Genuine People Services
Our core business is to help individuals; teams and organisations reach or exceed their potential. We use our broad experience across diverse industries and cultures to bring some unique tools and insights to you.
We have experience in both the private and public sectors, and many commercial verticals including FMCG, High-tech, Retail, Aviation, Food manufacturing, Energy & Utilities, Professional services, Leisure and Banking / insurance. With more than 30 years experience across organizations in the US, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Australia and New Zealand, we are unique in terms of the broader perspectives and experience we can bring.
Our services include:
From leading significant technology change projects across multi-billion dollar businesses, to facilitating the commercial review and restructure of SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises), we have successfully
Working together with our leadership joint venture partner – Sigmoid Curve, and their MD Dr Harold Hillman, we have built a strong reputation for delivering innovative, engaging and impactful leadership development…
Executive Coaching
Using our own personal experience acting at different management and executive levels of companies including Hewlett Packard. Fonterra, Carter Holt Harvey, British Airways and with major clients, we have developed our Catalyst Executive…
From our experience working with multi-national clients in the UK with Mercer Consulting both our Directors were exposed to world-class HR practices. Building on that experience our Managing Director Steve Richardson…
We provide customised search and talent Management services to our clients, often aligned with other work we are undertaking in the organisational change area. Our key differentiators…
Organisation Growth and Continuous Improvement
From leading significant technology change projects across multi-billion dollar businesses, to facilitating the commercial review and restructure of SMEs (Small to Medium Enterprises), we have successfully delivered value added outcomes. Either working as an embedded partner or an external advisor, we are happy to be flexible in how we collaborate with you.
We are currently working with 2 medium sized organizations at the executive leadership / board level. In both cases our MD is working in partnership with the CEO & Directors. One is a NZ High-tech Electronics business, and the other is a medium size multi-national FMCG business with operations in US, India, and Europe. Both have made significant change and financial improvement in the course of our partnership. The FMCG business results have improved by a net profit increase of US18M in the last 18 months. This is approximately 18% of their annual turnover.
Leadership Development
Working together with our leadership joint venture partner – Sigmoid Curve, and their MD Dr Harold Hillman, we have built a strong reputation for delivering innovative, engaging and impactful leadership development programmes. We deliver leadership programmes at the senior executive, manager, high potential and team leader level.
Our core philosophy is to use stimulating self-reflective dialogue and debate, with interactive materials to drive unfreezing of unproductive leadership behaviours and introduce compelling and high performing techniques.
We are accredited to facilitate the Strengths Deployment inventory (SDI) tools related to managing conflict and improving relationships. We have a variety of partners for providing integrated 360 leadership reviews, and a great reputation for designing and delivering high impact customized programmes.
We are able to build tailor made e-learning modules and blended learning interventions. Flexibility, and the broad experience of our facilitators are our core strengths.
Some recent examples include:
- Kinetic leader programme for High potential leaders at Refining NZ
- Every Interaction Counts leadership programme at Auckland Council
- Performing at our Peak leadership programme for New Plymouth District Council
- High potential programme for Global Green
- E-learning course on personal development for Transfield Worley
- Recent appointment after an extensive RRP to deliver Senior Executive Leadership programme for one of New Zealand’s largest organisations
Executive Coaching
Using our own personal experience acting at different management and executive levels of companies including Hewlett Packard. Fonterra, Carter Holt Harvey, British Airways and with major clients, we have developed our Catalyst Executive Coaching programme. Our current Executive Coaching clients include; Auckland Council, BNZ, Tatua and Fonterra.
World Class HR Practices
From our experience working with multi-national clients in the UK with Mercer Consulting both our Directors were exposed to world-class HR practices. Building on that experience our Managing Director Steve Richardson was part of the Global HR lead team with Fonterra, ESPN and Hewlett Packard across diverse businesses, cultures and environments. Steve was a key part of the Hewlett Packard Asia, Pacific, Japan (APJ) HR leadership team that won six regional HR best practice awards in Singapore in 2009/10.
Genuine People’s recent HR improvement projects have included:
- Design, Deploy, Communicate and Automate a performance management and remuneration and incentive plan for a multi-national FMCG business.
- Working in partnership to design, deploy and roll out a career framework including leadership and technical competencies to a NZ professional services firm.
- Working with high tech firm to align business strategy, career levels, remuneration practice and incentive plans.
Search and Talent Management
We provide customised search and talent Management services to our clients, often aligned with other work we are undertaking in the organisational change area. Our key differentiators tend to be that we often know the CEO/Executive team better than other providers. We have helped them work through their challenges and understand their businesses. We have been executives often in very similar businesses so we know what good talent looks like. We are professionals who have been helping organisations identify Talent for more than 20 years. We also have some of the most affordable high quality search solution currently available in NZ.
Some recent significant Search engagements:
- Search for NZ Business Development Manager for NZ firm
- General Manager of HR for Transfield Worley
- Head of HR for New Plymouth District Council
- Head of HR for Hansells Food Group
- Head of Compensation & Reward for MNC FMCG business based in Asia
- Head of HR for MNC advertising business based in India.
And in the Talent Management space:
- Assessment / Development centre for NZ Energy Company at the Executive and Tier 2 senior management level (with Sigmoid Curve)