When Founder and Principal Consultant, Stacey Kelly registered the business name Seed People Consulting in May of 2014, her hopes to provide support and resources to increase HR capability across the Hunter region were still coming into focus.
Whilst starting and running a small business isn’t always easy, Seed People Consulting is now celebrating their 10th year of business.
From a one-man-band providing the full gamut of HR support, Seed has evolved into a go-to consultancy in the Hunter for all things leadership, teams, culture and change.
With a true passion for helping businesses and leaders succeed, Stace started Seed with the purpose of providing practical, people-focused advice and resources across the Hunter region, and beyond.
Over the past 10 years, the close-knit team at Seed have honed their strategy to focus on the Organisational Development space, delivering over 500 workshops, thousands of coaching sessions, and numerous other solutions in their sweet spot of Leadership, Teams and Culture.
“With changing landscapes of technology, talent shortages, wellbeing and hybrid work, it’s clear that organisations might have the people, but sometimes lack the skills and/or experience to deliver results,’ Stacey said.
“Often, it’s not that organisations lack the willingness to train skills in-house, but they may lack the capacity or expertise required to get a good result, and get it quickly!
“Over the past 10 years, we’re proud to have worked with over 160 clients, more than 60 per cent of whom have come back for multiple projects with us.”
As Seed looks to the future, they’re looking forward to another 10 years of partnering with organisations to create practical and tailored organisational development solutions that truly make a difference.
The Seed team are excited about their future in the Hunter.
“As our region looks into a number of years of change and evolution ahead of it, we are super excited about the opportunity to build the leaders and teams.”
“While many of the Seed team have spent time in Sydney we bring back that knowledge to help local clients and local growth, in a town in which we were born and bred.
“We’ve seen significant change in Newcastle and the Hunter through the 90s, and we know that, with the right capabilities in our organisations, leaders and teams, we will continue to create a thriving economy that leverages the uniqueness that is Newcastle,” Stacey continued.
As well as supporting local organisations in the people and leadership space, Seed are proud to be truly connected to the Hunter community, working closely with a number of skilled partners in business support and contributing to local charity partners that are close to their hearts.
With ongoing sponsorship of causes such as Cystic Fibrosis Community Care, and contributions to Hunter events like Surfest Crowdfunding, Seed love being part of a connected and caring community.
To mark this significant milestone of 10 years, Seed recently took the opportunity to bring together their clients who have been with them on many years of the journey, their team, local partners and family to show their gratitude and celebrate all the achievements of their history, and continue to build connection and excitement and about the future.
IMAGE | Seed People Consulting at their 10-year anniversary party.
