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Coaching and Facilitation

“Let go of who you’re supposed to be; embrace who you are”
– Brené Brown

You need an injection of ‘something’ in your life

Your passion or motivation is there and you need a plan and trusted guide to help you make more of an impact:

  • You want your team to get along better together and collectively focus on the goals you want them to achieve, but you’re not sure how to make this happen.
  • You want to get better at the work you do. Make a mark.
  • You might have just transitioned into a people management role and may be wondering ‘how on earth do I survive this?’
  • Or you may be seeking a promotion at work and want to put your best self forward for it.
  • Your “mojo” comes from the most obvious of places – yourself. You just need someone to guide you to help release it from within.

That’s where I come in

I act as a catalyst:

  • What if you just need a little impetus to help you move from A to B?
  • What if groups of people, enveloped with purpose and mission were to find ways to better work together – mahi tahi – can you imagine the kind of impact they could have?
  • What if you could work in your strengths-zone, working on things you love most, do best and that other people value in you the most?

Getting support from someone “outside of your own circle” helps fuel you into doing something about your challange, keeping you accountable to yourself and helps accelerate what otherwise may take us years by ourselves.

“Antonia has a passion for helping people to know their strengths and using them to achieve results. She brings positivity, drive and clarity as part and parcel of her coaching strengths.”

Matalena Leaupepe, Director – MBIE

“Antonia is a very engaged and focused team coach. She clearly has a lot of experience and understands people and organisations really deeply. She sees the possibility and opportunity in everyone through a really positive and affirming approach.”

Kimberly Gilmore, General Manager – Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment

Do you or your team want to…?

Grow self-awareness of your own unique talents and strengths?

Appreciate the true potential and contribution that you or your team can make?

Learn how to apply and direct your strengths  in work and life, or work through particular challenges and opportunities using strengths-based approaches?

Focus on strengths

Supporting leaders and their teams to bring out the best in their people, and helping them discover ways in which they can work better and produce better results, is what I do best.

By bringing energy and inspiration to people and I support them in finding a common language in the way they apply themselves to ‘mahi-tahi’, or working better together. With an excellent understanding of the opportunities and challenges facing leaders, I am able to come in with a strategic lens and an inquisitive questioning style that helps open up mindsets and challenge status quos.

“What will happen when we think about what is right with people rather than fixating on what is wrong with them?”
– Donald Clifton, father of strengths-based psychology

Everybody needs a coach

A passionate catalyst for positive change, Antonia Milkop has been igniting potential in leaders and teams across Wellington and beyond since 2019.

Following 20+ years in the public sector both in New Zealand and the UK, she now brings her developer mindset and strategic approach to coaching, helping people discover what they’re brilliant at and how to use those strengths to make their best impact.

As a certified ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and a CliftonStrengths® coach, Antonia specialises in transforming workplace cultures by enabling leaders and their teams to bring out the best in their people. 

My previous experience
  • ICF PCC (International Coaching Federation Professional Certified Coach)
  • Gallup Certified CliftonStrengths® Coach
  • Certified MSP (Managing Successful Programmes) Foundation and Practitioner
  • BSc Maths and Psychology (first class honours) from Newcastle University, UK
  • Certified Parent Strengths Coach 
  • CIMs (Coordinated Incident Management System) Level 4 NZQA
  • Mental Health First Aid
  • G-Reg (Government Regulatory Practice Initiative), Level 4
  • Design Thinking 101, Victoria University
  • Group Facilitation Skills, Victoria University