Humankind

Humankind is a New Zealand consultancy that acts as an outsourced people team for organisations. It designs its service around each client, from one-off projects to running day-to-day HR, and says it has worked with over 1300 organisations.

What Humankind offers

• Culture discovery and insights — looking at the business through employees' eyes to find untapped potential.
• Employer and employee relations — guidance on managing the relationship with staff properly.
• Organisation strategy and design — shaping the structure of the organisation a leader wants to build.
• Leadership training and development — programmes for managers, including a Manager Foundations course.
• People experience and infrastructure — support for fast-growing businesses that need to scale their people systems.

Who it works with

Humankind serves organisations of every size and shape, including fast-growing companies, expanding globally, and public bodies. It runs a Superhumans conversation series and contributes to the EX Manifesto initiative on employee experience.

Key facts

• Based in: New Zealand
• Experience: More than 1300 organisations served
• Led by: Founder Samantha Gadd and CEO Kalyn Ponti