Humankind - Helping NZ build the best workplaces in the world

About us

The HR world is evolving and so are we. Humankind creates tailor-made solutions for your organisation and – more importantly – the people who bring it to life. HR with a personal touch. We’re passionate about the future of work, and want to help New Zealand build the best workplaces in the world.

Better Workplaces

Thriving Teams

Humankind partners with organisations and HR teams of all shapes and sizes to strengthen modern employee value propositions. We deliver personalised, innovative and engaging employee initiatives that reflect the business objectives – our services span the complete end-to-end employee experience.

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HR for Small Business

Outsourced HR

Humankind understands small business and provides affordable access to HR advice, resources and support – all the benefits with none of the hassle. We can help you with foundational support and policy development through to employment relations and day-to-day HR operations.

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Recent blog posts

Employee experience = Leadership

What makes employee experience such a fascinating yet complex subject, is the sheer number of contributing factors that together deliver a unique experience. From the operations and structure of a business to the virtual

What is employee experience?

We believe the best workplaces in the world have the best employee experiences in the world. In addition to this, we know successful organisations understand that employee experience drives customer experience and therefore better commercial outcomes.

The staggering ROI of Employee Experience

Organisations can no longer ignore the costs associated with poor engagement. Nor can they deny the financial benefits for having highly engaged and intrinsically motivated employees.

Three common mistakes in Employee Experience

Our emotions rule every single one of us, however, I’m continuously surprised at how often emotions are ignored in the workplace. It wouldn’t be an understatement to say that the emotional state of your employees is likely to be one of, if not the biggest, contributor to productivity.

San Fransisco and Silicon Valley – my insights

I am obsessed with Employee Experience and the potential it has for significant business performance improvement. Having the opportunity to help build amazing workplaces for New Zealand is something I simply can’t get enough of.

My hierarchy allergy

This week I was very pleased to find a pretty good fix for my hierarchy allergy. We have welcomed so many new people at Humankind already this year and given the growing size of our team, it was time to include a full organisation diagram in our welcome pack.

StartUp to StayUp – The first 5 years

I very rarely spend any time reflecting on how far our business has come or what we’ve achieved. I am far more focused on what we’re doing next and how we can help New Zealand build the best workplaces in the world.

Seven Seconds

From the time someone walks through the door to the time we’ve already made a judgement. A quick seven seconds is all we give people, and some would argue it’s less than that.

Listen your way to the top

Communication shapes who we are. It defines our personality and gives us the ability to form relationships both in the work environment and our personal lives.

Trust trumps them all

If you ever ask a CEO what their company’s greatest asset is, you will often get the answer ‘brand’, ‘inventory’, ‘product’, and often the most common answer you get is ‘our people’. Essentially the answer is usually something that costs the company financially.

Moments that matter

Now more than ever, your people are at the heart of your business success. You might have the slickest processes, a bold strategy, and the latest technology, but if your people aren’t happy – you’ve got a problem.

Another day, another space

You wouldn’t eat dinner in the laundry, or sleep in the workshop. So why don’t we naturally apply the same logic to the workplace? Each space has its purpose.