Launceston, Tasmania. Working Australia wide.
Groundwork People Solutions is an independent HR consultancy and advisory practice. Senior advisory, workforce strategy and leadership capability support for organisations that put their people first and want their people practices to match that care.
To serve.
Two values shape this practice.
Service means the work is measured by what it leaves behind, not what it looks like on a slide.
Connection means the answer usually sits inside a relationship with a leader, a team, or a community, not inside a template.
The name Groundwork is deliberate. Good people practice is quiet, structural and done before anyone notices it was needed.
Practical, legally grounded advice on complex employee matters, award and enterprise agreement interpretation, investigations, performance and conduct, and industrial relations engagement. Advice that holds up under scrutiny and treats people with dignity.
Workforce planning, restructures, operating model refinement and cultural alignment. Structured programmes that keep service delivery steady while your organisation changes shape.
Human Resource Management Information Systems (HRIS) and Learning Management System (LMS) optimisation, data governance and the shift from manual process to scalable digital workflow. Systems that support good decisions rather than replace them.
Inclusive design of policies, procedures, and risk and compliance obligations built into structured, operational frameworks. Governance that protects your organisation and your people.
Workforce planning that shapes roles around future demands, identifies the capabilities required, and brings the right people in at the right time. From targeted recruitment support to succession thinking that builds the team you need next.
Practical DEI strategy, WGEA reporting and inclusive workforce design that turns good intent into everyday practice. We embed equity into recruitment, people processes and leadership behaviour so teams reflect the communities they serve and people feel they belong.
Coaching for managers and executives through difficult conversations, culture and engagement work, and board level governance advice. Confidence built quietly, one leader at a time.
Senior People and Culture leadership for organisations that need the expertise without the full time appointment. Ongoing partnership, on the days you need it.
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who spends himself in a worthy cause.
One
Understand the ground
Time with your leaders, your obligations and your culture as it actually is, not as the policy manual describes it.
Two
Name the real issue
Clear analysis of risk, capability and process, delivered plainly, so you understand where you stand and what comes next.
Three
Build capability, not reliance
Frameworks your team can run without me, and leaders who feel steadier the next time something difficult arrives.
Eric Gooi is a senior People and Culture leader with more than fourteen years of experience across community services, disability, civil construction, manufacturing and electrical services, with a strong focus on SMEs.
Legally qualified with a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Employment Relations, Eric partners at executive and board level on integrated HR, governance, employee relations and people strategy. He has worked inside the pressure points that test an organisation most, including statewide multi site operations, NDIS regulated environments and organisational restructures, and believes good governance protects people, not just process.
That same care shapes how he works with data and systems: turning workforce analytics into insight leaders can act on, and guiding the shift from manual process to governed digital systems, so decisions about people are made with clarity rather than assumption.
Alongside client work, Eric serves as Vice Chair and Secretary of Thrive Group Tasmania, a Director of Rosie's Reading, a Board Member of Launceston Community Legal Centre and a mentor with the Australian Human Resources Institute.
Memberships and credentials
Groundwork People Solutions is built to be part of the foundations from the start: the policies, the systems, the leaders, the culture. This is how the organisations we work with become resilient before they are tested, not just after.
No obligation and no cost for the first discussion. Tell me what you are facing and I will tell you honestly whether I am the right person to help.