Skills and personal attributes
From an early career in personnel management and counselling, Laraine has focused in recent years on assisting organisations and individuals during structural change. She has expertise in coaching and career transition and, facilitation and managing HR projects. Worked in professional services firms, manufacturing, financial services and the public and not for profit sectors.
Qualifications
- BA, Psychology, English ( Victoria University, Wellington)
- Member NZ Psychological Society
Change Management
Numerous change management projects e.g. managing the Human Resources function, and providing the full range of career transition support to staff, for a financial services company during an office closure.
- Identified staff issues through focus groups
- Established transition support to address issues
- Provided career and outplacement counselling support
- Ran workshops targeted to needs of team leaders and staff
- Provided individual coaching
- Coached managers in change management
- All staff obtained employment or their chosen outcome
Career Transition
Early career experience in Vocational Guidance and more than 25 years subsequent experience working with individuals in a wide variety of occupations - professional services, management, semi-skilled and trades staff.
- Expert Interviewer and Facilitator
- Registered with NZCER
- Facilitates workshops in career transition and coping with change
- Resume development, career path planning, practical job search, interview coaching etc
Coaching and Facilitation
- Many years experience dealing with issues of people joining organisations, their work performance, career development and leaving organisations.
- This experience has come from formal Human Resource Manager roles and as an HR Consultant to two international management consulting firms; and as an independent consultant.
- Experience with Human Synergistics, 360 feedback, and psychometric assessment tools.
Organisation Development
10 years self employed advising small and medium sized businesses on the key HR issues which they must address to grow and develop their businesses. Work has included:
- Conducting HR reviews
- Co-ordinating change and culture surveys
- Recruitment and selection of managers
- Implementing change strategies