The core objective of Helyar & Co
is to work with organisations and their workforce to strengthen their impact. We work together to assess the appetite and opportunity for change, and discern operational capacity and readiness to lead and implement change. We consult with the right internal and external stakeholders to scope your agenda, agree the priorities for investment and plan implementation.
Helyar & Co will strengthen your ability to deliver a positive social impact by:
- Guiding strategic planning and operational reviews
- Using benchmarking tools to understand where your organisation is at now, where you want to go next and to identify where to invest resources to grow and amplify your impact
- Providing organisation, service and workforce development advice, support and training that is tailored to your strategic purpose and operating environment
- Enabling authentic dialogue with internal and external stakeholders
- Scoping partnerships that will expand your reach and impact
Strategic and Operational Review
Helyar & Co provides bespoke strategic and operational reviews. The reviews include workshops to consider your current social and community services and document insights and findings that guide immediate action and longer term changes that will strengthen your organisation.
These workshops and reports consider the complex, challenging and constantly evolving environment in which you work and enable you to define and implement service, program and management transformations that:
Policy Review
Helyar & Co reviews public policy settings relevant to your organisation, sector or industry, provides desktop research and facilitates stakeholder engagement to:
- Broaden perspectives and gain new insights
- Identify unmet needs relevant to your organisation purpose and objectives
- Understand your appetite, readiness, capability and
opportunities to meet these needs - Leverage roles and networks to form strategic and operational partnerships
- Develop team capability
- More effectively deploy your talent and resources
- Harness internal and external stakeholder trust, loyalty
and commitment
Locum CEO Service
With 12 years experience in Executive roles in community sector peak bodies, and strong professional relationships with ACT and National Peak Bodies, Susan is able to fill short term gaps in CEO positions in these types of organisations – leading the strategic agenda, managing the staff team, maintaining positive relationships with external stakeholders and partners and providing strategic and operational advice to the governing body.
Workforce Development
Helyar & Co provides individual coaching, mentoring and supervision, team building activities and group learning and development programs tailored to the needs and aspirations of each person, organisation and sector.
Policy advice and advocacy
Helyar & Co can work with organisations to develop policy submissions and support advocacy activities to influence positive social change through public policy and program reform.