Strategy Development
Alan Wilcox Management Consultancy provides facilitation of strategic planning activity, draft business plans, long term strategies, Statements of Intent, business cases and other strategic documents. AWMC's strategic planning model ensures the integration of client’s activities and values with all parts of their organisation and business. A range of modern facilitation skills and processes are used to assist organisations to develop creative and visionary, yet systematic and practical directions that are clearly linked to operational plans, budgets and reporting processes.
A close working relationship with clients ensures we address the issues at hand and set up appropriate processes so future currency is maintained. By delivering effective integrated approaches we have contributed to the the success of many organisations.
Completed programs of work include:
Strategic Business Plans or Statements of Intent for the New Zealand Families Commission, Health Services and Welfare Trust, Pacific Island Business Development Trust, Far North REAP, Wairarapa REAP, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, Te Tai o Marokura Charitable Trust; and many more.
National School Property Strategy and Business Case for New Zealand Schools development;11 regional property strategies for the Ministry of Education; a property strategy for Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, a Unitec Property Strategy;
Charters and Profiles and/or Investment Plans for Unitec, Skills Update, Future Skills, Target Education, Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi, and Te Whare Wananga o Hoani Waititi Marae;
Over twenty five successful business cases for various crown entities and governments departments
Business case evaluations for Waitakere City on Hobsonville Marine Precinct, New Lynn Developments and the North Western Growth Strategy.
Strategic facilitation sessions for Payments NZ, The Parnell Trust, Parnell Creative Quarter, Horizons Manawatu, Mid-central District Health Board, and many more.
Developing the "Working Together More Fund" for the Tindall Foundation, Todd Foundation, JR Mackenzie and Wayne Francis Memorial Trusts to assist organisations in a recession environment.
Structure Review
Alan Wilcox Management Consultancy provides detailed analysis of systems, processes and personnel of businesses, not for profit organisations, government and local government entities. AWMC’s review processes dive deep into an organisation providing benchmarked analysis and recommending improvements to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and movement towards better practice. Using well-proven methods and working in a consultative and collaborative manner AWMC engages with governance, management and staff to achieve change.
Examples of work in this area include organisational reviews of:
Office of the Race Relations Conciliator
Taupo District Council
Northland Regional Council
Kaipara District Council
ASB Community Trust
Funding Information Service
Federation of Family Budgeting Services
NZ Post (Strategic Review of HR)
Finance and Management Reporting in Government Departments (sponsored by NZ Treasury)
Facilities operations in Taupo and Upper Hutt
The Land Transport function of Horizons Manuwatu
Ngati Ranginui Iwi Inc
Te Tai o Marokura Social Services Trust
Community Foundations in Auckland, Rotorua, Northland and Ashburton (for the Tindall Foundation).
Supporting Parents Alongside Chilrens Education (SPACE) New Zealand Trust.
Process Improvement
Alan Wilcox Management Consulting helps organisations to put in place effective systems, processes and policies to enable high quality functioning and consistency in key areas of performance. These systems include planning, programming and budgeting systems; performance management systems; project management frameworks; risk management processes; quality management guidelines; procurement processes; property and asset management systems; and integrated finance and management reporting systems.
Projects delivered in this area include:
An effectiveness management system for the Office of the Race Relations Conciliator
A cascading KPI and dashboard system for reporting at Unitec
A Site Management and Supervisors Dashboards for monitoring and reporting at Child Youth and Family.
Providing independent public transport procurement advice to the Ministry of Education, Auckland Transport, Taranaki Regional Council and Canterbury Regional Council
Review and development of governance and management procedures for Mangatawa-Papamoa Blocks Inc, SPACE NZ Trust, and others
Implementation of project management systems in Kaipara District Council, Waitemata Health and for TPK Community organisations.
Project managing the installation of a Customer Relationship Management System for the branches of Supporting Families New Zealand.
Management Development
From training sessions for management, personal coaching, recruitment assistance and performance reviews this service helps managers and management teams to become truly effective high performers.
Alan Wilcox Management Consulting provides integrated employment contracts; job descriptions, performance plans, and human resource management processes. Using these tools and implementing proven coaching methods and processes clients have developed capacity and demonstrated considerable success in their enterprises.
Services include:
Team Development - profiling team members and team strengths, establishing protocols that improve effectiveness and efficiency, draw on talents and help establish and maintain positive team relationships.
A 360-degree analysis tool that provides feedback on 62 factors of physical, intellectual, emotional and spiritual capacities related to management.
Ongoing coaching and support with both strategic and hard to solve problems.
Amongst the team development and individual coaching activity completed are:
Coach to Executive Managers in Waitemata Health Limited from 2001 to 2004
Coach for Several Chief Executives for Not-for Profit organisations
Management Coach for many senior and Middle managers in Child Youth and Family
Management coach and support for senior Government Commissioners
Change Management
Alan Wilcox Management Consulting assists organisations to reorient and restructure their activity for success, ensuring there is a fit between what the customers want and the skills, systems, processes and structures within the organisation. Change is facilitated in an inclusive way that both honours the individuals involved and ensures a cost effective outcome.
Some examples of change management projects include:
Key external adviser to develop Awanuiarangi from 250 EFTs to 3500 over a six year period
Managed Change in Kelston Deaf Education Centre
Project Manager for amalgamation of 19 Member Authorities to one SPELD NZ
Management Advisor to Play Centre Association to develop SPACE NZ Trust (a national organisation administering Supporting Parents Alongside Childrens Education).
Property Solutions
Alan is well qualified academically for working in the strategic property field. He has a Bachelors degree in Town Planning and a Masters degree with honours in Geography. He has vast experience in the property field in both the public and private sectors. He was a town planner for 15 year working for the Ministry of Works and Development and in several local and regional authorities.
As a consultant Alan is frequently assisting his clients with the strategic consideration and purchase of properties and, drawing on his town planning background, lodging resource consent applications to Councils and writing Assessments of Environmental Effects.
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