Surveys

Surveys appearing on this site will be collated and results made available on this website.

Current Surveys

What do you consider the biggest challenge for future leaders?

Please enter your one best idea in the AnswerGarden below. This simple feedback tool allows you to enter one idea a day and shows the top 25 responses in a word cloud. The bigger the word the more people have responded with that answer. If you hover your mouse over the word you will see how many people have responded with that idea.

Please pass on this page link so that others can respond too.

What is the biggest challenge for future leaders?… at AnswerGarden.ch.

Testimonials

As part of an ongoing commitment to continuous improvement clients are continually invited to provide feedback. Questions are based on what counts as good professional learning based on research from the Best Evidence Synthesis on Professional Learning and Development.  The wordle diagram shows a summary of comments related to the work of Think Beyond Ltd and Cheryl Doig. It is updated regularly.

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Experimenting with new technology is part of our ongoing work. Recently I asked three leaders, all who had worked with me over a number of years, to take two minutes trialling an online poll for me. The question that I asked was “What does Cheryl do best?” This was a bit of fun but has potential as a feedback tool. Here are the results.

Survey Feedback

I really enjoyed our two days with Cheryl. She really challenged what we were doing with some thought provoking questions and statements. This was exactly what I needed to get myself back on track.

Quite remarkable how many ‘aha’ moments occurred to several of us.

Great day facilitated by Cheryl. Exceeded expectations. I appreciated your ability to clear the fog and turn a difficult brief into a challenging and constructive day that has enabled significant progress.

Did a fabulous job of moving our Board’s strategic thinking.

Well planned, well organised and better than anything else on offer.

Testimonials from workshops and keynotes

“That was absolutely FAB-U-LOUS dahling!!!!! Thank you so much to you Cheryl for such an inspirational two days sharing your knowledge, expertise and wisdom. Thanks also to you all for the interaction, debate and fun! Our staff were buzzing this morning and all said they came away with something they would like to further investigate.” – Tauranga 09

Facilitator and learning catalyst…

“The variety in strategies throughout the exercise/activities today has kept things interesting, vibrant and focussed.”

“Very interactive – kept interest and energy levels up. Also very much on topic.”

“I have appreciated your ability to model facilitation skills, in particular negotiation, use of dialogue, respectful treatment of everyone, clear instructions.”

“Cheryl Doig’s visual presentations were excellent and showed advanced understandings of how to give summaries without talking to the picture reading the words.” Rotorua 09

Challenger

“A very inspirational session, which made me think long and hard about myself and my teaching practice.” ULearn Conference

“Great to work with someone who really makes you question what is happening.” Tauranga

“Innovative and future thinking presenter and educator – value her vision and sensible approach to education development…” ULearn Conference

Leader…

“The three days have certainly added to my personal leadership capacity and communication strategies… Thank you for an enlightening three days. The pace, the change of state, the different working groups and tools were all very effective.”

“You are a fine leader who is well organised and has the ability to reach out to the wide range of learners in front of you.”

References and referees are available on request.

About Us

Dr Cheryl Doig (EdD, MEd, DipEdMan, BEd, DipTching, ASM, CertQA, FNZIM)

Director – Think Beyond

A recognised leader – Cheryl is a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management (NZIM), immediate past president of NZIM Southern and on the executive committee of the national NZIM Inc board. She is also on the board of Core Education Ltd. She is a member of the Institute of Directors and recipient of the Crothall Award. Cheryl runs ‘Women in Management’ Knowledge Cafes and is involved in a wide range of online networks.

Cheryl’s particular areas of passion are organisational leadership, change and relationship management. She builds innovative practice into her work and sees herself as a learning catalyst. She challenges organisations to think differently in order to adapt for the future. Cheryl Doig is sought after as a consultant to individuals, schools, clusters and businesses that want to challenge the status quo.

A recognised leader in education – previously a highly successful school principal, Teaching Fellow in Educational Management and school reviewer. Under her leadership both Richmond and Fendalton schools received national recognition, including the Goodman Fielder School of the Year. Cheryl has been the recipient of a number of prestigious awards including the Beeby Fellowship and the Woolf Fisher Fellowship.

Cheryl is a member of the Learning Discovery Trust – the group which set up Discovery 1 and Unlimited Paenga Tawhiti as special designated character schools, with a particular focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. She was appointed by the Minister of Education to serve on both school boards. She has been a member of a number of advisory panels and planning groups at national and regional levels. She has been involved in the development and implementation of leadership programmes in New Zealand and Australia. Cheryl is a member of the ACEL Leadership Acacemy and an affiliate of Core Education.

An experienced speaker and writer – Cheryl is an Accredited Professional Speaker with the National Speakers’ Association of NZ (NSANZ), and a member of the Global Speakers’ Federation. She is is available for keynote presentations, workshops and facilitation both nationally and internationally. She is a certified practitioner of the Herrmann’s Brain Dominance Instrument, which she uses as a tool to aid individual and team understanding. Cheryl is also an accredited facilitator of Four Quadrant Leadership.

Writing is also an area of expertise. In 2000 Cheryl wrote her first book Quality the Richmond Way and in 2009 her new ebook series Talking the Walk: Walking the Talk was launched. Others in the series will soon follow. Her blog, tweets and wikis are linked to this website.

David Duffy

Systems Manager – Think Beyond

David Duffy has a depth of knowledge in the education area, having been a classroom teacher, adviser to schools, lecturer and deputy principal. He maintains the systems for the organisation, manages contracts and programmes.