People Management Partners

People Management Partners delivers Generalist HR Consulting for small and growing businesses in the Hunter region of New South Wales, led by consultant Rod Smith with over 30 years of HR consulting and coaching experience.

• Services span governance and compliance, workplace investigations, performance issue management, HR policy development and review, recruitment support and staff coaching for manufacturing, trades and growing businesses.
• Rated 5.0 from 10 Google reviews, with clients citing support across HR policies and procedures, recruitment and staff coaching, and ongoing advice on managing teams.
• Uses a holistic, data driven approach that measures underlying causes of people issues before designing solutions, rather than applying a generic template.
• Based in the Hunter region and works further afield where the engagement suits, serving owner operated manufacturing and trades businesses.

Best for: small manufacturing or trades businesses in the Hunter region needing hands-on generalist HR advice on compliance, investigations and policy.

People Management Partners also provides Leadership Development support in the Hunter region, building leadership capability and team effectiveness alongside its core HR consulting work.

• Delivered a DISC workshop for an electrical business team of 10 that client feedback credits with improving workplace efficiency and cohesion.
• Focuses on lifting leadership capability and organisational effectiveness to help owners move from day-to-day firefighting to driving business growth.
• Client reviews describe stronger leadership and improved processes resulting from Rod Smith’s guidance and workshops.

Best for: trades and manufacturing business owners wanting practical leadership and team workshops alongside their HR consulting support.