Leadership & Strategy
As leadership coaches and credentialed educators we combine our underlying theoretical base with a passion, respect and understanding for business and organisations to drive lasting behavioural change and professional growth. We focus on the relationship between individual behaviour and the organisational and business context in which the individual operates.
Executive Coaching
Savvy works with key individuals to align their personal values, beliefs and behaviours with the aspirations of their organisation in order to create improved results. We do this by helping leaders develop their self awareness and the skills and capabilities to interact more positively with others in their organisation.
Savvy’s executive coaching provides a personalised, solutions focused approach to address key challenges and prepare executives for the demands of tomorrow. It challenges leaders and managers to engage their people - to better hold their people responsible for the work they need to do, along with the progress and outcomes sought. Savvy’s executive coaching builds a leader’s capability to deliver on organisational strategies and goals.
Typical starting-points:
- Executives moving from management roles to those which require advanced leadership skills;
- Individuals or teams who need to increase their effectiveness in current roles;
- To fast track the development of high potential groups or individuals;
- To build personal development on the back of a performance review;
- To accelerate effectiveness of new appointees, in a new environment; or,
- As a tool for executives with a need to consolidate formal and informal learning.
Our approach to Coaching assignments:
- On-the-job focus, whereby coaching is anchored in real business issues to deliver sustained, high impact results and create self-directed change
- The utilisation of world class assessment and development instruments which relate to an executive’s real work situation and leadership issues.
Our coaching relationships are built on trust and, while the information exchanged is confidential, we usually schedule a review with the client part way through the coaching assignment to check progress and address any emerging issues that may require additional attention or impact more broadly on the organisation.
360 Feedback
In some circumstances we begin the coaching process with 360 feedback. We work with the individuals to enhance their self awareness and to see the impact of their behaviour on others and this may include using our state of the art Psychometric tools such as the Human Synergistics LSI (Life Styles Inventory) LSI1 and LSI2, Firo-B, Benchmarks, SKILLSCOPE, Team Management Profiles, Myers Briggs Type Indicator and SPQ*Gold Sales Preference Questionnaire, and the Occupational Preference Scales.
Visit Savvy’s Development & Retention page for more information on our leadership and management development programs.
Outsourced HR.
We use our know-how and experience to develop practical human resources strategies and programs, ranging from Performance Management Systems through to Organisational Development initiatives, to ensure that your people are effectively utilised, developed and retained.
We provide customised solutions to individual issues such as:
- Performance Reviews
- Inductions
- Grievance Investigation & Mediation
- Termination Processes
- Policy development
- Change Management including Restructuring & Redundancy.
Out-sourced HR Management
While large organisations can usually afford a HR Manager to manage the day to day challenges of ensuring that their people are effectively utilised, developed and retained, small companies simply do not have the luxury of specialised human resources staff and they often look to existing staff to take on the challenges of Industrial Relations and Performance Discussions. In a changing IR landscape with increasing penalties, this can have expensive consequences and can result in smaller companies being put at a competitive disadvantage.
Savvy Human Resources commences our consulting work by reviewing your existing human resources policies, procedures and systems. This tailored review determines the degree of legal compliance and the overall effectiveness of your procedures and the processes you have in place to manage your people. It will promote strengthened management, enhanced HR professionalism and contribute to organisational effectiveness, productivity and profitability.
Our HR Review focuses on the areas such as:
- Succession Planning
- Recruitment practices
- Position Descriptions
- Induction and On-boarding processes
- Employee Records
- Managing Performance
- Discipline, Grievance and Separation
- Training and Talent Development
- Occupational Health and Workplace Safety
- Employer of choice measures
Our human resources review provides clear and practical recommendations to address any deficiencies and ensure that real improvement is made.
As senior HR practitioners we are able to advise busy human resource staff on where to focus their efforts in their organisation to ensure best effect.
