Connecting people and possibilities to do meaningful work
People
essence
Possibilities
imagination
Meaningful work
gratification
OUR VALUES
Customer Success
- Our products work
- We anticipate customers’ needs
- The customer is the centre of our universe
- Customer success is our success
Integrity
- We build on proven methodologies
- Our research is robust and reliable
- We deliver what we promise
- We own our mistakes
Camaraderie
- We prioritise team objectives over individual success
- All wins are team wins and are celebrated with our colleagues
- We respect each other and value what each can offer
- We have each other’s back
Talent
- We support talented people
- Roles and responsibilities are earned by performance
- Mistakes are an acceptable outcome from pushing new ideas
- We are outcomes orientated
Resilience
- We have persistence to keep going…and going
- Blockers are opportunities to excel
- We have faith in what we do
- The glass is always half full…even when it is nearly empty
The History of Kendo
Kendo is the Japanese art of self-improvement, molding mind and spirit through the art of swordsmanship, practised using bamboo swords. Its purpose was not just the cultivation of oneself, but also to contribute to culture and prosperity of all people. This philosophy was the inspiration for the creation of the Kendo as an agile performance improvement platform. Kendo is a HR SaaS product based on self-direction theory that assists people to improve their performance, and as a result, the organisations’ overall performance. Kendo was started in 2018.
In late 2019 we acquired a core HR platform to work with the our performance management system giving us an end to end market ready solution. Kendo was developed by a team with extensive experience in organisational psychology, software development, HR management and business management.
Meet the leadership team
Jim McKerlie
Director of Management Science
Jim is Kendo’s Director of Management Science and Senior Executive. He is widely known and highly regarded as an entrepreneur, business leader, management consultant and company director. Jim has served as a board director for 10 public companies including ASX 100 corporations, and 8 as chair of which 4 were IPOs. He has chaired several Remuneration Committees and has been a frequent Audit and Risk committee member.
Vanessa Wende
Director of People Sciences
Vanessa is Kendo’s Director of People Science. She is an accomplished human capital specialist passionate about talent and career development. Her expertise spans career and performance coaching, building individual and organisational capability, enhancing team effectiveness and helping organisations drive employee engagement, cultural change and performance.