James Brava is the on-line pseudonym for James Blair Stevenson, the Chief Executive of Brava Limited.

Brava is a company specializing in Frontline Leadership. Its mission is to create significant and sustainable performance improvement for organizations by enhancing the leadership practices of their frontline managers. Brava is based in Auckland, New Zealand with clients throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

James is the founder of Brava and is the co-developer of Brava’s Frontline Leadership system. He has been at the forefront of the development of Frontline Leadership practices and has extensive experience creating productivity and performance improvement for a wide range of clients across New Zealand, Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. This hands-on experience spans sectors such as telecommunications, airline, retail, financial services, automotive parts and service, security, petroleum, charity fundraising and engineering services and distribution.

Prior to founding Brava in 1997, James held national management roles in various corporate organisations, where he enjoyed developing several high-performing teams.

James is highly rated by senior management clients as a Principal Consultant who customises Brava’s Frontline Leadership system to seamlessly integrate with their organisation’s existing management processes. This ensures that his clients experience immediate and sustainable performance improvement.

Further to this, James’ considerable knowledge of up-to-the-minute leadership research and practices, particularly in the area of frontline leadership, ensures that peers and clients alike place high value on his insights. In addition, James is well regarded as a keynote speaker on the topic of managing people for high performance.

James holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology and a Diploma in Teaching. He lives in Auckland, New Zealand with his wife Gillian and teenage son Matt.