Webinar: The Right Approach to Performance Management | The Workplace Revolution

What's Covered: 

Effectively managing your team’s performance will drive productivity, engagement, and bottom-line success. When done right, it aligns your workforce, boosts morale, and supports your organisational resiliency.  

The stats confirm why getting this right matters:  

• Companies with effective performance management are 51% more likely to outperform competitors (Gallup) 
• 79% of employees who quit cite a lack of appreciation (Achievers)  
• Employment disputes cost NZ businesses over $1 billion annually (MBIE) 

Is it time to reframe performance management from just another annoying administrative task, into an opportunity to engage your team and boost productivity?  

In this expert-led webinar you’ll learn how to:  

• Lead a team that excels through clear expectations, meaningful feedback and a supportive atmosphere.  
• Transform this process from routine administration into a critical strategic initiative that lifts engagement and productivity.  
• Manage what to do when things go wrong, with learnings from employment law cases.  
• Approach difficult conversations with expert guidance and tactics.   

There will be plenty of time for Q&A and a tailored take-home resource with practical steps you can put in place immediately.  

Your expert panel: 

The EMA is New Zealand’s largest employment relations provider, with unparalleled in-house expertise for our Members. With diverse backgrounds in employment law, commercial litigation, financial crime, counter fraud, HR and conflict resolution, Paul, Ruthi and Sarah will arm you with the information you need to make sound decisions for your business.   

Speakers: 

Emcee: Paul O'Neil, Head of Legal, EMA
A former commercial litigator with a strong background in commercial litigation, financial crime and counter fraud, Paul leads the EMA’s expert Legal team, which gives EMA Members advice and support with employment law and representation. Paul also heads up the EMA’s Consulting team which provides solutions to Employment Relations, Human Resources and Health Safety issues. Paul brings his wide-ranging experience from overseeing civil and criminal proceedings at the Financial Markets Authority, and as Deputy Chief Executive Operations and General Counsel at the Serious Fraud office, to advise businesses on how to deal with tricky issues - or avoid them altogether. While Paul directs the team, he is also passionate about being hands-on with businesses on the large and small issues that can reduce risk, saving them time, energy and money.

Ruthi Bommoju, Senior Solicitor, EMA
Ruthi was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand in 2016 and holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Social Sciences degree (majoring in Political science and minoring in Sociology). Having been with the EMA’s Legal Team for close to seven years, Ruthi has distinct and far-reaching insights into the employment challenges of Member businesses. Ruthi helps them on all aspects of employment law, including restructures, managing personal grievances, Holidays Act compliance, disciplinary issues, to negotiated exits, medical incapacity, fair pay agreements, performance management and mediations. She is an integral part of the team responsible for presenting at EMA Member briefings and regularly shares her insights on EMA webinars. Her employment law knowledge and commercial acumen assists in achieving sound and pragmatic resolutions for EMA Members.

Sarah Selwood, Consultant, EMA
Sarah is a qualified and experienced workplace investigator and mediator, specialising in conflict resolution. With sixteen years of multi-discipline business leadership experience and an ER/R consultancy established in 2018, she is skilled in multiple aspects of Employment Relations and general HR. Sarah is a Workplace Investigations certificate holder from the Association of Workplace Investigators, a licensed private workplace investigator, and an AMINZ Mediation Skills Intensive Certificate holder. She drills into every situation using her training and experience and by being independent and impartial. Behavioural and conduct-related issues as well as conflict and workplace disputes are where she shines, but as a skilled mediator, Sarah also provides early intervention to resolve issues that arise before they develop into unresolvable conflict.