“As our business grows, we need to partner with people who will very quickly understand our vision, our needs, and our style. Nick has shown that he can deliver on this and we look forward to continuing to work with AltoPEOPLE into the future.”
Spero Chapley, Director | Commercial Retail Group
I approached AltoPEOPLE to facilitate a planning session to assist in strengthening our core business, while broadening Ahrens national services. AltoPEOPLE led the Design and Construct, Steel Solutions and Group Service Solutions leadership groups with a clear and practical methodology. What we appreciated most was their ability to cut through the operational noise and simplify the identification of new market opportunities, what we could be doing and potential pathways to get there.
A key factor in the success of the two-day program was AltoPEOPLE’s ability to create an environment where everybody understood their role in shaping the future of Ahrens, in a relaxed yet focused environment. The post-program follow through has been an important element to keeping the plan alive.
I commend AltoPEOPLE on their ability to address both strategy and culture and to deliver on a brief.
Stefan Ahrens, Managing Director | Ahrens
Karen is a highly experienced facilitator whose dynamic and engaging style ensures outcomes are always met for individuals and organisations. All of the workshops Karen has run for us have received excellent feedback from our staff. Karen’s dedication to her clients is second to none and her passion for learning and developing people is clearly evident in her approach.
Nick Waterman, Ex-Managing Director | Hill-Smith Family Estate
AltoPEOPLE have been an invaluable partner in supporting StudyAdelaide over many years. They listen, they strive to understand, and then will tailor both methodology and outcomes to suit our particular needs. I have appreciated their collaborative approach and the insights they bring throughout the process.
Jane Johnston, Chief Executive | StudyAdelaide
Karen is a highly experienced facilitator whose dynamic and engaging style ensures outcomes are always met for individuals and organisations. All of the workshops Karen has run for us have received excellent feedback from our staff. Karen’s dedication to her clients is second to none and her passion for learning and developing people is clearly evident in her approach.
Mark Carey, Executive Director | Government Services, Department for Treasury and Finance
The workshops have been well received from all of our people who have attended. Could you please pass on my thanks to your terrific team who have contributed to the success of this program here at St Andrew’s. We are looking forward to locking in some dates for more groups to commence.
Rebecca Wyness, Ex-Human Resources Director | St. Andrew’s Hospital
“My goal in 2021 was to learn how to be an impactful leader and reset my team’s culture and dynamic. My big issue was I had no idea where to start and I thought going in head-first without direction or understanding would further jeopardise an already deteriorating culture.
Enter AltoPEOPLE ! With Karen’s expertise and direction in providing me leadership coaching as well as providing tailored workshops with the team, we did it! We hit the reset button and now have a high performing team with a strong reputation. Over and above that, the team are happy and working together and supporting each other.
I highly recommend Karen and AltoPEOPLE
Sarah Reachill, Director | Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
AltoPEOPLE understood our brief perfectly and confidently led the team to a different and more productive perspective; I would be happy to recommend anyone looking to create greater engagement and improved team dynamics to the Alto team.
Julie Davis, Ex-Human Resources Manager | Pringles Crouch
Karen has assisted Brown and Associates with designing and implementing human resource management systems over the past 10 years. Her expertise spans from “nuts and bolts” human resource issues to high level organisational development. She asks the right questions, listens carefully and is generous in sharing her considerable insights. She has been a tremendous resource in recruitment and performance management and we are very fortunate to have selected and retained a high performing and engaged team through working with Karen.
Karen’s ability to collaborate, understand our industry and offer expert advice and insights to people and culture is valuable to our business. Karen is a professional with very high standards and common sense, she tailors her expertise to the needs of my business and my people and a great resource for all of us at Brown and Associates.
Andrew Brown, Ex-Managing Partner | Brown and Associates
We have a big and bold strategy with tight timeframes in a new market. We needed to get serious about leadership and decided to go back to Karen Slape who understands that competitive advantage lays with people. Karen has been a consistent and reliable partner in the past and we decided we needed to get the AltoPEOPLE team on board to develop the strength of our leaders and promote a culture of accountability in this new venture.
Jason Cross, Managing Director – Cash Converters, New Zealand
Karen has an exceptional ability to deliver the true fundamentals of leadership, backed by a wealth of knowledge and great humour. Her passion to deliver excellence in every session is second to none. Karen has catered to our teams’ need and has the ability to adapt her training when required to ensure she receives the very best outcome for her clients’ learning and development.
I am pleased to see our staff who have been involved in this program are developing as individuals and her content has really started to gain traction throughout the business. I highly recommend Karen as a highly polished and professional leadership coach and facilitator.
Greg Moulton, Ex-CEO | Harris Real Estate
Karen Slape worked closely with our team, the Adelaide Thunderbirds and her work was instrumental in setting the cultural framework for our Championship success. Karen challenges our group to stretch beyond what we know as best practice and steers us in the direction we needed to go to reach sustained peak performance on and off the court. Karen’s knowledge and delivery in the areas of leadership behaviours, teamwork and high-performance culture is first class and she continues to demonstrate acute attention to detail to help us address our gaps. Her delivery and follow-up are exemplary, and I cannot recommend her highly enough to any team or organisation that is passionate and serious about achieving best practice leadership and culture.
Jane Woodlands-Thompson, Former Head Coach and General Manager of
High Performance | Adelaide Thunderbirds and Netball SA
Neutrog has been associated with AltoPEOPLE for some time now—more specifically over the last few years, during an extended period of sustained growth and development, we have been very fortunate to have had the support of AltoPEOPLE – Nick Slape to help guide us through some very exciting, yet enormously challenging times. Nick’s pragmatic, outcome-based approach, has resulted in Neutrog establishing a robust structure and assembling a leadership team that not only caters for well into the future, but perhaps more importantly, also supports and enhances Neutrog’s Culture & Values.
Angus Irwin, Managing Director | Neutrog