About Us
The Latin verb “ēmendō” means to improve, correct, revise, or remedy.
That’s where we got our name, and that’s what we aim to do.
Emendas isn’t about overhauling businesses completely or imposing the same systems and processes across the board. We offer smart, simple, and tailored solutions that will see each client make progress towards their unique goals. Then, as implementation specialists, we make sure that they work in practice as well as on paper.
Compliance, governance, and managing your human resources can be overwhelming. We get it, and we can help. Improving your foundational business structures and systems shouldn’t be something to fear. It should be viewed for what it is: the opportunity to strengthen your business and set it up for success and growth. We firmly believe that compliance, engagement, capability uplift, and culture equals profit. Attention to the small details pays off in the big picture.
We don’t want to give you a script to follow or force your processes to conform to a checklist. We want to empower SMEs across New Zealand to take control of their own governance and find out how healthy and effective business structures can create the success they are looking for. If you become reliant on Emendas to operate effectively, we haven’t done what we set out to do.
Seeking prequalification? The Emendas team has experience and expertise in uplifting the capabilities of people and companies to equip them with all they need to tender, especially for council, local government, or all of government contracts. This includes organisations striving to be included under the New Zealand progressive procurement initiative.
Meet the Team
The Emendas leadership team is made up of Emma Jeffery and Ben Morunga-Toi, a dynamic duo who have been labelled the "facts department" and "feelings department" respectively. The mixture of strengths and specialties means that Emendas can offer both depth and breadth of insight and assistance to businesses throughout Aotearoa.
What we stand for
Emendas looks holistically at an organisation to tailor integrated practices combining important people (human resources), process, safety, wellbeing, and diversity considerations. We have been able to develop a ScoreCard Assessment to really allow managers and directors to see under the hood of their operations in plain terms. This provides the information they need to DIY to their hearts’ content, knowing where to turn if they need help.
With co-director Pene (Ben) joining in 2021, we've added the important areas of te ao Māori and psychosocial safety to our kite. We are pioneering compliance with what is most important as the priority: he tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
It is with this integrated approach that we keep our people safe, we retain and grow our talent, and we create and support sustainable, productive, and profitable businesses. We use the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi, te ao Māori, and the values that New Zealanders hold close. Instead of following the world, we show how business is done the Kiwi way while enjoying the journey.
Emendas has provided services across the manufacturing, construction, retail, beauty, and not-for-profit sectors. Our greatest aim is to take these services and make them broadly available for New Zealand organisations; we are currently working with funding and service providers to design a framework to support this. The ultimate goal is to provide this under a not-for-profit or social enterprise structure—because it’s a right, not a privilege, to be safe and happy at work.
We engaged Emendas to facilitate our annual strategic business planning with the SLT. This was held over several sessions and included a review of our vision, setting our strategic objectives and action plans for the coming FY, team analytics and discovery.
Because of Covid, we had to make several changes to our plans. Emma and Ben were accommodating and very professional. They make a great team and are awesome to work with. They were well prepared, took us through the process, asking probing questions and facilitating discussions that encouraged participation and robust discourse. They even went out of their way to ensure session packs were personally delivered when courier services were unreliable. I would love to work with them again.
We recently worked with Emma to complete profiles on all of our team, and found the process very simple and straightforward. The profiles that we received were really in-depth, and provided us with excellent insights and some great strategic direction in terms of alignment of core skills vs company positions, and how to get the best from our teams. We would not hesitate to recommend Emma and the Emendas team.
What an awesome experience for our team. Ben spoke about bi-culturalism, mental health, and identity. He was engaging, keen to know what we needed, and was so easy-going! Months after our kōrero, Ben still gets mentioned for his attitude and encouragement. We can all learn more about our identity and be curious about the identity of others – no matter what our skill level. Ben’s expertise and unique mix of skills make him a practical and compelling consultant for just about any organisation. Tēnā koe, Ben!
We engaged Emendas to facilitate our annual strategic business planning with the SLT. This was held over several sessions and included a review of our vision, setting our strategic objectives and action plans for the coming FY, team analytics and discovery.
Because of Covid, we had to make several changes to our plans. Emma and Ben were accommodating and very professional. They make a great team and are awesome to work with. They were well prepared, took us through the process, asking probing questions and facilitating discussions that encouraged participation and robust discourse. They even went out of their way to ensure session packs were personally delivered when courier services were unreliable. I would love to work with them again.