About us
People aren’t “resources.”
They’re the reason organisations succeed. That one belief changes everything about how we work.
Somewhere along the way, work got tangled in red tape. HR became about control, not connection. Culture became a poster on the wall instead of a living, breathing heartbeat. We’re not here to play that game.
At Radical HR, we help leaders and teams flip the script and design workplaces that actually work - for humans, not just the bottom line. Extraordinary teams are never a fluke. They’re intentional. Strategic. Human.
Our work is built around four pillars that shape every piece of mahi (work) we do - from brave conversations to bold culture shifts.
The four pillars
Attract. Align. Lead. Retain.
Attract
Bring the right people in. Forget cookie-cutter recruitment. We help you attract humans who believe in your mission, not just fill a seat. Extraordinary teams start with people who co-create your culture.
Explore Attract →Align
Get everyone moving in the same direction. Vision only matters if people can feel it. We cut through noise and corporate fluff to align your people around shared purpose, clear strategy, and values that actually mean something.
Explore Align →Lead
Build leaders who multiply impact. Real leadership means building others strong enough to carry the weight with you - not carrying it alone. We grow leaders who empower, not control - the kind who lift everyone around them.
Explore Lead →Retain
Keep your best humans thriving. Beanbags and ping-pong tables don’t keep great people - belonging, strengths and trust do. We help you create the kind of environment where people want to stay, and do the best work of their lives.
Explore Retain →The four pillars work together - attract the right people, align them with purpose, grow leadership that multiplies impact, and keep your best people through belonging. We’re here to build teams people actually want to be part of. Because extraordinary teams aren’t born. They’re designed… radically.
The human behind Humans First
Lisa Shaw
Founder, fractional exec, and a recovering accountant who traded spreadsheets for systems that scale impact. Commercial acuity plus deep people insight - moving between detail and strategy without missing a beat.
Lisa has run businesses, sat on boards, and once told a CEO she wasn’t needed anymore. The hard calls, made with heart. She’s the person you want in your corner - and the first conversation is exactly that, a conversation.
My why
To empower individuals, organisations and communities so they grow, thrive and flourish.
“I learned most of what I know the hard way. Figured it out as I went. Made mistakes I never needed to make - because nobody took the time to teach me, and the people who could have held their knowledge tight. I wanted to change that.”
Nobody took the time to teach me, so I teach. That’s the thread through everything Radical HR does. Capable people shouldn’t have to feel like the only one who doesn’t know. The knowledge gets shared, not guarded - so your leaders and your people get to be brilliant sooner.
- Lisa
She truly understands people - how to make them comfortable, and how to dig in to understand their hidden potential.
Beyond the consultancy
Also built here.
Radical HR is the home. MPower lives inside it, and Waypoint and Umpire Room stand beside it. The same Humans First thread runs through all of them.
MPower
Knowledge. Power. Yours.
Part of Radical HR. Subscription communities putting practical capability where people already are, in plain language - from the business side of farming to education leaders.
mpowerhq.nz →
Umpire Room
Built for netball umpiring. Ready for any code.
Software for the people who run officials - roster, grow and keep your umpires in one place. Netball first, and built so any code that runs referees or umpires can use it.
umpireroom.nz →