The Navigator 

Helping you shape the future you want

Lance Bickford

Managing Director

About Me

I help business owners and CEOs achieve big hairy audacious goals. I do this by encouraging my clients to be the wolf, not the deer, to aim high and to look for opportunity (found hiding behind disruption and barriers). I help them stay focussed, deliberate and nimble.

My strengths:
- Results-oriented
- Effective communicator
- Focussed on people - People are the key; they are your team, your Board, your family, your customers and your suppliers.

My greatest accomplishments:
- Successfully managed and implemented Auckland 2000 as CEO of Tourism Auckland: Programme included media and visitor maximisation for Americas Cup Defence, APEC and Millennium Celebrations
- Creation of New Zealand Media Resource Unit
- As Chair of WarmShowers Inc (180,000 cycle touring and hosting members worldwide) led creation of new business model leading to unprecedented revenue growth (300% in 2020 during COVID-19, 400% projected in 2021) and engagement.
- Winner of New Zealand Tourism Awards with Hotel du Vin

Experience You Can Trust

Governance

Helping you navigate your business to where you want it to be by embracing disruption, being alert and agile, and being decisive.

Mentoring

It's an evolving world - having an expert sounding board helps validate your ideas and decisions and gives confidence to implement those decisions.

Change Management

Don't allow your company to drift or be the deer in headlights.

Act decisively based on researched and analysed assumptions.