Welcome to KiwiBoss
Your partner in empowering leaders, HR professionals and teams across New Zealand.
We empower every leader to become a great boss and enhance every professional’s performance – that’s the KiwiBoss commitment. For over 8 years, we’ve trained thousands of people managers, professionals and HR teams to transform workplaces into hubs of productivity.
Invest in your success by engaging KiwiBoss to upskill your people managers and professionals today.
Our Mission: Unleashing Leadership Potential
Join us on the journey to unleash your team’s potential so you can create an exceptional workplace. Led by Employment Lawyer and HR Specialist Julia Shallcrass, KiwiBoss delivers transformative training courses tailored to your needs.
Many leaders and HR professionals face similar challenges in managing their teams. That’s why I founded KiwiBoss – to give you tailored training and support to tackle management challenges, improve team performance, and stay at the forefront of HR trends and best practices.
- Julia Shallcrass
Discover the KiwiBoss difference
- Empower your team for peak performance
- Foster a positive and productive work environment
- Stay current with HR trends, employment laws, and best practices
Our KiwiBoss training is relevant and practical, so you achieve your desired results.
We’re committed to providing the highest quality training for your team to thrive. We share our employment law expertise and practical experience so you can achieve results – and comply with the law.
Our training covers HR, people management, professional development, and business communication.
Join us on a journey of growth and development. Contact us today to discuss your training needs.
Julia Shallcrass
Director Julia Shallcrass is a qualified employment and privacy lawyer with a passion for training.
She brings 15+ years’ experience as a lawyer, plus experience lecturing in Human Resources and Business Communication for tertiary institutions, to her corporate training. As founder of KiwiBoss, Julia is adept at upskilling leaders and teams throughout New Zealand.
A recognised thought leader in HR, she is an employment columnist for the New Zealand Herald.
So, she knows her stuff. But what sets her apart is her style of delivery.
Julia speaks in plain English, so she is easy to understand. She presents with empathy and humour, and is engaging, fun and friendly.
Her participants feel like they can ask her questions, and her answers are clear and concise.
Kathryn Jenkins
Kathryn Jenkins is an experienced Facilitator and HR Consultant for KiwiBoss. Kathryn was selected for the Human Resources Director NZ Rising Stars 2020 list.
She has a degree in Psychology and Sociology, and a Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management. She works as an HR Manager for a company in Christchurch.
With expertise in HR, Kathryn has lectured for a tertiary organisation in HR and management. Kathryn has eight years of experience as a team manager in the UK.
She is passionate about creating an engaging workplace that gets the best out of its people, in an environment that is positive and productive.
An experienced facilitator, Kathryn presents on a wide range of HR issues such as flexible working, workplace policies and essential HR practices.
Kerryn Douglas
Kerryn Douglas is an experienced Payroll Consultant and Trainer, who co-presents Holidays Act courses with KiwiBoss.
Kerryn is also the director of Pay Check, where she is a payroll consultant, who specialises in payroll education and consulting.
Kerryn delivers on-on-one as well as group training sessions to businesses and through the Southern Institute of Technology. She helps organisations understand the legislation that governs payroll and create better payroll practices.
Kerryn has presented for CCH Learning, TEO, and to school administrators to help improve their understanding following the Novapay issues.
With over 17 years of payroll experience and having processed more than 200 client payrolls, Kerryn knows the importance of payroll compliance and efficiency.
Training Partners
KiwiBoss work alongside these training partners in promoting course content
- Business South Home | Business South Inc. (business-south.org.nz)
- CCH Learning KiwiBoss – Event List – CCH Learning NZ
- Engineering NZ – Learning & Events | Engineering NZ
- HRNZ – HRNZ: PD Courses
KiwiBoss serves as subject matter experts for our training partner Kineo Courses, reviewing the eLearning Library content tailored for New Zealand.
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Leader’s Guide to Performance Management
Our emerging leaders took part in the Leader’s Guide to Performance Management course. The course was filled with practical and easy to understand advice. The mixed method style of training suited our team well and they really valued having access to training materials after the course to be able to refer back to as needed. I highly recommend Julia and KiwiBoss!
Sam Ingham
People and Culture Business Partner, Taupō District Council
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Time Management and Productivity
The Time management and productivity course is a game changer. Through this course, I learned to set clear priorities, streamline my workflow, and maximise my efficiency. It was easy to understand and highly effective in practice. I found the course materials and exercises to be well-structured and engaging, making it a seamless learning experience. Definitely recommend this course to everyone looking to make a real difference both in their personal and professional lives.
Rayya Ali
Senior Urban and Environmental Planner, Babbage Consultants
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Essential Business Writing
The Essential Business Writing course, hosted by Julia Shallcrass surpassed my expectations in every way. Her engaging teaching style and comprehensive curriculum not only enhanced my writing skills but also provided valuable insights into effective communication in a professional setting. I highly recommend the course to professionals looking to elevate their business writing proficiency.
Manoj Harkison
NDY Asset Performance Engineer
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Managing Sick Leave and Reducing Absenteeism
I consider myself to be reasonably knowledgeable regarding HR issues, but I always come away from Julia’s courses with new understandings. Also, the slides and back-up notes are excellent. Just about every organisation has sick leave and absenteeism problems. This course will help you resolve them.
Jenn
Strategic HR Consultant
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Restructuring and Redundancy
Thank you for breaking the course down in an easy to digest manner. This is all new to me – so i appreciated the thoroughness and your use of language which made the course enjoyable and very easy to follow.
Helen
HR Advisor
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Negotiating Exits with Problem Employees
Best online course ever. I found it relevant and very useful. Yay Julia – she makes it sound easy.
Jacqui
Performance and Capability Advisor
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Restructuring and Redundancy
Thank you for the pre communication which set me up really well and to have the course materials beforehand was brilliant. Excellent presenter, Julia is knowledgeable and current and beautifully paced and the activities to get participant involvement were really appreciated and informative.
Rachel
Director
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Negotiating Exits with Problem Employees
Julia was a great presenter – clearly no stranger to running the show online, the materials were organized, clear, and the timing was perfect.
Catherine
HR Advisor
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Effective Performance Reviews and Giving Feedback
It is such a great support to have sessions like this, especially for me being the only HR person in the organization.
Jodie
HR and Culture Coordinator
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Effective Performance Reviews and Giving Feedback
I thought the course contained great content, specifically – it wasn’t a one size fits all approach and there were examples of how options could be applied/were appropriate for different sized businesses and industries.
Additionally, the real-life examples by the facilitator added good context.
Amanda
People Consultant
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Negotiating Exits with Problem Employees
I thought this was really valuable – the info was great, and the break-out rooms worked well, allowing for some discussion and sharing of ideas/experience.
Nicole
Director
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Restructuring and Redundancy
Thank you for breaking the course down in an easy to digest manner. This is all new to me – so I appreciated the thoroughness and your use of language which made the course enjoyable and very easy to follow.
Helen
HR advisor
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Negotiating Exits with Problem Employees
Best online course ever. I found it relevant and very useful. Yay Julia – she makes it sound easy.
Jacqui
Performance and Capability Advisor
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Managing Poor Performers
It was a great course. Very informative and well organized. The presenter was brilliant. She was engaging and supportive. It was evident that the presenters aim was to give us all a great experience due to her willingness to leave no question unanswered. I was reluctant to attend a zoom training course at first but it surpassed my expectations by far
Amanda
Human Resource Advisor
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Restructuring and Redundancy
Thank you for the pre communication which set me up really well and to have the course materials beforehand was brilliant. Excellent presenter, Julia is knowledgeable and current and beautifully paced and the activities to get participant involvement were really appreciated and informative.
Rachel
Director
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Effective Performance Reviews and Giving Feedback
Julia was a great presenter, inclusive and engaging. Course was well structured, with helpful material and run at a good pace
Brian
Managing Director
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Employment Law for Managers
I have attended employment law training run by Julia Shallcrass. I have found the training to be of an extremely high standard with an excellent balance between knowledge, real-world experience, and humor. If I need to attend any training or send any staff to training, I will look to see if Julia offers training that fits, as she will be my first choice.
Aaron MacLagan
Human Resource Coordinator, Gelita New Zealand Ltd
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Employment Law for Managers
I just wanted to say a huge thank you for running such an informative and useful day. Your presentation style was stimulating and inclusive, keeping your audience’s attention. You asked relevant questions to cover topics which specifically met the needs of your attendees”.
Tracey
Business Owner
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