SARAH BOND – Owner & Principal Consultant

Sarah Bond is an experienced Human Resources and HSE professional. She has helped develop nationwide health and safety systems, made hiring decisions for national level roles and has successfully helped people at all stages of their working life find new jobs and achieve career goals.

She gained a BA/LLB at the University of Canterbury, a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration – HSE from Massey University and a Diploma in Careers Guidance (Distinction) from NMIT. She has worked as both a corporate head hunter and a national level HSE, Human Resources Manager.

Sarah has worked in a range of industries including transport, oil, manufacturing and the Department of Conservation. As well as running her own business as a freelance travel writer.  She launched her coaching and consulting career in 2011, after identifying the need for professional HR/HSE coaching packages for small enterprise owners. She also developed coaching strategies for job seekers who were struggling with structured behavioural interviews.

Part of the reason why Sarah has been so successful at developing and delivering training packages is that on a personal level, she really can empathise with the people she coaches. As a surf lifeguard, professional ski patroller and volunteer St John ambulance officer Sarah has lived and breathed safety from a young age. Her six years with the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteers Reserves also gave her advanced command and communication training.

She survived redundancy when Toll Rail New Zealand was restructured in 2004 and the management of the rail network was moved to Wellington. She has also had to recruit, conduct performance reviews and manage redundancy processes – everything she does comes from the position of someone who has been on both sides of the table.