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Newsletter: May 2008
 Welcome to the first Allegra Consulting Newsletter. As you may know, Allegra Consulting is a sophisticated, intimate and professional team of experts who partner with clients to provide meaningful change management outcomes. This includes providing the right staff for the right job or assignment as well as end-to-end consulting services including resource recruitment, human resource management and coaching.
It has been an exciting few weeks for our business with the launch of our new website, marking a new era in Allegra’s continued growth and development.
To our delight, we have received some incredible feedback – both encouraging and constructive, which we have detailed further on in this newsletter. Thank you to everyone who took the time to put fingers to keyboard and send us your comments.
In particular, we would like to congratulate Ingrid Heaton – one of our Change Management community for her insightful input.
Ingrid – you’re off to a dinner for two at the restaurant of your choice to the value of $150. Well done and a huge thank you for your feedback.
Thanks to Ingrid’s feedback we have implemented a Learning and Development section within the members area listing a selection of courses and qualifications that are aimed at the Change Management fraternity.
And to address her final suggestion, we will also take steps to make the home page link to “Latest Jobs” (integrated with SEEK.com) more prominent.
 Read Ingrid's feedback
What others had to say about the website:
“Well done on a great site…clear concise and easy to navigate…like the spinning logo…great logo…very professional…excellent website.colours are fantastic…didn’t find a typo…congratulations..”
- Jason Stephenson, Peter Tretheway, Alison Aphrys, Mary Damianos, Che Broekman, Liz Tehan, Kathryn Young, Jacinta Delaney, Carla Boynton, Katia Romania
Constructive feedback we will take on board to improve or implement:
· More images, including at least one of Helen Haley
· Make sure you capture site usage/traffic statistics
· Couldn’t see a link to request membership
· Tips and Tricks could be more punchy/pithy
We will endeavour to address all these great suggestions over the coming weeks!
One of the most exciting features of the new Allegra Consulting website is the members area.
Logging in to this section provides access to a number of useful functions aimed at developing and strengthening our already 700 member-wide global community of change practitioners. These include:
1. A fully collaborative Global Change Management online discussion forum for sharing knowledge and ideas, regularly updated by our team
2. Change Management FAQs - where we answer your questions
3. An up-to-date news and events calendar with local and international Change Management events
4. Global Learning and Development opportunities handpicked by our specialists to inspire you to remain on the “cutting edge” of change management ideas, practices and methodologies
If you do not already have access to the members area, please contact us for a login and password.
In response to overwhelming feedback from our community around the need for change management learning and development opportunities, Allegra Consulting is looking to host a one-day Masterclass and learning session later this year.
As this session is for you, we would like to hear your suggestions on topics that you believe should be covered. The class is likely to be broken up in to four 1.5 hour sessions covering different focus areas.
Please submit your ideas to us and we will use any common themes that arise as a basis for the sessions and identify the most qualified and inspiring presenters to deliver and facilitate the learning session.
We will update you on the Master Class plan both on the website and in next month’s newsletter
In the meantime, check out both the News and Events and Learning and Development sections in the members area of the Allegra Consulting website.
Allegra Consulting is pleased to announce our new candidate referral reward program.
If you refer a candidate to us who is not currently on our database and we place the person in either a permanent role or a contract of at least 3 months duration within 3 months of the introduction, we will pay you a referral reward of $300.
Call us now on: 03 9510 3333 or email us to directly introduce new candidates to us – whether they are friends, family or acquaintances - if we place them, we’ll give you $300^. Terms and conditions apply*
Due to strong client demand, we are always looking for quality candidates. Right now, we have roles for the following practioners:
- Change Managers
- Change Consultants
- Change Analysts
- Project Managers
- Business Analysts
Please send us your resume and covering note or contact us directly on (03) 9510 3333
Every month, we will publish a short Q & A with some of Australia's most experienced change management practioners - both candidates and clients. This month we spend five minutes with:
Karen Walker, Senior Change Management consultant (currently consulting through Allegra to NAB)
Read Karen's Q&A
Best Regards,
Helen Haley
Managing Director
Allegra Consulting
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