Resources
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growth of your business are intrinsically linked.
Recruitment Checklist
The right people in the right roles is critical to a business success. Ensuring you follow a robust recruitment process when hiring will ensure your team is aligned, engaged and contribute positively to both results and culture of the business. Review the checklist...
Operations Checklist
Having effective Operations processes enables businesses to perform efficiently and effectively – ensuring quality control, and most importantly customer satisfaction. Another key benefit of effective processes is that they allow key activities to be transferred and...
Marketing Checklist
Being good at marketing is all about being able to understand who your market is so you can engage with your customers and potential customers in a way that drives strong relationships and ultimately sales. Review this checklist to see where you are strong and to...
Human Resources Checklist
Ensuring you have robust HR processes and policies in place is essential to setting expectations and clear guidelines which align with the strategic initiatives of the business. If the goal is to have your team ‘living the values’ and delivering to performance goals –...
Strategic Planning Checklist
Strategic planning is used to determine or re-assess the vision, mission and goals of an organisation; and, then map out objective (measurable) ways to accomplish the identified goals. It allows businesses to be proactive rather than reactive and increases operational...
Business Success Case Study: Recruitment
Company Name: Catalyst Consulting Industry: Architectural Consultancy - Construction Team size: 60 Why us: Our team was known to Nigel (Managing Director) and Colin (Director) as we have undertaken human resources, leadership development, employment relations,...
Business Case Study: Serious Misconduct – Dealing with theft / fraud
Here at POD we deal with so many different situations within our clients’ businesses, but taking the time to sit down and share what we’ve been working on and our learning, is scarce. To make sure we’re always ahead of our game and up-to-speed in all things HR, we...
Creating a High Performing & Engaged Team
Every business is told of the importance of having a high performing team, and that high performing teams can positively impact our bottom-line. As business leaders, we understand the ‘why’ – “why we need high performing teams?” but do we know how to answer the ‘what’...
Building a Successful Talent Pipeline
What is a talent pipeline? Having a ‘talent pipeline’ means attracting and cultivating interest with a constant inflow or ‘pool’ of potential candidates with the right mix of skills and attributes, in order to more effectively fill a need for talent or skills in your...
3 Steps to Creating a Strategic Plan and Staying on Track
Before you launch into setting goals in your enthusiasm for the New Year, have a think about who you are as a business; what you and your team represent to the market; how the business is currently performing; and, once goals are...
Business Success Case Study
Company Name: Ambridge Rose Group Industry: Private hospital, rest home residential care, dementia care Team size: 130 Why us: As one of New Zealand’s leading independent owners of a private hospital and rest home residential care facilities, Allan and Linda were...
Christmas Closedowns – What are your obligations?
The holiday season is getting close and for some employers, this may mean a business closedown requiring some, or all, employees to take annual leave during this period. Before getting started, make sure you’re aware of your obligations as an employer. Customary vs...