An integrated approach to Wellness & Culture in your business can help reduce employee stress, build loyalty, improve culture and attract talent.
Our Wellbeing and Culture work will encourage your leaders to go beyond the typical pillars, towards considering the mental, emotional and spiritual lives of your people.
We work will work collaboratively with you to promote a holistic, and practical approach to wellbeing, encompassing areas such as:
We believe fostering a positive wellbeing focus for your workforce is more important than ever with the blurring lines between work and home life and the rise in remote working.
The People Place can help you to create simple, practical policies and practices to incorporate Wellness tools to suit the profile of your workforce. Aligning your company Mission with a wellness strategy that makes sense for you, your people and industry will allow you to actually engage with your employees and support them in healthy behaviours.
Through supporting true health and wellbeing in your workplace, you will be better able to release the productivity and creativity of your people.
The People Place offers a wide range of HR services, so whatever challenges or opportunities you are facing, we can support you through them, towards higher performance and business success.
Whatever the triggers, it is worth examining the structure of your business to ensure it is fit-for-purpose for the ongoing longevity of the organisation.
Restructuring is a way to ensure the continued success of your business. This process typically involves making changes to your org design and/or operations, with a goal of optimising the design and flow of work tasks, to find efficiencies and better ways of working. Sometimes this means changing, reducing or removing the roles in your business, and these changes can be difficult and stressful for those involved.
The People Place is highly experienced in the restructure process, and will guide and support your business through each step of the process. We can assist in developing a proposal for efficiencies of work, consulting with your people, ensuring you are compliant with New Zealand law, and eliminating risk, all the while helping you to engage with your employees with respect and compassion.
We focus the restructure itself on ensuring success for your business. We work with you on the roles in the business, and the business outcomes you need to achieve, while taking a people-centred approach to managing the change. If redundancies are required, we can support you and those impacted through the redundancy process.
Restructuring is often a necessary step in ensuring your business evolves as it needs to suit the modern context. We believe that it can be done well, in a way that maintains stability, engagement and morale.
If you’d like to know more, or need help with restructure, please reach out for a confidential chat with one of our senior consultants.
If you are interested in the special offer we are currently providing in support of Kiwi businesses undergoing restructures, you can view the Terms and Conditions here.
We also provide a wide range of additional HR services, so whatever challenges or opportunities your business faces in the future, you know you have a professional, friendly HR team behind you.
Putting a strategic focus on Diversity and Inclusion in your business is about providing equal opportunities for all of your employees, recognising individuality, different perspectives and needs.
Having a diverse workforce is a positive force that reflects and serves your customers. Having real diversity and inclusion helps your people to thrive, attracts top talent, allows you to innovate with fresh views and ideas, and ultimately leads to greater business success.
Our approach to Diversity and Inclusion is considered and practical.
If required, we can provide access to tools and techniques to support inclusivity in the workplace, for example, training to recognise unconscious bias in hiring activity.
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Remuneration is the cornerstone of the employment relationship; the give and the get. More than salary paid, it includes any other financial compensation and all benefits supplied.
Having a strategy and structure in place for remuneration in your business makes decision making and communication around pay easy and clear, and keeps costs controlled.
It ensures the remuneration you provide is fair and equitable for your people, and will strengthen your ability to attract and retain talented employees.
Reward & Recognition is a powerful tool in building employee engagement and positive workplace feelings. It’s a way to demonstrate your appreciation of your people, while at the same time increasing employee motivation.
Our custom-designed frameworks will work within your budget and reflect the needs of your business and people, and will deliver significant, positive benefits.
Pleasfind out more about how we can help your business with Remuneration, Reward & Recognition.
We also provide a wide range of additional HR services, so whatever challenges or opportunities your business faces in the future, you know you have a professional, friendly HR team behind you.
Whatever your sector or industry, your business success relies on the collective capability and performance of your people.
We believe that effective performance conversations are an essential tool for Kiwi businesses. We will support you to set up Performance and Progression as a continuous, positive process that aligns your employees’ contributions with your business strategy and objectives.
Our approach is to custom-build your system so that it becomes a motivating tool, boosting morale and engagement. Your people will enjoy the recognition, appreciate the feedback and enjoy the opportunity to learn, grow and improve.
The People Place’s Capability Development solutions will then support your employees to deliver your products or services in the most efficient, effective and sustainable way. The end result is enhanced engagement, impactful business improvements and better performance.
We offer a wide range of solutions including:
The People Place offers a suite of practical training programmes, designed especially for small to mid sized businesses in the New Zealand market, in support of your business performance goals. Visit the Training webpage for more details on our programmes.
We can also make recommendations for suitable external training providers, fit for your unique context and needs.
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We’ll help set up your business to say an organised ‘welcome’ and a gracious ‘farewell’.
Onboarding and Exit processes are simple to set up and run, yet have a significant impact on the performance and retention of your people, and on your employment brand in the market.
A well-executed onboarding process sets the foundation for long-term success, creating a welcoming environment and helping new employees feel valued, engaged, and equipped to be productive from day one. At the other end of the employee lifecycle, an effective employee exit process will ensure you maintain positive relationships, whatever the reasons for exit. You will be able to gather valuable insight from exit interviews, and ensure a respectful, professional separation.
Whether you need assistance in creating an employee onboarding checklist, refining induction materials, implementing exit procedures, or evaluating existing processes, The People Place can support you every step of the way.
The People Place is your professional HR partner, committed to improving the experience of your transitioning employees, as well as those who manage them. Our team of knowledgeable HR consultants will work with you to create a framework that can be utilised for years to come.
Get in touch to speak to a team member today, or browse our full range of business services.
The design of your organisation has a huge impact on your business. A strategically and purposefully designed organisation structure will provide clarity on each role in your business, and describe how that role contributes to your business success.
Through thoughtful organisation design, employees become empowered to learn how best to do their job. This supports productivity, and builds engagement.
In consultation with you, The People Place will provide a view of the structure your business needs to continue to thrive and grow in the current climate, and in the future, along with the pathways to move towards this structure.
We’ll get your business set up with focused, simple-to-understand position descriptions for key roles, that clearly articulate the link between the role, and business objectives. Your employees will understand the true importance of their individual role, and what they need to contribute towards business success.
Get in touch to speak to a team member about our organisation design service, or browse our full range of business services.
Like with any skill, leadership attributes don’t necessarily come naturally—but can be learned and developed with the right support. When your leaders have the knowledge and capabilities to work at their best, and empower the same from their teams, they are more likely to achieve organisational goals; to be productive, engaged and satisfied at work.
The People Place offers a suite of practical training and coaching programmes, designed especially for New Zealand business managers and leaders. Each programme, facilitated by a skilled and industry-experienced Consultant from our team, delivers valuable insight, essential knowledge and useful tools.
Typically our programmes are run in a group format, with a positive end result of enhanced self-awareness, improved EQ, strengthened capability, and closely aligned teams. We also provide one-to-one coaching for senior leaders where required.
Like any skill, leadership takes time, and practice to hone and craft. We'd be delighted to chat with you about how our training programmes can work in your business.
Get in touch for more details about the programme content, format and costs—we have options to suit different organisational sizes and contexts.
Our sister company Beminded NZ offers uniquely science-based and results-focused, practical training, that helps participants with productivity and time management.
Employment laws and regulations can be complex. The People Place has full oversight on how important it is that employers meet their legal HR obligations, and strongly encourage our clients to ensure their policies and policies are clear and up-to-date.
Your workplace policies and procedures form the foundation of your business, both legally and operationally. Not only do well-written policies ensure you comply with New Zealand’s human resource legislation, but they also provide guidance, consistency and transparency for your employees, form the basis of effective leadership, and help to build a positive business culture.
Working with The People Place ensures you meet your obligations, while giving you peace of mind to focus on what you do best.
Our experienced consultants can review your existing systems and documentation, assessing these against requirements, identifying gaps and outlining a plan to rectify any uncovered issues. We can then work with you to create or update your people policies and procedures. We’ll ensure they meet legal requirements,, follow best practice, are easy to use, and are written in your business’s tone of voice.
We can support your business with a full HR Audit to review current documentation, or building the breadth of policies, including:
We also provide a wide range of additional HR services, so whatever challenges or opportunities your business faces in the future, you know you have a professional, friendly HR team behind you.
Get in touch to speak to a team member about how we can support your business.
The People Place partners with organisations of all sizes in the New Zealand market to ensure they have the resources and support to match their ever-changing business needs. Whether you want advice about restructuring your workforce, a review of your position descriptions, or simply need a debrief before a challenging conversation, we can help.
Here are just some of the benefits of using our independent HR advice service:
The People Place can provide HR advice and guidance to your organisation on a retained basis or ad-hoc and as needed. Our dedicated consultants will guide you toward the best outcomes for all parties, empowering you to make well-informed decisions. Our services can be provided on-site at your office or ours, over the phone or by video link.
Whatever the format, when you contact The People Place, you’ll reach a member of our friendly, experienced HR team, ready to steer you in the right direction.
Get in touch to speak to a team member or browse our full range of business services.
Reuben Bijl, Managing Director, Smudge
Jason Snashall, Director, Orakei Marina
Daniel Stanners, General Manager, Auto Transform
We offer a free, no-obligation 30 minute consultation where we can answer your HR questions, discuss your
requirements in confidence, and outline how we may be able to help your business.
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