Organisational Development
When we talk about organisational development we're talking about the discussions and tools we can use with employers and staff to improve performance across the whole organisation. Organisational development isn't a magical instant fix but it's a range of practices that builds organisational capacity and people capability. It teaches an organisation to think and work differently to achieve different results. We offer a range of services to help you, your business and your staff work differently to achieve different results.
Change Management
Change management is a structured approach to transitioning individuals, teams and organisations from a current state to a desired future state. We provide a range of change management services no matter what the size of your business including:
- Development of change management strategies and restructuring programmes
- Assistance with the implementation of change
- Developing coping strategies to engage those affected by change
Coaching
An extra pair of ears or talking to someone completely independent from your business can be a positive experience. We act as a sounding board, challenger, adviser, coach, and mentor for a wide range of chief executives, senior managers, team Leaders and staff in the Waikato. We can:
- Provide you with a confidential service that will help you grow in your role
- Assist you to develop strategies and skills to improve productivity in your workplace
- Challenge your thinking and offer alternative options
Delegation
A key aspect of leadership is delegation. Unless you delegate tasks to skilled staff, your team will become inefficient and demoralised. Let us help you to learn the:
- Steps of successful delegation
- Importance of the phases of delegation
- Pitfalls of micro-managing in delegation
Emotional Intelligence
The definition of emotional intelligence is "knowing and managing our own emotions and those of others for improving performance". When we develop our emotional intelligence we become effective leaders. Understanding emotional intelligence is a critical component of coaching and we often combine these practices when developing leaders in organisations. We offer:
- Tailored training to help individuals understand their importance of emotional intelligence
- Coaching to understand the model of emotional intelligence and defences that can interfere with its application
- Skills to develop emotional intelligence
Facilitation
When groups of people work together, time is like gold dust. We all have to learn how to use that precious time to help people think imaginatively, communicate clearly, learn from each other and come up with workable solutions to problems. We can:
- Teach people how to run important meetings and workshops
- Help facilitators understand how groups work
- Enable facilitators to plan, conduct and follow up after a facilitated workshop
Lean Management
We're the first to admit that we are not lean experts but we regularly work with clients who are introducing the principles of lean management into their businesses. Increasingly we have found our role through the lean journey is to help staff understand the change that is happening around them and how they can positively participate. Each of our specialists is well versed in the theories and practices of lean management and we can assist your business by:
- Coaching managers and staff to embrace the lean methodology
- Removing obstacles and barriers to the implementation of lean
- Reviewing your human resources functions to ensure they are not causing blockages in the lean journey
Onboarding
Onboarding is the process of integrating new staff into the business, preparing them so they can succeed in their roles, and to become fully engaged, productive members of your business. We can:
- Develop or review your current induction programme to ensure consistency for new hires
- Train people managers to ensure they bring new staff into your business effectively
- Recommend best practice solutions that will keep those new hires fully engaged in your business
Powerful Presentations
Presentations are for the dissemination of information, to teach or to sell something. So it is essential that they are effective. It's not the subject that makes presentations powerful - it's how you present it! We can work with you to:
- Prepare, plan and execute powerful presentations
- Critique existing presentations for effectiveness
- Provide presenters with hot tips on how to maximise their presentations