Turn your strategy.

Into results.

Led by Amanda Rooney, Apto Consulting works at the intersection of strategy, organisation change and business performance , helping CEOs and organisations deliver their strategy and unlock business potential.

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Strategy.

Execution.

Results.

We’re expert at helping CEOs and medium-sized organisations get clear on what they need to deliver their strategy, align their people and organisation for performance, and navigate the change needed. This is how we do it….

  • Research tells us more than 70% of organisations fail to execute their strategies successfully. We help you close this strategy execution gap by:

    • Strategy Capability Assessments: through discovery and facilitation, we diagnose your organisation’s readiness and capability to deliver its strategy against the 5 As of strategy execution: Alignment, Ability, Architecture, Accountability & Agility. We identify the gaps and develop a plan to remove barriers and activate your strategy.

    • Strategy Implementation Plans: we work with your leadership team to plan, prioritise and plan strategic initiatives delivering a tailored strategy implementation model and roadmap to align strategic objectives with execution.

    • Strategy Execution Management: we act as a strategic advisor providing oversite, guidance and facilitation of your leadership team to deliver and sustain strategy implementation.

  • Does your organisation need to change to deliver on its strategic ambition, respond to the market or resize? We work with you to design your organisation fit for the future and help navigate the change by:

    • Operating Models: we help you design how, when and where your organisation operates and deliver the roadmap for change.

    • Organisation Design: we align your structure, people, processes and culture to transform and respond to change.

    • Restructuring & Change Management: we provide end to end planned and programmed managed change, using our combination of legal and HR experience to manage risk and engagement along the way.

  • We believe HR is about creating organisations that succeed in the marketplace. We’re passionate about creating and building HR teams that are focussed on delivering business performance and leaving capability in your business well after we’ve gone. We help your HR team get better at delivering business outcomes by:

    • HR Strategy: we review your existing People Strategy or work with your team to develop a new strategy aligned to the organisation’s goals.

    • HR Function Review: we use our years of experience and industry benchmarking to review the effectiveness of your HR structure, capability and ways of working, delivering a plan to create the right HR capability for your organisation.

    • Retained Strategic Advisor: we act as sounding board, helping leaders analyse problems and navigate complexity. We share our expertise and recommend solutions, so you can get clarity and take action, supporting you through a particular project or as a longer-term strategic advisor.

  • A business’ most valuable asset is its people. We bring our combination of people change and legal M&A experience to provide expert people and change support to help realise the value of your investment.

    • Due diligence and sale/acquisition preparation

    • Employee retention and transition planning

    • Post merger integration support: designing the future shape of the organisation, integrating and aligning leadership, systems, policies and culture in the new organisation.

  • Businesses often face sensitive challenges or “roadblocks” that threaten to derail strategy execution, impact performance, reputation or culture. We help you unlock these organisational “roadblocks” by:

    • Independent reviews: We conduct an independent review to diagnose the core issues and provide recommendations for improved organisational success.

    • Team Facilitation: We help teams define the problem or opportunity and work towards a common goal.

  • "Amanda’s strength is her ability to cut through complexity and to develop and drive initiatives to completion. Amanda combines a commercial and strategic focus. I highly recommend Amanda to CEs and Directors looking to give impetus to their programmes aimed at embedding strategic delivery."

    Guy Roper, CEO, Port Taranaki, Director Fisher Funds

  • "Amanda brings a combination of strategic vision and practical nous to every situation. Amanda understands how to deliver organisation transformation and business outcomes and is accomplished at designing and delivering workable and effective solutions.”

    Tracy McElroy, Head of South Island, Datacom

  • "Apto Consulting assisted us by working through our requirements for two key programmes of work, helped us get clear on our needs and project scope and provided two highly skilled consultants, who delivered to achieve our objectives."

    Samantha Salthouse, GM People & Culture, Waimakariri District Council

  • “With her experience, knowledge of our sector and pragmatic approach, Amanda is a trusted advisor to our business, helping us navigate complex organisational challenges and provide strategic project support. Apto also provides us with its team of well tested and capable contracted experts for project delivery and interim cover.”

    Katrina Benedetti Forastieri, Chief People & Safey Officer, Ravensdown Limited

Amanda Rooney

Head of APTO Consulting

Amanda is most at home working as a trusted advisor with clients creating clarity from complex challenges. Clients value her “straight-shooting” approach and her ability to get to the crux of an issue. She is commercially focussed and unapologetic about designing solutions that are aligned with, and serve, business outcomes.

Amanda is former M&A and employment lawyer and executive leader across HR, Safety, Marketing, Comms and Business Transformation.  For more than two decades, she has supported Boards, CEOs and their organisations to lead people, business improvement and transformation projects in complex organisations.  

​Now, as head of APTO Consultants, she draws on her unique combination of experience to help business leaders cut through the noise, uncover insights, and make a (realistic) plan to get from where they are to where they need to be.

Why work with us?

  • With years of legal and change experience we are skilled at navigating complexity and managing risk.

  • We’ve been in your (leadership) shoes and understand the challenges and obstacles you face.

  • Our focus is on leaving a lasting capability in your organisation, enabling you to continue building on your success long after our engagement is over. 

  • We're trusted by some of New Zealand's best-known medium-sized organisations across a range of sectors including manufacturing, transport, infrastructure, health and the agri- sector.

  • We've assembled a network of trusted associates and can provide our clients with the resources and support required for larger projects. 

Ready to find out how we can help your business?

Contact Amanda Rooney, head of APTO Consulting to discuss what you need and how we’ll deliver.