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Organisation Capability:
We become a world class NSO
In March this year we identified the need to review how
Tri NZ goes about delivering its services to the sport. The
drivers for this change were the need to align our activities
behind the outcomes of the Service Delivery Review, the
fact we had taken on delivery of another 10 events (total
20 events delivered this season), addressing a challenging
financial forecast, and ensuring we retain an innovative
and dynamic culture. The outcomes we sought from this
process were:
Review and Identify the Services and associated KPI’s we
need to deliver to achieve the outcomes sought in our
strategic plan
Review the allocation of financial and human resources
behind the Services
Look at the way we do things to ensure Tri NZ continues
to innovate and remains a great place to work.
The result of this process has been an increased focus
on our customers, a refocusing of our Services in areas
we believe we can have the most impact with our limited
resources, and a restructure of roles and responsibilities
within Tri NZ.
The new structure came into effect on 31 May and resulted
in the disestablishment of 7 FTE roles and the creation of
4 new FTE and 3 part-time/contract roles. This process
has unfortunately resulted in the departure of 3 staff
and I’d like to acknowledge the hard work, commitment
and outstanding contribution of Brendon Downey, Mel
Warmerdam and Michelle Hosemann to Tri NZ over the
past few years.
The new structure of the Services and roles we believe
will position us well to continue to achieve our strategic
objectives . Some of the themes underpinning the
changes are:
Increased resources behind the Communications
Services – our plan to create a whole of sport
community that enables us to connect relevant people
with relevant opportunities on the ground underpins our
pathways goal and needs to be well resourced
Tighter, more measurable goals to support desired
outcomes
Increased separation between our roles as an NSO and
an event promoter
A flatter, less siloed, more empowering, organisation
structure
I’d like to thank Garry Boon and the rest of the Board,
our patron Peter Fitzsimmons, all the Advisory Groups,
all our partners including SPARC, Contact Energy, our
Official Suppliers, our Foundation Partners (NZCT, Perry,
Lion Foundation, Southern Trust, Youthtown, and Pub
Charity), our media partners, our affiliated clubs, councils,
the sports event promoters, the technical officials and
volunteers, all the sports participants and all our other
partners for working so hard at making our sport the
success that it is. It’s such a pleasure working with all the
great people involved in our sport and I thank you for all
the support you provide to Tri NZ and the sport in general.
The year ahead is going to be another exciting one full
of challenges, particularly preparing to deliver the test
event for the Tri World Champs Grand Final, which will be
an ITU World Cup in around October/November 2011.
In addition, bedding in the new organisation structure
and ensuring we continue to innovate on the Services
we deliver to the sport and our customers, will make for
exciting times ahead!
Dave Beeche
CEO
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