SME People is a boutique consultancy specialising in SME’s and Family Businesses people resource.

From governance strategy or board appointments to support roles, we offer our clients sound ‘people’ advice around getting the organisation growth plans, organisation design, job scope & job description right for both you, and your business.

We assist with maximising business and staff performance, and retaining talent.

‘SME People’s’ hourly rate model removes the 'hit' of the recruitment industries 'big fees' and respects that our target market are small-medium size enterprises that are carefully watching their cash-flow. Our clients get the best, at the right price.

 

PEOPLE CONSULTING:

Remodeling, redeploying, reskilling, renting & rewarding.

  • Board and governance strategy.

  • Guidance and advice to shareholders, providing insights on what to consider independent governance for the first time.

  • Development and implementation of the businesses 'people strategy'.

  • Diagnose any gaps between today’s workforce and future skills and roles.

  • Lead workforce development, reskilling and/or redeploying projects to increase productivity and retention.

  • Development of plans to close the future skills gaps.

  • Advising on reward and recognition programme's up to 'Board' level.

  • Partnering with key business mangers to develop clearly defined roles and responsibilities.

  • Capability assessment of staff using performance management as the key determinant.

  • Connections to a network of specialist SME suppliers & like-minded people e.g. HR Software companies, Exit & Succession experts, Governance experts, Coaches, Owner/Managers, The ICEHOUSE, Sales Syndicate, NZTE etc.

  • Succession planning & Exit planning.

Recruitment Support

End-to-end Recruitment OR tailored support assisting with selected of stages in the recruitment process. Payment options are tailored to your needs.

  • Role scoping and validation to ensure the newly created role is well founded.

  • Search projects for those highly confidential or particularly ‘hard to find’ roles including governance and advisory.

  • "Mapping" great candidates in your market & targeted headhunting.

  • End-to-end recruitment OR "un-bundled" support with specific parts of the recruitment process e.g. job ad writing, screening candidates from the job ad, short-listing candidates, interviews, client interview support, offer & negotiation, reference checks.

  • On-boarding templates & support.

Connectivity

We work collaboratively with a trusted SME businesses providers, specialist freelancers and technologies. Including:

  • Advisors, Directors and Trustees

  • Strategy, growth and planning

  • Health and Safety

  • Operations

  • Sales and marketing

  • Testing and training

  • Research and development

  • Exit and succession planning

  • Lending, Accounting and IT

  • Export

  • International search

  • Funding:

Ask me about how your business can apply for NZTE vouchers to help pay for services eg training courses or coaching that builds the capability of the Owners, Operators or Key Managers .