Webinars

Michelle Ruddenklau, Product Lead Organisational Performance

15+ years’ experience of working within the tertiary education sector, strategic implementation and education management. Michelle offers a unique breadth of experience having developed high-level strategy, to designing and developing workforce and education development solutions. Michelle is an experienced practitioner in developing multi-modal education models, qualifications, industry training, programme design, development and delivery. She has a deep knowledge of quality assurance and evaluation processes to strengthen the outcomes of education systems.  

Michelle’s background includes working closely with tertiary training providers from universities, polytechnics, industry training organisations, and private training establishments, designing and improving organisational performance and education solutions. These have delivered tangible, practical results for organisations across multiple industries, including the health, education, and primary industries sectors.  

Michelle’s recent work has included several research projects, including a case study evaluation of a disruptive educational model for workforce development for an iwi development group. An experienced educator and practitioner, examples include co-designing/delivering a multi-level leadership series for a New Zealand university, a train-the-trainer program for clients in Hong Kong, and quality assurance training for educational leaders in the Pacific. 

Michelle codesigned and heads our global Skills Development Centre and it's access to globally recognised expert consultants and coaches. This centre provides capability, diagnostics and talent development services for Skills Group’s clients across the United States, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. 

Find out more about Michelle Ruddenklau here.

Josh Williams, Principal Consultant

Josh has had the uncanny knack of being at the leading edge of critical developments in the New Zealand education system over the last 20+ years. He brings fresh thinking and real solutions to school-to-work transitions, curriculum, qualifications, assessment and quality assurance issues (both organisational and educational).

He is the former Chief Executive of the Industry Training Federation. Josh was also a senior policy manager in the New Zealand Ministry of Education, where he led policy for foundational and vocational education, including workplace training and apprenticeships. While in the Ministry, he was programme manager for secondary school transition initiatives, like Youth Guarantee, Trades Academies and Gateway.

Josh was one of the architects of New Zealand’s system of Vocational Pathways, an organising framework for transitional and vocational education, both in schools and the VET sector. He also led a successful industry-government partnership to design and define six Vocational Pathways.

As a Principal Consultant for Skills Group, Josh has a keen desire to work with organisations globally to improve vocational outcomes.

Find out more about Josh Williams here.