Jonathan Black of Farsight

Chartered Organisational Psychologist, and Transformer of Companies through Expert People Development

A Sought After Specialist in Business Performance & Leadership Development

Jonathan is a registered, consultant psychologist providing a variety of services to clients in both the private and public sectors. With an extensive career in organisational psychology, Jonathan specialises in

Core Professional Memberships and Skills

• Chartered Organisational Psychologist
• Member of the New Zealand Psychological Society
• Possesses specialist skills in mediation, conflict management, safety and security trainer for New Zealand Police Negotiation teams.
• Extensive experience in workplace mediation between parties in conflict requiring external independent facilitation.
• Highly experienced management coach (specialising in conflict management, leadership, critical incident stress, communications and risk management)
  

• Experienced independent investigator in areas of workplace bullying, interpersonal conflict, staff safety and workplace culture.
• Experienced company director and advisor to governance bodies and senior management teams seeking to manage risk in the workplace regarding individual stress, collegial/management relationships and team dynamics.
• Practical knowledge of workplace employment and health & safety legislation, development and management of conflict resolution process and critical incident management.
  

Currently based in Napier, Jonathan consults for companies throughout New Zealand and Australia.

Alongside his impressive corporate track record, Jonathan has also contributed his skills to sports coaching for a number of New Zealand athletes and national teams. He was a team coach for the NZ Paralympic team at the 2015 IPC World Championships in Doha, and the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a team coach with at that time the largest-ever Athletics NZ team to compete at the 2019 Oceania Championships.

Relevant Academic Qualifications

1991

BA Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)

1993

BA (Hons) Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)

2002

MSc Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington (NZ)

2017

Graduate Diploma Sport and Exercise Science, Ara Institute of Canterbury

Who We Work With

Public & Private Sectors: HR & Management Solutions from Industry to Government

Building Effective Work Teams for Maximum Benefits

Farsight Offers Effective and Verifiable Solutions

Jonathan is a Chartered Organisational Psychologist providing services to organisations in both the public and private sectors. The organisations Farsight works with typically have between 50 and 500 people on staff. Smaller organisations can also benefit from Jonathan’s expertise. The size or type of business in need is not a barrier. 

When you need a professional strategy to clear the struggle or to better equip your people, Farsight is the obvious choice.

Testimonials

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Success Stories

Transforming Real-Life Challenges into Success Stories

Triumphs at the coalface

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