Trusted voice and partner
Happy to work with some of local and global brands as a consultant, trainer, mentor, or speaker.
“ Vinisha has a great mind for guiding startup founders with their People Strategy. She helped me identify how the capability requirements of the business adjust over time and to embrace the Buy, Borrow and Build approach to building teams. Some people will be permanent hires.
It is a smart and resourceful way to get the best people around you in a capital-efficient way.
I happily recommend Vinisha to any founder who is navigating the people piece. She gets people and she gets startups.”
Angela Harbinson - CEO & Founder The Separation Guide
“ I can highly recommend Vinisha Rathod's personal branding sessions.
I mean firstly you will get to see inside her magical Mary Poppins vibe suitcase , but secondly she will succinctly surface: your super powers (things you can do more easily than others can) your mastery (your ongoing discipline and craft) your passion…
Vinisha broke these terms down and explained how they are interrelated has made a huge difference to my confidence in: 📩 applying and interviewing for roles and ⚾️ pitching my skills for roles that don't exist yet”
Teala Stephens - Community Builder, Cake
“ Vinisha’s contribution was nothing short of exceptional. Her candour, extensive experience, and authentic approach deeply resonated with our audience. The engagement was so high that we extended the session by an unprecedented 45 minutes to accommodate the influx of questions – a record for us at YSPN!
The feedback from attendees has been overwhelmingly positive. Vinisha's ability to connect with the audience and provide valuable insights was impressive. Her passion for the subject and practical advice on personal branding made a significant impact.”
Jasleen Cheema - Digital Sales and Events Director, Young Sikh Professionals Network
Examples of Work
Culture review: Recently completed culture review and strategy in the Middle East for a Public Investment Fund subsidiary. The company was rapidly growing with new people added in every week, after our review, the company had embedded new career pathways for managers, significant 35% improvement in their day to day operations, and better clear roadmap for their talent.
Org Design and Roles: Engaged by an SMEof 25 to support with their organisation design and people strategy. The company was growing in a steady pace, with the founders very involved in the day to day running of the company leaving them all fatigued. We were able to help manage their workload and proactively plan for their future.
Culture and Leadership: Worked with a scale up from their leadership session to offsite to help develop next steps with data and insights from their people. The company was ungoing an inflection point, I supported for several months on initiatives including leadership alignment, feedback training and culture activities to inform their next stage of growth, including L&D, budget allocations and culture.
Clarity and Alignment: Partnered with a founder of a small service provider ~17 who was undergoing challenges in terms of direction, he was still very involved in the business. After our sessions, he had greater clarity on the direction, the expectations from his team and diversifying his risk.
Org design and change management: Based on my experience, I was selected as the sole external change manager for the launch of the organisation redesign and FY20 strategy. After completing multiple change impact assessments, I was responsible for developing the change journey and strategy pack for the Executive Leadership Team and Board which summarised the impact of the organisational restructure changes and risks to their BAU. I also developed briefs and 1:1 guides for reporting line managers to support impacted staff and a detailed change guide for 2500 staff. The guide outlined the impact of the change for each function and business unit, how the change aligns with their overall FY20 strategy and is reflective of the organisation’s purpose. The guide become a key document that delivered the change narrative.
Change management: Royal Commission highlighted the much needed changes in the sector, the Department is aware of the impact of the regulations on the service providers and engaged the team to develop an effective change management strategy. Based on my experience, I was selected to be part of the small team identifying the needs of the services providers in line with the support required from the Department. The change plan will evaluate the needs of the service providers based on their size, operating model (NGO, Gov, Private) and customer base and identify the steps the Department need to take across the different groups, along the newly regulated customer journey.
Board strategies: Engaged for 2 weeks to identify which priorities the board should focus on in the Australian Market. We were asked to identiy 5 top priorities based on demand, organisation brand and impact. In a team of two, we identified the most pressing need from the child’s point of view (series of research articles, publications, interviews with key stakeholders including children). As a result, of our well received concise report the board was able to confidently select the two focus areas.