Chris Longman
Chris is held in high regard for his ability to understand a business quickly, and to design bespoke solutions to their people needs.
With a solid background of more than 15 years’ experience in both business partnering and organisational development in both the public and private sector, Chris enjoys helping companies with their People Strategies. This includes Union Relationships and Collective Bargaining, as well as leadership and performance coaching; employment investigations and disciplinary processes; personal grievances; conflict resolution; and organisational change and restructures.
Also working as a facilitator for EMA Learning, Chris regularly delivers Human Resources and Employment Relations training both on public courses and in-house. He ensures attendees walk away feeling confident that they can manage processes in a fair and compliant manner, protecting themselves and their company from unnecessary risk.
As a certified independent investigator, Tauranga-based Chris is also a trusted lead to navigate complex workplace matters such as bullying and harassment claims and other tricky workplace issues."Just love dealing with Chris / the team. Always easy and never an issue. Much appreciated." Pelco NZ
Interests
Chris’ primary facilitation interests are facilitating learning related to all aspects of Human Resource Management, delivered in an engaging and practical way that all learners can relate to. He enjoys providing the legislative and best practice context, while also drawing on his significant experience (and that of his learners) to be able to provide real life examples.