We are passionate about helping our clients develop measurable links between their business results and the systems they use to reward, motivate and manage the performance of their people. In addition we have a number of consultants who work with HR Inside to provide exceptional HR advice and support. These consultants are typically people with 10+ years experience but who, for work/life balance reasons, choose to have more flexible working arrangements either long or short term.
Marita and Meg believe that “the conversation is the relationship”. It is effective communication between individuals and teams in the workplace that helps to develop authentic and trusting relationships, which in turn improves the happiness and productivity of both the people and the organisation.
Marita Pascoe
Prior to joining HR Inside in 2006 as a Director Marita had 15 years experience working as a generalist human resources practitioner. Marita has worked as a Human Capital Director for the Assurance practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and in HR roles at Blake Dawson and Minter Ellison, two of Australia’s largest law firms. After finishing her undergraduate degree, Marita completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and Human Resources Management at Victoria University. At PwC Marita had the responsibility to project manage the implementation of a new career development system to over 1000 employees. This project involved being part of a global team testing the new system and developing training methodologies. The result of the project was one single system for the business area which had been previously using 3 different systems. As part of the firm’s HR leadership team Marita also worked within the Assurance leadership to support the business’ strategic objectives including budgeting, reporting, HR strategy, remuneration reviews for 1000+ Assurance staff, learning and development and leadership development. In this role Marita was responsible for a team of 7 people. In addition Marita also led the firm’s Event Solutions team who were responsible for delivering in excess of 1000 events each year. Marita is accredited in TMS’ team management profile and the Genos Emotional Intelligence assessment tool. As part of Marita’s work at HR Inside she is involved in general HR consulting, facilitating customised leadership programs and team building workshops, conducting workplace investigations and delivering workplace training/awareness programs. Marita’s clients include Robert Bosch Australia, Mercedes Benz Australia, APM and CSL.
Meg Price
Meg has over seventeen years experience in the human resources field as an internal human resources manager, learning and development practitioner, organisational consultant and executive coach. Meg commenced her career in one of Australia’s largest international legal firms, Minter Ellison as Human Resources Manager. After more than five years in the legal industry, Meg joined Resource Solutions, an international consulting firm where she was responsible for implementing and managing an onsite recruitment solution. Key to her success in this role was her strong relationship building skills and ability to help both employer and new recruit ‘connect’. Meg also has international experience having lived and worked in Shanghai, China for the global recruitment and HR consulting company, TMP Worldwide (now Hudson). In her time with TMP Worldwide, she held a number of strategic leadership roles, including Country Business Manager for the China-based recruitment/HR operation. In this role she set up offices in both Shanghai and Beijing, which included talking to the Chinese authorities and lawyers regarding licenses, researching the human resources market in China, formulating business plans including budgetary plans and recruiting and training both foreign and local staff. Upon returning to Australia two years later, TMP Worldwide had successful offices in Beijing and Shanghai with more than 30 staff.
In 2001, Meg established HR Inside a boutique human resources and people development consultancy that provides frontline and senior learning and development, consulting and coaching for a range of organisations large and small across both public and private sectors.
Meg is also accredited to deliver a number of assessments suitable for individual and team development, including the Genos Emotional Intelligence Assessment and Team Management Systems. She has completed over 1000 individual assessments and has delivered customised workshops on Emotional Intelligence and inter-personal effectiveness within many organisations and industries. Meg’s clients have included CNP Brands, Robert Walters, Godfrey Hirst, Phillips Ormande Fitzpatrick, VicRoads Design, VECCI, Robert Bosch Australia, The Clean Energy Council, Mercedes Benz Australia, APM, Arthur Allens and Mallesons.
With her in depth experience and business acumen plus hands on working knowledge of human resources and management issues in Australia and China, Meg brings creativity and a strong business sense to her consulting projects. This coupled with her strong workplace relationship focus provides the organisations she partners with a ‘healthy balance’ of both head and heart in delivering enhanced organisational performance.