Welcome to Essential HR

Our goal is to free you from the worry of managing people.
We provide HR Consulting Services to Christchurch businesses – especially smaller ones! Our service is personal and each project scripted to your situation and need.


Are you concerned about how to manage the people in your organisation now that it has grown larger?
Do you want to create a competitive advantage through hiring the best people, but don’t know how to do it?
Do you worry that staff may not support some important changes you are making to your business?
Are you worried that you may not comply with Health and Safety regulations?

Essential HR Services

Senior Management HR Advice

Talk to a senior HR professional every month. Our objective is to reduce your stress, cut the time you spend getting HR-related issues right, reduce your organisation's risk of non-compliance or employee dissatisfaction, and reduce the time that employees spend worrying about HR issues. We provide personalised service, specifically designed to fit with your business, and for minimal consulting hours. Read More...

HR Projects

We help get the right system in place based on your business needs (we have no system to sell). We will seek efficiencies and improve management information and, potentially, legal compliance. We ensure the business benefits are clear for any project we undertake. Read More...

Mentoring

Through regular mentoring, your HR Manager/Advisor can improve their effectiveness and efficiency and reduce the time you spend monitoring them. You also gain independent ideas in relation to your business problems, from the mentor. And this may need only 1 or 2 hours a month! Read More...

Non-Executive Directorships

Good advice upfront (before you even realise you need advice) can create a constructive environment and avoid potential liability. We help address health and safety risks; employment relations, human rights and privacy legislation; and the people impacts of all significant business decisions. Read More...