Investors in People New Zealand

Investors in People New Zealand was established in 1999. The Company is Auckland based with an office in Wellington, and is supported by a team of experienced consultants throughout New Zealand.

Investors in People New Zealand are licensed by the governing body in the UK (IIPUK) to grow and deliver the Standard. The delivery of the Standard is tailored to meet the specific needs of NZ organisations, which in many instances differs to that of the UK. The only thing which does not change from country to country is the content of the Standard itself.

Investors in People NZ Ltd (IIPNZ) provides consulting services to organisations with particular emphasis on people strategies and the alignment of these to the business strategies and plans. Using the Investors in People Standard as its point of difference, IIPNZ is able to provide a full suite of services from diagnostic assessment through to intervention programmes such as leadership and management development.

It is the philosophy of IIPNZ to create relationships with clients that are long term ensuring at the same time dependency is not created. The advantages of long term relationships is that we can remain outcomes focused and ensure the benefits of programmes are sustainable and embedded into the culture of the client organisation.

IIPNZ has two core functions:
1. Assessment (using the Investors in People Standard)
2. Organisational Development (applying the Investors in People principles)

OD focuses primarily on the development and delivery of Leadership & Management development programmes. These programmes use the Plan Do Review Principles of the Standard as the common thread for continuous improvement.

IIPNZ have an extensive client base both in NZ and Australia.By the end of 2009 more than 200 New Zealand organisations will be using the Standard as an organisational development framework. They represent organisations of all sizes and all sectors.

Managing Director

Stuart Burgess B.Com, CA

As Managing Director Stuart has responsibility for positioning the Standard into the NZ environment and ensuring consistency in delivery of services provide to clients. Prior to joining the company Stuart has held senior management positions heading both the finance and human resources functions. Stuart has extensive experience in areas of organisational development and business strategy and uses his skills to provide highly effective assessment feedback to clients in all sectors. Stuart is a chartered accountant and a member of the NZ Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and the Institute of Directors in NZ (IoD). Stuart is also a Director of Investors in People Australia Ltd.

Contact details:
Mobile 027 4588 930
email stuart@iipnz.co.nz

Specialist Practitioners

Denise Carter

Denise has worked with the international Standard for 15 years both here in NZ, and in the UK where she first experienced it as a client when she was part of the corporate training team at Boots the Chemist. Her experience of the Standard at Boots eventually led to her managing the largest IIP assessment and advisory service in the UK, based in central London. Denise is held in high regard internationally for her ability to apply the ethos of Investors in People into any business context. Denise is qualified as an Investors in People assessor and a Facet5 accredited facilitator with vast experience assessing and delivering leadership and management development programmes in the corporate, retail and hospitality sectors.

email denise@peoplematter.co.nz m: 021 833841

Chris Rowan – Associate

Chris has joint responsibility for the Wellington office of IIPNZ. She has a strong organisational development and training background in both the government and private sectors. Working collaboratively with people and building effective relationships enables Chris to achieve excellent outcomes with leadership development, workplace relationships and coaching. Chris is highly skilled at supporting people to link development outcomes to team and organisation performance. Chris is qualified as an Investors in People Assessor and a Belbin Teams accredited facilitator.

email chris@iipnz.co.nz m: 021 478 255

Mark Sweeney – Associate

Mark, along with Chris, is responsible for the Wellington office of IIPNZ. He facilitates, mentors and coaches in order to provide leaders with a suite of skills to deal with any situation. Mark is particularly effective in ensuring the transfer of learning in to workplace practice and does this with a good level of pragmatism combined with the ability to make seemingly complex issues accessible and manageable. Mark is qualified as an Investors in People Assessor and a Belbin Teams accredited facilitator with experience in the public service, local government and education sectors.

email mark@iipnz.co.nz m: 027 251 3175

Dianne Corban - Education Specialist

Dianne held senior management and governance positions in Secondary Schools for over 20 years prior to joining IIPNZ in 2006 as the Education Specialist. Her school specific knowledge and skills is used to make Investors in People real in schools through the delivery of effective training, facilitation and coaching.

Dianne’s experience includes working with the Investors in People Standard championing a state secondary school to become recognised as an Investor in People School. She did the ‘hard yards’ and joined IIPNZ to make it easier for other schools to follow.

email dianne@iipnz.co.nz m: 027 485 6955

Ian Williams

Ian has extensive experience in human resource strategies to deliver bottom line results. He has achieved this in internal practitioner roles, and in external consultancy and assessment with over a hundred organisations in all sectors. He has a particular understanding of the unique issues facing family businesses.
He is qualified in people management and business coaching and is passionate about improving the quality of contribution that people can make in organisations, and organisations to their people.

www.kairology.com e: ian@kairology.com m: 021 875 360

Jan Alley

Jan is a Human Resource and Training Consultant specialising in customer service, communication skills and human resource management. Jan is currently on the Unitec Communication Studies Advisory Board, is Deputy Chairperson of Enterprising Manukau, and a mentor for Business in the Community. She was previously a member of the Auckland Business Development Board and has recently been elected to the Board of Trustees of Glendowie College.

www.janalley.co.nz e: jana@janalley.co.nz m: 021 679 856

Denise Hartley-Wilkins

Denise is a senior human resources and business professional with wide experience across all sectors including private, public and not-for-profit. She has a strong commercial awareness with a focus on organisational performance focusing her expertise in areas such as strategic HR, organisational development, diversity, employer branding, employee engagement, change management, learning & development at a strategic and operational level. Denise is qualified as an Investors in People assessor and is a member of both the HRINZ and CIPD in the UK. She can also hold a conversation with you in French and German.

e: denisehw@xtra.co.nz m: 021 1371 589

Sarah Watson – Agriculture Specialist

Sarah is a Director of peopleMAD, a consultancy firm specialising predominantly in the agriculture sector. Sarah has a B. Agr. Sci, from Lincoln University and has been an HR professional since 1992 and HR Consultant to the dairy sector since 2002. She worked as a Group HR Manager in the private sector and has held HR roles in the corporate sector. Sarah is a qualified Investors in People - On Farm assessor, a 5 times presenter at SIDE and presented at Women in Dairy (National conference and South Island Diary Days series) and a member of HRINZ.

e: sarah@peoplemad.co.nz m: 021 800 887

Tony Watson – Agriculture Specialist

Tony has extensive experience in the agriculture sector including roles as Farm Manager, Farm Supervisor and General Manager for AFDC/Dairy Brands and South Island Regional Manager for DairyNZ (formerly Dexcel). Tony is a qualified Investors in People - On Farm assessor, holds a B. Ag. Com (FM), and is a member of NZIPIM. He is currently an Executive Coach, working with employers and managers and joined peopleMAD in 2007.

e: tony@peoplemad.co.nz t: 03 347 7492

Graham Hart

Graham has over twenty years business experience working in operations, human resources and management consultant roles, including 7 years with Deloitte in Auckland managing their Human Capital practice. Graham has his own consulting business and now specialises in leadership development and change management as an Executive Coach, facilitator and consultant.

e: gmhart@slingshot.co.nz m: 021763603

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