Employment Relation Skills for Small to Medium Businesses

  • Wednesday 27 May 2026
  • 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
  • Mahitahi Colab, NMIT Campus A Block, 322 Hardy Street, Nelson, 7010, New Zealand

Presenter: Marie Tovio, Consultant.

Develop your ability to communicate baseline expectations with new and existing team members. Managing poor performance and recognising high achievers.

Attendees will learn to:

  • Clarify and communicate expectations.
  • Implement effective feedback systems.
  • Manage conflicts effectively.
  • Utilise negotiation in management.
  • Identifying signs of poor performance and causes.
  • Developing effective improvement plans.
  • Recognising, rewarding high performers, and ensuring fairness.

Learning Outcomes

Learn how to;

-Set clear expectations tailored to different work styles.

-Foster teamwork through effective communication.

- Implement feedback mechanisms for alignment.

-Manage performance proactively, foster support.

-Implement fair recognition.

-Cultivate continuous improvement, readiness to address issues confidently

Bio - Marie Tovio Founder, Marie Tovio Consulting

Marie has 30 years’ experience working in the field of human resources and employment relations. She has held HR roles in the electricity industry, central government, the insurance industry and in a large Aquaculture business. Marie is degree-qualified and a registered private investigator. As well as working through the various HR roles, from Advisor to General Manager, during her career, Marie has also been an HR/ER consultant for the past 11 years to a wide range of businesses and organisations across New Zealand. Marie has governance experience, including at a national level.

She has managed staff, held senior manager roles, and she is a business owner.

Marie builds strong relationships with her clients, who trust her wealth of HR/ER knowledge and experience, value her efficient approach, and appreciate that she also considers the business and strategic context.

Cost Support

This training is registered with the Regional Business Partnership Network (RBPN) and participants may therefore qualify for support for this programme.
For more information, please contact Sandra Crone sandra.crone@nelsontasman.nz prior to Wednesday 13 May.

Eligibility criteria:

To attend/be eligible for co-funding the customer must meet the following eligibility criteria:

  • Has less than 50 full time employees
  • Have an NZBN
  • Must be the business owner or person in a key management role, i.e senior managers, in the business.
  • Must register on the RBP Platform and have a discovery meeting with the region’s Growth Advisor

 

 

 

 

Standard cancellation policy applies to paid events/workshops/courses (unless otherwise stated on event listing). Cancellations must be received 7 working days prior to the event. Cancellations after this time and ‘no shows’ on the day will be charged the full invoice amount. Substitutions are permitted if you can no longer attend.

 

 

 

Tickets

Ticket typePriceQuantity

Chamber Members

$350.00ex tax

$350.00ex tax

Non Members

$450.00ex tax

$450.00ex tax

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