Real Life Success Stories

Turas offers a range of mentoring and coaching services to unlock the power of your own possibilities.

Business Owners

Alexander Van Wel - Freelance Journalist

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Lindsey is one of those rare people able to seamlessly combine both passion and substance in a fun conversation. She has an impressive track record and a wide open mind, meaning that sessions with her are characterised by revealing anecdotes and a the sense of untapped possibilities. In my experience, if you're looking to identify your heartfelt and deep-seated motivations, and to extract a workable value proposition for future growth, time with Lindsey is time very well invested.

Quincy Beeker - SEOcoaching.com

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Lindsey is a true professional and awesome to work with. She is a brilliant strategist who takes a holistic approach to entrepreneurship and leadership. Her experience in marketing and communications helps get the edge you need to advance your career to the next level. I can highly recommend working with Lindsey.

Helen Shale - Tempo Hypnotherapy and Life Coaching

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Lindsey helped me with the strategic direction of my personal/company brand in a way that was exciting, validating and fulfilling. I was so impressed by her tailored approach, significant expertise and experience, and caring that I received exactly what I was looking for.

Organisational Client

Rose Jamieson - GM Public Impact, Internet NZ

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Love Turas and Lindsay. High energy, solution- focused, great advice, and takes time to understand your business and your needs.

Lindsey is my trusted advisor on all things marketing, brand and comms - I value the broad range of experiences she is able to bring into any setting or situation. Lindsey takes an enterprise-wide perspective - focused on how your business goals and outcomes link to your organisation’s performance.

I have found that Lindsey is always interested in your long-term success and really invests in the relationship - she has always been happy to give me a quick read out on something. Lindsey will aim to help you get to where you want to go - she asks great questions to really understand your context, and gives practical actionable advice. I can always rely on her to challenge and roadtest my own thinking too!

I have worked with Lindsey across a number of her roles - on a national advertising campaign, and a sector wide assessment of capabilities and customer experiences. More recently, I have used her services as an expert set of eyes in a recruitment process for communications and marketing staff. Personally, I found that approach to be a much more tailored approach to recruitment, and it’s great to have somebody with that level experience in the room with you.

Jess Winchester​ - GM Fundraising & Marketing, Stroke Foundation

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From the very beginning Lindsey worked closely with me to identify the outcomes my team and I needed from the workshop and to make sure that the day was designed with these specifically in mind. The time flew by - Lindsey is a really engaging and thoughtful facilitator with skills to read the room and encourage participation from even the shyest member of a team. Our workshop was focused on creating one team with a shared purpose and to kick off the development of a new strategy. I walked away at the end of the day feeling like a weight had lifted from my shoulders. My team had got to know each other better and understand the depth of skills and experience they bring to work every day. We'd agreed our shared purpose, identified and committed to the actions we would take to make us successful as a team. And we had the framework of the strategy in place. The icing on the cake was that members of my team independently told me how much they had valued and enjoyed the day. The workshop was such a great investment for us - I'd highly recommend it.​

Personal Leadership

Maria Skatova - Generate Manager, Internet NZ

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I call my individual sessions with Lindsey my fresh-air space - where I'm enabled to dig deeper, think wider, connect the dots and apply all the research I have at my disposal. Now, many people say they are driven by data. Lindsey really is walking the data talk like no one I have met before - applied maths is great, and marketers should do it more! I'm leaving the strategy development sessions a better professional, but what's more important - there's a real human connection - no-nonsence, no BS, kind and loving connection that makes it so much fun.

Kevin Ptak, Manager Marketing and Communications, NZIA

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Lindsey is a great resource for any communications or marketing professional working on the next steps of their career journey. I especially appreciated her willingness to work with me to focus on the areas of advice and counsel I needed and the practical advice she offered. She draws on deep experience both working and recruiting at a high level in these disciplines, and I always left our sessions feeling a sense of momentum and accomplishment. My thanks go out to her.

Scott McDonald Bull - Performance Marketer, Human Digital

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I really recommend working with Lindsey as a coach/mentor. She is very insightful and experienced with her coaching and provides realistic and honest goals. Her approach is tailored to each individual, recognizing that everyone’s journey is unique.

Courtney King - Marketing Executive, Robert Walters

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Lindsey is an informed and knowledgeable consultant. I would highly recommend her to anyone who is unsure about the next step in their marketing or communications career. Lindsey has given me practical advice that has helped me approach the next stage in my marketing career with confidence.

others

Ani de Graaf​ - Marketing Lead

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Highly recommended!! My time with Lindsey was extremely valuable in setting me up for my own version of success and giving me the tools and support I needed to elevate me to the next level.

Rachael Curson - Account Director

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Lindsay is an expert at getting to the heart of your ambitions and challenges and customising her approach to your needs. I couldn’t have made the positive changes I’ve made without her guidance and support.

Gary Cooper - Client

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I’ve been part of both the True North and Resilience programmes with Turas and honestly, they’ve been game-changers. Super practical, really thought-provoking, and delivered in such a down-to-earth way. I was involved with the Resilience Programme during a pretty intense time—major restructures and job cuts across the public sector—and it couldn’t have come at a better moment. It gave me space to reset, tools to navigate uncertainty, and helped me keep showing up with purpose and perspective.Lindsey is an incredible facilitator—she just gets it. She brings so much warmth, clarity, and insight, and has a real gift for building a community. The ongoing sessions are packed with fresh, original content and feel like a proper community of practice, not just a course you do and forget. I walked away with more confidence, clarity, and a stronger sense of direction. Highly recommend.

Joy Haley - Client

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Working with Lindsey has been an amazing journey. She has a unique ability to understand not only the technical aspects of marketing but also who I am at my core and why I do what I do.This deep understanding of my identity and vision has shaped the work we’ve done together, ensuring that every strategy feels authentic and aligned with my true purpose.From brand storytelling to crafting social messaging that truly resonates with my ideal clients, Lindsey has been a trusted guide, simplifying the complexities of social media funnels and business growth.It’s like having a best friend who understands me deeply, carefully guiding me to ensure my message is consistent and impactful across all platforms while staying true to my brand’s essence.

Pete Coleman - Communications Manager, Te Tari Pureke – Firearms Safety Authority

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Lindsey is a tremendous coach. Conversations were very clear about what we wanted to get out of a coaching session. She’s good at challenging answers and ideas, without this seeming confronting, and this is where she helped me see opportunities for changing my people leadership style. These I have taken into my new role, and I am using continuously.

Rutherford Maule - Owner of Rutherford Maule

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Lindsey has a real genius for synthesising a broad spectrum of possibilities into a concise, clear direction. Coupled with that is her extraordinary ability to hold the big vision, whilst defining linear action steps that will keep you on track, ensuring you exceed your current expectations of what you believe is possible. If you are smart enough to work with Lindsey, your future business success is inevitable.

Jonathan Hales - Executive Partner, AKQA

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Lindsey is a natural coach, but does this by servant leadership and by example, and by doing so, provides a high level of confidence and provides an environment here where great can be done, both at an individual and team level. By providing high levels of; education, servant leadership, subject matter expertise, through preparation and structural input, distilling a vast amount of information into digestible content and stimulus for the workshop. Coaching what are already senior leaders in their own right and leading by doing, coaching by guiding, not preaching. I admire Lindsey’s energy, vision and bravery.

David Simpson - Chief of Strategy & Partnerships, Southern Cross

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Lindsey had been at ACC for a number of years, understood the culture, the personalities, the cadence of the business and was able to coach and support me while I transitioned into the new role. She was also instrumental in coaching me as a peer not only over the short term but longer term. I think the greatest quality Lindsey brings to coaching is her approachability and her ability to really get into the heart of what you are working on. She is also high in empathy and has loads of energy which is motivating as a coach. 

Tania Brady - Trusts & Foundations Co-ordinator

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Lindsey facilitated an epic one day workshop with our fundraising team in Wellington which enabled us to focus on our goals, identify challenges and motivate ourselves to overcome them within a team and as individuals. If you want your team to develop trust in each other and develop a solid plan for future success, I thoroughly recommend Turas.

Hamish Thornton - Donor Database Co-ordinator

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Working at the Stroke Foundation of New Zealand has been an eye-opening experience into the world of non-profits. Like any organisation we can fall into siloed working environments, particularly as part of the fundraising team in national office, separate from our support workers around the country. After our workshop with Turas, I feel more empowered to treat every interaction within and outside the organisation as an effective connection point to grow each relationship. As one of the front line people answering phones, the exercises in the workshop helped me better understand and appreciate the importance of the fundraising team as a connector between different people in the organisation, and how we can apply and use the amazing breadth of skills we already have to encourage others to make the connections they have flourish too.

Anonymous - Communications Professional, Wellington

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Lindsey's workshop was fantastic. It was fun but also very solution-focused, and we came out of it with an actionable plan that will take us to the next level.​

Anne Jager-Annear​ - Trusts & Foundations Co-ordinator

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Our workshop with Turas was professional, uplifting and insightful. I enjoyed Lindsey's presentation style and the way she talked with us instead of at us. Her sessions were interactive and fun, and it helped us bond as a team. ​

Ani de Graaf​ - Marketing Lead

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I would absolutely recommend Lindsey to anyone. Not only does she help you from a professional point of view but takes a holistic approach to cover your personal wellbeing as well. After our first session together I had already implemented life changing strategies to progress me in both my personal and professional development. ​

Lisa Leaupepe - Product Owner, Ministry for Primary Industries

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Finding a mentor/coach that you can easily connect with and build trust and confidence, is key to a successful coaching experience. Lindsey not only has a gift in connecting and building trust with people but importantly she has mastered the art on identifying areas that you dont even realise could benefit a bit of guidance. She provides amazing resources and tailored programs that help realise new opportunities. After a short introductory session, Lindsey tailored a program specific to my needs. Through the coaching sessions she has enabled me to rebuild my confidence and help me map out the next exciting chapter of my life. Lindsey, has the ability to quickly 'get you' and then knows how to unlock your potential with awesome tools and resources!

You have been a superstar to work with. I really enjoyed our sessions, they've been fun and you are great at putting me at ease to create a relaxed environment.. You have been an inspiration and helped me rebuild my confidence through the self discovery journey. Which has now landed me in a place where I am excited and motivated to start activating my 5 year plan towards a career in governance!

Michelle Bidwell - Data Analytics

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I started coaching feeling lost, unsure of what I truly wanted other than something different but not climbing the corporate ladder. I'm not a fan of deep dives into emotions, but Turas was amazing at navigating that. They listened, gently nudged me out of my comfort zone with questions that made me think, not run for the hills. Turas helped me tease out what I truly valued - which turned out to be not more number crunching, but using my skills to empower others. Now I'm building a consulting business to help people navigate data ethically with confidence. It's scary but exhilarating at the same time and its all thanks to Turas. Working with Turas wasn't just about career direction, it was about finding my path, getting my life back on my terms.

Rachael Curson - Account Director, AKQA

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Lindsey is a guru and a true professional. She is an expert at active listening and getting to the heart of my challenges and knows how to help me solve them. By the end of our sessions I always feel energised, motivated and leave with a positive and hopeful mindset.

It’s been so valuable and fun to work with you Linds. Even the tough uncomfortable stuff has been worth it. It’s been a long time since I’ve had someone purely focussed on my needs and it was rewarding to see my progress.

Morwenna Grills - Communications Leader, PRINZ Board Member

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I found Lindsey to be a particularly good coach for me as she has a wealth of experience in communications so really understood where I was coming from. She was very patient, asking the right questions and probing deeper into things so that I came away with a genuine plan that will deliver what I really want out of life. I was able to let go of some things that have dogged me for almost my whole career and I'm being a lot kinder to myself.

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