Marnie McCullough
Marnie McCullough is the General Manager of People Grow Business. Her North Queensland based business works intensively with small to medium enterprises that incorporate a mandate of "people excellence" in their operations. People Grow Business provides a complete, dedicated service and state-of-the-art tools which help businesses to streamline people management processes, greatly facilitating staff attraction, management and retention, whilst saving your business valuable time and money. Your people solutions might be outsourced HR help, comprehensive business benchmarking or practical tools for management-on-the-fly. Instant automated forms, database power, HR guides, reminders and reports – are all available in one simple, affordable system. Top-notch team building and executive coaching cut your costs, resulting in measurably improved business productivity and profitability.
Prior to establishing People Grow Business, Marnie worked for the Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries where she focused on rural businesses development and rangeland sustainability. Fifteen years later, her marks are documented with numerous publications, including the book “Healthy Rangelands: Principles for Sustainable Systems.” The implementation of the programs she designed overcame significant social entrepreneurial challenges in industries where literacy, social and communication skills were sometimes poor. This further demonstrates her expertise in dealing with a variety of challenging situations where only limited standardization existed. She spearheaded various project portfolios, including production system enhancement studies, natural resource management, rural leadership and business performance. Armed with a plethora of successful track records in all areas of business planning for people in a variety of industries, has earned Marnie numerous, prestigious public Awards and Recognitions.
As General Manager of People Grow Business, Marnie brings a high level of professionalism in facilitation, workshop design, project management and evaluation methods with the emphasis squarely on people. With a lifetime of personal involvement in her own family business, and having worked directly with hundreds of regional family businesses, Marnie also understands the daily challenges faced by families in business. Her professional background in research, business planning, benchmarking and practical implementation of on-the-ground solutions, comprise Marnie’s vast business portfolio, bringing to you a wealth of experience and solutions.
Her special interest is supporting people to achieve their potential. Marnie’s personal dedication to learning and fresh, contemporary thinking, has motivated her to acquire additional expertise and qualifications in the fields of communication and business performance. Marnie holds an Honours degree in Rural Science, is an active member of Business Networking International (BNI), HR Coach Research Institute Productivity Committee and AHRI.
An accomplished yachtswoman, amateur ornithologist and enthusiastic dancer, Marnie is also regionally recognised as a dynamic and captivating speaker, providing down to earth approaches for people in businesses. Backed by Australia’s largest HR Coaching Network, HR Coach and the HR Coach Research Institute, Marnie’s work with businesses is founded on solid expertise and grounded with an earthy dose of reality.