need a further testimonial then please contact me I am very happy to help. As to improving anything with your service I can't think of a thing that I would change.

Principal Endorsement Network & Peer Group Mentoring

• Really grateful for the time, great conversations and growth from our time together.
• Thank you for this year! I have found it really helpful.
• I have appreciated the time, effort and learnings from our time together and I am grateful for the relationships, discussions and shared support that the group (past and present) has encouraged and fostered.
• A huge thank you to you both for your support and encouragement through 2024! 

Senior Leadership Workshop

Thanks for a productive meeting this morning with lots of valuable insights. Your facilitation has really helped us to grow as a team with your practical responses and active listening skills!  Much appreciated! See you next term.

Individual Mentoring

”I have enjoyed the process. It certainly made me reflect and think, and it has given me a direction moving forward. Many thanks for the professional discussions and encouragement.