HR butter
Kate Bacchus
My point of difference
I'm a thinker and a doer - having an easy rapport with people and commercial awareness. This means that I work with leaders, owners and team members on understanding what is happening, and actioning a practical, solution focused delivery.
About
HR Butter is designed to make HR simpler to create awesome workplaces. We help organisations build strong cultures by combining practical HR expertise with human-centred design. Our work spans leadership development, organisational design, and change strategy - partnering with clients to align people, performance, and purpose. We also deliver support in all HR practices, making these processes and conversations simpler for business owners and leaders.
Products and services
HR Consulting: Advice, coaching, and support across generalist HR, employment relations, compliance (policies, processes, frameworks), change management, organisational design and strategy. Change and Engagement: Change readiness and transition programmes, culture and engagement survey design, facilitation, and action planning. Culture, Engagement & Development: workshops, leadership programmes, and the use of Strengths Profile coaching to build capability and connection within organisations. Fractional HR Services: Acting as a fractional team member as Head of HR / Chief People Officer - providing assistance and guidance to the Owners/Directors/Senior Leadership Team and with the ability to mentor generalist HR team members.
Why I am a member
I joined NZ Businesswomen to connect with other women who are growing purpose-driven businesses and making impact in their communities. Keen to be involved in a place and space to share insights, learn from others’ experiences, and support each other’s growth and to help me build by business by networking with other business owners.
An offer for you
I love sharing ideas and tools that HR simpler and work towards creating and sustaining awesome workplaces. NZ Businesswomen members are welcome to reach out for: A complimentary 30-minute consultation to discuss a people, culture or change challenge. Member pricing on public workshops.
Testimonials
"Totally non-judgement - infectious enthusiasm but in a genuine way - straight shooter / no bullshit / pushed back but in a safe / non-judgmental way which was great." - Minta, Director - HOME Recruitment "Kate’s HR skills and experience has been invaluable and often created a logical path through tricky situations. Invaluable. Kate backs up her HR skills with an authentic, easy approach to connect with Team members when Kate has facilitated training and team workshops. Facilitation and Training another strength. It’s been an absolute pleasure to work alongside Kate and the ease with which she manages and leads the People management space." - Jon Gundy, Senior Leader International Freight Forwarding "I highly recommend attending an Emotional Culture Deck course with Kate. I’ve been to one of her courses before and absolutely loved it. Kate holds space for honest, thoughtful conversations and creates an environment where people feel safe to share and explore. The course I attended was hands-down the most useful course I’ve ever done - practical, engaging, and immediately applicable. You walk away knowing exactly how you’ll use it with your clients, colleagues, or team." - Te Rina Piho, Founder & HR Consultant - He Tāngata HR