Meet the Team Lisa Mandic Lisa is an organising junkie with chaotic tendencies. Growing up in a family with a small business, and now having one herself, she understands the challenges of creating a successful business. Lisa has had extensive experience in the corporate environment where she held roles in senior management, administration and finance throughout Australia and New Zealand from 1986 for over a decade. In 1997, Lisa moved to training and consulting to SME's. This is where she built on her passion for helping managers new to management.  In 2004 she founded River Empowerment.  Her mission is to develop exceptional managers to facilitate her vision of healthy, effective organisations. Currently Lisa provides management tools, training and consulting services to medium and large sized organisations. She has been a contract trainer for the Employers and Manufacturers Association and Massey University since 1997.  Lisa is also a regular presenter and writer. Lisa enjoys seeing people succeed in their organisation. She has a Bachelor of Business Studies and continues learning to keep the bag of tools growing. In particular Lisa enjoys systems thinking and new ideas.  She is an active member of her community and serves on various committees and boards.  Lisa is married with 2 children (one a teenager!) and loves analysing, organising, music, swimming, tennis, chocolate and laughing.   Our Support Team Tania and Lynette work together ensure our office runs smoothly, from answering our phones, to greeting our visitors, to important behind the scenes work.  Their professional, but fun natures make our office a great place to work.  To see photos of us in action click here Our Associates Of course we cannot be experts in everything.  This is why we have a close network of consultants in other business areas: Marketing and Sales Communications Management Process Improvement Human Resources Recruitment and Search Change Management Health and Safety Employee Surveys Leadership development   Return to top