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Harold Hillman
Harold Hillman, Managing Director of Sigmoid, migrated to New Zealand in 2003 to join Fonterra, New Zealand’s largest company, and help lay the foundation for the dairy co-operative to realise its vision to be the global leader in dairy.
Harold served in two roles with Fonterra, initially as Interim Group HR Director on the Fonterra Leadership Team and then in the role for which he was recruited, Director of Talent & Organisational Development. Harold’s contributions established Fonterra as a benchmark in people engagement strategies, evidenced by strong performance on key engagement factors four years in the life cycle of global companies of comparable size.
Harold has advised Fonterra’s Board, ShareholderCouncil, and Executive teams on strategies to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent for the Co-op. Along with Glen Petersen, Harold is a lead assessor on Fonterra’s Assessment and Development Centre, which is focused on enhancing succession for senior tier and ‘next generation’ leaders.
Harold partners with Board Directors and Senior Executives who want to define a proactive and visionary relationship with change and growth. Harold launched Sigmoid in December 2006 and looks forward to having his firm exemplify the basic premise of the ‘S’ curve – “Nothing grows forever under the same set of assumptions that were relevant a few years ago, but may now be obsolete.” Change really is the only constant in all business scenarios.Harold’s career highlights include:
- Chief Aviation Psychologist, Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina
- Assistant Professor and Director, Leadership Programs at the US Air Force Academy, Colorado
- Director, Amoco Management Learning Center, Amoco Corporation, Chicago
- Dean, Amoco Marketing University, Amoco Corporation, Chicago
- Vice President, Executive Development, Prudential Financial, New York
- Corporate Vice President & Chief Learning Officer, Prudential Financial, New York
Harold believes that executives must understand the significance of their role as leaders and the impact strong leadership can have on a company’s performance. He engages with leaders on a ‘journey’ that starts with a heightened sense of self-awareness, understanding what it means to ‘be’ rather than ‘do,’ and having them get to the point where they realise that coming up with the right questions are more important than always needing to have the right answers.
As either a direct report or in an advisory capacity, Harold has worked with a number of prominent chief executives in the U.S. and Australasia, including Larry Fuller of Amoco, Art Ryan of Prudential Financial, Irene Rosenfeld of Kraft Foods and Sanjay Khosla of Kraft Foods International, Andrew Ferrier of Fonterra, Graham Stuart of Sealord, Simon Carter of Transfield Worley, and Ken Rivers of BP and NZ Refining Company.
Harold’s other clients include Bank of New Zealand, Foodstuffs, RD1, Zespri, University of Auckland, University of Melbourne, & Inex. Harold is also frequently invited to deliver keynote speeches and presentations at conferences in the arena of talent and human capital.
Harold earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Harvard University and his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Pittsburgh (USA). Harold is currently publishing his first book, ‘Building a Learning Team: A Guide for Leaders.’