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We are experienced specialists in partnering with leaders of medium sized businesses to get the breakthrough they have been looking for in their business.

We bring strategic leadership to advise and create perspective, and to challenge and address the difficult issues to get the strategic people breakthroughs and organisational shifts leaders have been after.

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Feature Story: Founder Succession and Governance. The Connect Group

Our story of navigating owner succession and creating a culture of strategic accountability has been one that would be very different if we had not engaged with the team at Pivot & Pace. The Pivot & Pace team have been alongside for many years and have helped the business grow and thrive in numerous ways. A key part was the journey we went through in establishing effective governance and the leadership talent to help succession occur.

Carl Wright
CEO OF The Connect Group

Isaac

Moving from being a contractor to becoming the CEO has meant a change in my way of thinking from managing and delivering, to leading and developing leaders. This has been an interesting change for me and Pivot & Pace has provided great mentoring.
Isaac’s have actually worked with Pivot & Pace for over six years and the processes utilised and the disciplines associated with them have become part of the way we now operate.

JEREMY DIXON
CEO

To be a great business you need to have disciplines around your structure, financial control, HR mgmt, offshoring etc and that’s where Pivot & Pace has been a key provide. Assisting me to “herd the cats”, to get us in good shape, to attract good talent from offshore and continue to grow the business

You don’t know everything or see everything from the appropriate perspectives. The larger Pivot & Pace team has assisted us to get a different lens on the business and the challenges. As a leader you need to have this feed coming into you, but getting it from someone who is observing the business from outside the business is really critically important.

I can’t stress enough how important Greg, Kendall and the Pivot & Pace team have been in our shift from a good business to a world class business.

SHAUN MALONEY
CEO

Link

Our partnership with Pivot & Pace has grown over the last 15 years. They were instrumental in working with our Company’s Founder to develop a solid strategic plan to guide the company through its early years and have been vital in the long-term continuation of our Strategic Planning Process.

Greg leads our quarterly reviews and our annual Strategy Planning days and during these sessions, Greg used a variety of tools to make the process fun, disciplined and productive.

Kendall was an early advisor to our founder and led our Shareholders through the establishment of a formal Board - introducing a governance framework for our business. He played a pivotal role as Chair of our Board and worked closely to ensure the Board developed and supported the Business’ strategy whilst the CEO and management team developed and supported the growth and future opportunities.

ANDY MILLARD
CEO

Seequent

Rainer

We came for a succession strategy and have stayed for the jet planes! Transitioning from a family owned and operated business to a company with a solid governance structure in place was a daunting prospect. Pivot and Pace simplified this process for us, provided us the tools and support to execute our short, medium and long term goals.

LUCAS CAWTE
CEO

Freshpork

Pivot & Pace has provided our leadership team with a robust framework that ensures we remain focused and aligned to achieving our strategic goals. The Pivot & Pace team have become a key strategic partner for Freshpork NZ and have done a great job keeping our team on task, while also helping us develop as leaders.

LYNDEN GLASS
MANAGING DIRECTOR

Southern Rehab

During the start of our journey with Pivot & Pace, we set our 5 and 10 year goals, and the numbers we were setting seemed huge.
But as we built momentum, we actually were achieving 10 year goals in 3 years.
We went from one site in 2013 to 20 sites in 2018, and increased staff from 18 to over 100.

We always knew we were experts in our business, but Pivot & Pace really helped us to understand the organisation needed to deliver that service.

PHILIPPA CAMPBELL
MANAGING DIRECTOR