Acumen International is an independent consulting group based in Auckland, New Zealand. We work with private and owner manager businesses.
We are passionate about achieving results for our clients by strengthening the effectiveness of key executives, executive teams and building the platform for growth and sustainable operations.
Get real clarity within your business about your strengths and weaknesses. Agree where you are going and what it will take to get there. Make choices about your best opportunities to pursue. Ensure high level plans are able to be translated into action plans to ensure execution.
Power up your management team. Develop clarity and cohesion within the team about where you are heading. Get more skilled at quality debate and discussion to ensure alignment and commitment to your direction. A highly effective team has agreed ways of working that will accelerate your progress towards your organisational goals.
Get started on your governance journey so as to ensure your business isn't so reliant on you.
Pragmatic guidance and support to take your initial steps toward setting up an advisory board.
Assistance with establishing good governance practices, along with tools and templates for managing the roles and relationships between owners, directors and managers.
Are you looking to grow your business? Are you experiencing growth but feel like you have the speed wobbles?
We can work with you in assisting you to fine tune your existing business, build capability and position yourself for growth
We can also assist with ensuring you understand your business model and what drives your results.
We offer facilitation processes in strategy formulation, business planning and executive team development.
These are integrated learning processes across a period of time which may include workshops, simulations, reflective learning and application in the form of projects.
Workshops delivered recently have involved Building leadership and organisational culture, Building capability in your organisation, Targeted innovation for results and Sales team development.
Access to skilled facilitators enables the group to leverage a range of processes and approaches to achieve your desired outcomes.
Using an external facilitator ensures everyone has the opportunity to participate fully, that the group isn’t dominated by a few people, and also exposes the team to ways of thinking that contribute to team learning.
Executive teams gain greater clarity of direction and awareness as to what needs to happen. There is engagement of the whole team and higher levels of alignment and commitment to shared action planning.
We offer a range of tools and processes to assist you with building team performance in your organisation.
These assessments are available on-line and their feedback is facilitated in workshop sessions.
Our facilitators are accredited practitioners in the respective tools and assessments we use
Jo provided great insight and guidance in all areas
An excellent day with really good results. I'm most impressed
Jo had an easy listening manner to her presentations, and was very knowledgeable about her subjects
Jo is a well experienced presenter that keeps sessions light and focused, can tell when people start to lose focus and adjusts / changes accordingly
Excellent presenter, highly organised
Jo is a genuine been there and done it facilitator, not just an educator and those experiences ring true in her working style and methods
Jo has a wealth of business knowledge, she cuts to the chase and is never afraid to have those tough conversations or challenge the status quo.