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Finding Your Feet as a Senior HR Leader

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Helping you on your journey

Is This You?

You are a capable HR professional stepping into a senior role.

You've built a career in human resources, and are great at what you do. But now you're aware that senior management requires something extra. You want to be a credible peer in the eyes of your fellow executives. You want to sharpen your c-suite skills.
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But how do you get there?

 

Well, you've come to the right place! Here at Planarius Coaching, Dr Ann Hutchison offers a coaching programme that is catered specifically towards helping you develop into the best enterprise-level leader you can be.

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Dr Ann Hutchison

Executive Coach for HR Leaders

Ann will work with you to look at your unique situation, sharpen your c-suite skills, and become a top-level executive leader.

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She has published on the topic of executive leadership for many years as a business and psychology academic. She also has a special care for the HR profession, having had a 20-year career in human resource management.

 

Ann uses rigorous techniques in her coaching. She has a PhD in personality and executive leadership from the University of Auckland Business School, and a background in coaching psychology. In her coaching work she is under the supervision of Dr Kazia Anderson and Professor Catherine Steele at the University of Leicester, UK, where she is currently doing further postgraduate study in coaching psychology.

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Coaching Services

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One-on-One Coaching

Your coaching package will be customised for you, but broadly, a six-session package over 4 months, with unlimited email access to Ann during that time starts from NZ $2,995 + GST

Group Coaching

HR Business Partner to C-Suite Executive is a group coaching programme starting in 2027. Further details will be posted soon. 

Free Consultation

The first step is to have a complimentary half-hour chat to discuss your goals and explore how coaching can help you achieve them.

FAQs

Coaching that will help you sharpen your c-suite skills

What skills will you help me develop?

It depends on your particular situation. But, if you're wanting to sharpen your c-suite skills, the coaching sessions will help you shift your lens so that you are more of an enterprise leader, not just an HR person. You will grow in the following areas:

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Speaking the language of the CEO -- Resilience -- Influencing executive peers -- Navigating top team dynamics -- Governance -- â€‹â€‹Decision-making at the top table -- And more!

What benefits will my investment in coaching yield?

The return on investment is clear from the research: People who go through executive coaching have higher levels of subsequent performance at work, and display better leadership. But it's not just about performance. Executives also experience more happiness, resilience, wellbeing, and achievement of life goals after coaching. Ultimately, coaching can help you become a great enterprise-level leader, but it can also help you flourish in your executive life. It has been described as 'worth its weight in gold'. Try it and see!

What are my next steps?

 The first step is a discovery call where you can tell Ann exactly what you're hoping to achieve and see if you're a good fit with each other. This conversation is done online. After that, the coaching can either be online or in person.

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If you're interested, book a free call now, Ann would love to chat with you!

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Are you interested in reading more about executive leadership? Check out Ann's work here.

Contact

10 Pentland Avenue

Mt Eden, Auckland 1024

New Zealand

+64 21 209 6793

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