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Cushla Pierce

Senior Consultant, Workplace Services

Auckland / Online

Creating the conditions for people and organisations to do their best work.

Experience & Services

‍Cushla works alongside workplaces to support their people to thrive - helping leaders and teams to build clarity, capability and more sustainable ways of working. Her approach is grounded in a strong belief in people’s potential, and in the role that thoughtful, well-designed organisations can play in enabling individuals to grow and do meaningful work.

She brings more than 20 years’ experience working in people and change, with roles spanning human resources, management consulting, and programme leadership. Cushla has worked with both not-for-profit and commercial employers, and has particular interest in supporting purpose-driven organisations to strengthen their people, culture and impact. 

At Framework Psychology, Cushla supports clients across leadership, organisational development, human resources, culture and performance, and workplace wellbeing. She works closely with managers and teams, helping translate good intentions into practical, workable approaches that fit the realities of day-to-day work. Her style is thoughtful, down-to-earth, collaborative and engaging, She focuses on what works to navigate change in a practical and human way - clarifying roles and structures, supporting leaders and teams, or building approaches to performance, development and wellbeing. She draws on deep experience in change management, job design and evaluation, and people systems.

Cushla holds a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in Psychology, a Graduate Diploma in Applied Psychology, a Graduate Diploma in Arts (Social Policy), and a Bachelor of Arts.


Expertise/Professional Interests

  • Culture, performance and workforce capability

  • Job design, job evaluation and role clarity

  • HR frameworks and operations

  • Psychosocial safety and workplace wellbeing

  • Non-profit, social enterprise and purpose-driven organisations

  • Organisational change

  • Supporting individuals and teams through transition

  • Coaching and mentoring

  • Workplace stress, burnout, and coping

Get in touch

You’re welcome to contact Cushla and the workplace services team by: