Main Office
Sheffield Limited: Auckland
Christien Winter
Level 22 ASB Centre
Auckland
New Zealand
Tel: +64 9 367 1514
Fax: + 64 274 989 159
christien.winter@sheffield.co.nz
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 Other Offices
Sheffield Limited: Christchurch
Level 20
Pricewaterhouse Building
119 Armagh Street
Christchurch
New Zealand
christien.winter@sheffield.co.nz

Sheffield Limited: Wellington
Level 20
125 The Terrace
Wellington
New Zealand
christien.winter@sheffield.co.nz

Overview

Sheffield has been the exclusive DDI Licensee in New Zealand since December 2000. As their local affiliate, we work with both our clients and also provide seamless delivery of DDI Solutions as part of multinational company development initiatives.

Founded in 1961 as a firm of industrial psychologists, Sheffield has retained its commitment to this area. The assessment and evaluation of leadership capability and potential is key to all of our services. We help our clients get the best talent and the best out of their talent, through our deep knowledge of people – as individuals, in teams and in organisations. Our services include:

  • Organisational Development Consulting
  • Remuneration Consulting
  • Executive Search • Executive Selection
  • Governance Services

We have offices in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch and, with a staff of more than 80, we are the largest provider of HR consulting services in New Zealand. Our clients include leading corporations, banks, professional services firms, telecommunication providers, tertiary institutions and public sector organisations. We also work extensively with small to medium-sized organisations and not-for-profit entities.

Detailed Overview of Organisational Development Services

Partial Client List

Manufacturing

  • Huhtamaki New Zealand Limited
  • Aristocrat Technologies (New Zealand) Limited
  • Coca Cola Amatil (NZ) Limited
  • Fletcher Building Limited
  • Holcim (New Zealand) Limited
  • Rayonier Asia Pacific

Communications

  • Telecom NZ Limited
  • Fairfax New Zealand Limited
  • Provenco Group Limited

Services/Tertiary Sector

  • AXA New Zealand
  • ANZ National Bank Group
  • AMP Financial Services
  • University of Canterbury

Public Sector

  • Leadership Development Centre
  • Environment Canterbury
  • Civil Aviation Authority
  • NZ Police
  • Christchurch City Council
  • Department of Corrections
  • Department of Labour
  • Department of Internal Affairs
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Our Strengths & Accomplishments

Since becoming a DDI affiliate company in December 2000, Sheffield has used DDI solutions with well over 130 client organisations across many sectors including manufacturing, commercial services, financial services, central government, local government, professional services and the tertiary eduction sectors. Our clients are all committed to the development of their talent and leadership pipeline and have included some of New Zealand's largest employers in both the public and private sector as well as small to medium enterprises.

We have assessed executives for acceleration pools, succession management programmes, as part of significant restructuring projects, and for learning and development programmes.

Thousands of executives have been trained using DDI learning programmes and materials customised to meet our clients specific needs and business drivers.

With ongoing organisational structure changes in our economy, Sheffield has developed a niche expertise in providing planning and implementation support for large reorganisations and reselection projects. We use Targeted Selection® as the primary tool to ensure both rigour of process and legal contestability during the selection process.

Sheffield has implemented competency frameworks and associated integrated HR systems for large and small enterprises, in both the public and private sectors.