Tauranga Chamber of Commerce has won government support to fund its second High Performance Work Initiative after almost a year of delays and persistent lobbying.
The 2013 programme was originally sponsored by the Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE), but funding was now coming from Callaghan Innovation on behalf of MBIE, said programme manager Derek Roser.
And with the nine-month programme due to start in late March, programme organisers are keen to ensure they recruit the right six companies to take part in the initiative, which aims to deliver improved productivity through a greater focus on employee engagement in a business.
"Our target business will have a minimum of 15 to a maximum of 150 employees and energised leadership committed to growth and business improvement," said Mr Roser.
"We found in the last programme having businesses from different sectors provided a wealth of valuable knowledge exchange and confirmation that, whatever the sector, they faced similar business issues."