Anita Guthrie
Upper Hutt,WGN
Summary
Pragmatic and results-driven leader with strong background in strategic management and organizational growth. Skilled in developing and implementing effective business strategies, optimizing processes, and driving team performance. Known for adaptability, effective collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes in complex and dynamic environments. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, coupled with focus on fostering productive and positive team culture.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of Organisational Development, Engagement and MySkill
New Zealand Health Group
07.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Company Overview: New Zealand Health Group (NZHG) is the country's largest national provider of home and community health, disability support, mental health and behaviour support, health temporary staffing, workplace wellbeing, and training. Workforce size of approximately 11,000 operating 18 brands. https://www.nzhhealthgroup.com/
- My role is to work across the organisation in a collaborative manner to shape and guide people leaders to increase kaimahi/staff engagement, build capability at all levels and drive business outcomes.
- Teams reporting into my role
- Support Worker training team
- Service center(s) and systems training team
- Clinical training team
- Organisational development team
- National Administration team
- Training coordination team
- MySkill (private training establishment) business team which includes NZQA academic leadership, revenue generation and the learning management system team.
- Key achievements:
- Implemented an online performance management and developing planning tool replacing an outdated paper based system for 150 leaders. This will be expanded to over 1000 people in FY27.
- Increased senior leadership accountability for kaimahi/staff engagement results by active engagement and support of business planning.
- Built cross organisational groups to collaborate on key people led initiatives to remove silos and increase one way of working in a complex environment.
- Developed and implemented additional leadership capability activities for tier 2 – 5.
- Increased kaimahi/staff connections and celebrations across 38 locations to build connection points for leaders to engage with front line teams.
- Driven the internal communications plan alongside the marketing team to increase knowledge sharing.
- Represented NZHG in the review of vocational education, including a meeting with the Minister of Vocational Education, Penny Simmonds.
- Lead the sector wide RFP to the Workforce Future Fund to be successful in a three-year plan to gain funding to reduce musculoskeletal injuries.
General Manager
MySkill
02.2019 - 06.2023
- This role was accountable for the merging of two training/OD teams when HealthCare NZ and Geneva Health merged its shared service functions under NZHG. I also led the commercialization of MySkill, the NZQA private training establishment to offset internal training costs.
- Key achievements:
- During a period of turbulent change, successfully implemented a new operating model to drive consistency.
- Collaborated across the business to develop NZHG wide training policies.
- Merged two learning management systems to deliver a more consistent learner experience, built a singular way of working and removed duplicate costs.
- Successfully negotiated commercial agreements which reduced general training costs over several years.
- During COVID-19 implemented (at speed) targeted eLearning on infection control, donning and doffing to keep community health workers safe.
- Identified and successfully negotiated long-term revenue generating opportunities to offset internal training costs.
Learning and Organisational Development Manager
HealthCare NZ
01.2011 - 01.2019
- Developed and implemented an organizational wide performance management system which included cascading leadership competency framework.
- Led performance moderation process to ensure consistency of performance evaluation when applied to the remuneration strategy.
- Implemented a learning management system enabling reporting against contractual training requirements.
- Identified and successfully negotiated long-term revenue generating opportunities to offset internal training costs.
Senior HR Advisor
Tertiary Education Commission
01.2009 - 12.2011
Director of Talent Development
InterContinental Hotels Group
01.2004 - 01.2007
Director of Human Resources
InterContinental Hotels Group
01.2000 - 01.2004
Human Resources Manager
The Hermitage Hotel
01.1997 - 01.2000
Education
Bachelor of Applied Management - Human Resource Management and Strategic Management
Otago Polytechnic
Skills
- Strong people leader with the ability to build self-sufficient teams who are highly engaged
- Able to effectively engage with a wide range of stakeholders with the ability to pull groups together to gain consensus
- Sound financial and commercial acumen which enables cost effective solutions
- Entrepreneurial thinker who enjoys championing new ideas
- Highly adaptable and comfortable working in ambiguity
- Uses seasoned judgement to balance outcomes and risk to build implementation plans that meet the environment and funding conditions
Timeline
Director of Organisational Development, Engagement and MySkill
New Zealand Health Group
07.2023 - Current
General Manager
MySkill
02.2019 - 06.2023
Learning and Organisational Development Manager
HealthCare NZ
01.2011 - 01.2019
Senior HR Advisor
Tertiary Education Commission
01.2009 - 12.2011
Director of Talent Development
InterContinental Hotels Group
01.2004 - 01.2007
Director of Human Resources
InterContinental Hotels Group
01.2000 - 01.2004
Human Resources Manager
The Hermitage Hotel
01.1997 - 01.2000
Bachelor of Applied Management - Human Resource Management and Strategic Management
Otago Polytechnic
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