Practice Leader: Penny Newbigin – Strategic Change and Communications Lead

20+ years Strategic Change and Communications lead

  • Specialise in Merger & Acquisition Transition change management particularly focused on coaching leader-led change and managing the complexity of merging two businesses.
  • Organisation design, employee engagement, team establishment and culture specialist
  • A strategic project and change management professional with extensive experience delivering key initiatives for a number of high-profile businesses including Government, Tertiary Education, financial services, property development, and investor relations.
  • I have held a series of high-profile change management and public relations positions where I have provided communications expertise, knowledge, and influence to key decision-makers.
  • Track record of success in building change and communications strategies and implementation plans to meet a wide range of internal and external objectives to build business reputation, manage issues and develop customer and stakeholder relationships.

Sector experience:

FMCG, Financial Services (Retail banking, Insurance and Governance), Local Government, Tertiary Education, Investor Relations and Property Development

Specialisation:

  • Strategic change and communications planning focused on strategic business priorities, relationship management, employee engagement, passionate and effective workshop facilitator.
  • Leadership and team development including, coaching, mentoring, career development, performance management and succession planning.
  • Media management including proactive issue identification and response planning, proactive positive media planning and reactive media response, media spokesperson training and media liaison.
  • Proficient and established corporate writer including writing internal and external messages for Managing Director, Chief Operations Officer, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Information Officers.

Credentials:

  • PROSCI Change Management certification
  • Lean Change specialist
  • Change Management Institute membership and past Auckland Committee member

Contact Email:

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