Paulette Kolarz is a specialist in Human Resource Management including HR Strategy, HR Operations, Change Management, Customer Service, Personal Coaching, Recruitment, Training and Development. Paulette has a core strength in providing flexible, tailored HR solutions to businesses who are restructuring, growing, rebuilding or rebranding, going through a significant change initiative or looking to maximise bottom line profit.
Paulette is the Director of a boutique agency that works intimately with organisation’s to tailor their specific HR requirements and ‘transform human potential’. Differing slightly from other HR Consulting, Training or Recruitment businesses, Paulette likes to keep a ‘hands on’ approach and partner with organisations to not only advise on areas of improvement but also help deliver the required outcomes particularly from a people planning perspective always ensuring onboarding of all key stakeholders.
During her corporate career, Paulette has been personally involved at an Executive level in successfully resurrecting and rebranding the Harris Scarfe business after coming out of receivership in 2001. Prior to her 10 years with Harris Scarfe. Paulette also worked at P & O Services and had 10 years in the hospitality industry.
Paulette’s background includes management roles in Occupational Health & Safety, Injury Management, Training, Human Resource Management, Organisation Development, Change Management, Public Relations, Recruitment, Corporate Affairs and also in Operational Management heading up the entire operations of an $80 million store. Her track-record includes leading the HR function of a publicly-listed company through receivership to sale, as well as partnering with both small and large businesses in excess of $1 billion turnover. She has successfully managed human capital through several corporate rebrandings, merger and acquisitions, capital raisings and corporate restructures, as well as system implementations across a wide variety of industries, including retail, government, property and not-for-profit sectors.
She holds an Associate Diploma in HR/IR, Degree in Management (Employee Relations) and Honors in Management (Human Resources) from the University of South Australia.
In 2008, Paulette was named the SA Telstra Business Women of the Year, the SA PricewaterhouseCoopers Young Business Women of the Year and the SA Hudson Private and Corporate Business Women of the Year which above many other things, recognises her commercial acumen, adaptability and well rounded business skills. These awards have since provided her with many opportunities to get involved in motivational guest speaking, leadership consulting and coaching at all levels from school children to professionals.
In addition to the above, Paulette also plays an active role in the community establishing many media and political partnerships and sitting on several boards and committees including chairing Urban Myth, sitting on the Business Development Council (SA), Industrial Relations Advisory Committee and Bedford Industries.
Paulette believes that only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly and has followed this principal always pushing herself outside her comfort zone over her career to wherever the next opportunity and challenge may be.