About Us
We’re a management consulting firm that specializes in helping senior leaders improve the performance of their frontline and operational teams. We do this by helping them change how their managers lead.
We enable organisations to embed a custom Performance Leadership System. One based on our consulting experience helping improve performance and productivity in 70+ organisations. As well as practical strategies used by managers of high-performing teams (identified in our interviews with hundreds of them), and the latest findings in behavioral science. Check out the video below for more details.
Blair Stevenson, Principal Consultant
Blair is the founder and Principal Consultant at BravaTrak, where he leads projects with clients to improve performance and productivity.
The Performance Leadership System Blair developed is focused on the small number of practical strategies that we've found make the biggest improvements to the performance of frontline and operational teams.
Over the past 29 years, Blair has worked with business units in more than 70 organisations across Australia and New Zealand, spanning the public sector, private sector, and not-for-profit organisations.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, a Diploma in Teaching, and a Certificate in Positive Psychology, and is the author of Game On: How to Create a World-Class Coaching Culture.
Mal Winnie, Associate Consultant
Mal supports the delivery of projects to improve performance and productivity in client organisations.
He brings more than 20 years’ experience working with leaders and managers across the public and private sectors in New Zealand, as well as experience supporting international level sports teams.
Mal holds advanced professional certifications in neuro-linguistic programming and coaching, which inform his practical, behaviour-focused approach.
Vanessa Varela, Performance Leadership Coach
Vanessa supports delivery by coaching managers in practical performance leadership skills.
She brings more than 18 years’ experience in consumer sales and service environments and has worked extensively as a frontline team leader applying our Performance Leadership System. As a result, she has a strong understanding of the challenges managers face in improving performance and sustaining accountability.
She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Linguistics, Language Teaching and Learning.
Matt Stevenson, Head of Growth
Matt leads the firm’s marketing and client development activities.
Working closely with the Principal Consultant, Matt is responsible for identifying organisations where Brava’s approach to improve performance and productivity is most relevant, and initiating conversations with senior leaders.
Matt has been with Brava for more than a decade, giving him a deep understanding of our Performance Leadership System and how it’s applied.
He holds a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in Information Systems and Marketing from the University of Auckland.