Support Change and Career Transitions Coaching & Training Redefining careers after 50

About Us

Career and Transition Consulting's mission:

Dedicated to developing people and committed to growing a more conscious and sustainable world.

Kaye Avery

Grad. Dip Career Development, CPANZ, HRINZ
NLP and MBTI Practitioner

kaye avery Kaye is a Career Coach and Transition Consultant with specialist expertise in career and personal development. Known for her holistic approach, Kaye works with employees and groups at all levels and diverse industries during organisational and individual career and life transitions. Working with people affected by redundancy, self driven career change, performance improvement through improved job alignment, identity redefinition at midlife and later life, retirement planning and personal development are all aspects of her work.

Facilitating groups of employees or course participants in a wide range of courses is also something Kaye has significant experience in. Courses range from Managing Change and Understanding Team Type, to Creating Team Values Alignment, 'Careering Beyond 50 & 60' and practical Job Search workshops for employees affected by organisational change.

Professional Profile

Kaye’s 10 years of experience in career consulting includes 2.5 years working as an associate to a global HR consultancy, whilst also running her private practice and 5 years in a permanent role with full responsibility for coordinating the Career and Transition Consulting service in New Zealand for a privately owned HR consultancy.

Education and Training

Kaye has a Graduate Diploma in Career Development and is undertaking a Masters in Career Development. She is also a trained NLP Practitioner. Kaye is a Professional Member of the Career Practitioners Association of New Zealand (CPANZ) and the Human Resources Institute of New Zealand (HRINZ).

Affiliates

Gerri Power

Gerri Power is considered one of Australasia’s most experienced Resilience Coaches and Mentors. For over 10 years she has trained, mentored and supervised managers and leaders in developing their resilient leadership skills.

Gerri has a background that includes senior roles as an organisational consultant and as national manager for a mentoring organisation. She brings a depth of experience and insight to her role as a coach and mentor which is backed by comprehensive training and certification in New Zealand and Australia. Gerri has significant experience also in supporting people through organisational change, offering practical skills and development to manage transitions.

Gerri’s approach when mentoring and coaching includes building awareness of the impact of conversations on team dynamics, engaging and motivating others during change, and the influence of thinking styles on communication and insightful decision making.

For resilience coaching contact Gerri directly :-

Phone: 021 623 870
Email: gerri@xtra.co.nz

Peter Fleming

peter fleming Peter has been conducting specialised seminars and personal consultations for many years in the areas of retirement planning from a financial perspective. Peter is co-facilitator with Kaye Avery for the Retirement Planning Workshops they offer corporate clients for their older employees. Amongst Peter’s relevant training, qualifications and experience are, forty plus years experience in the Financial Services Industry (including Watson Wyatt (NZ) Ltd., William M. Mercer Ltd, Tower Corporation, NZI Life and Mercer HR Consulting Ltd and Melville Jessup Weaver).

Peter managed Watson Wyat’s subsidiary business “Retirement Planning Seminars (NZ) Ltd” for a number of years and developed their very successful one-day Retirement Planning Seminar.

Peter holds the Preliminary Certificate in Financial Planning (IPAC) and has had training and experience in Personal Money Management (personal budgeting), Strategic Planning for Retirement, Seminar Organisation and Presentations (Winston Marsh & Associates (Australia), Personal Motivation Techniques (S.M.I.), Presentation Training (Rogen (NZ), Strategic Investment Planning (William M. Mercer Ltd).

Highlights and News

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Upcoming events

Working Longer: Working Wiser

August 14th 2010 - Feedback from participants
A full day public workshop for the older person wishing to proactively create the changes they need to have the work/life balance they need and master later work transitions.

Current Published Articles

Focusing on People to Regain Employee Confidence July 10

News

Career Resilience. NZ Government, Career Services website

You are Brilliant and the Earth is Hiring Paul Hawken

Quote of the month

Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired. --Erik Erikson