Cheralyn Sorrell

Background

About Cheralyn Sorrell

I have held a variety of roles across several industries including Business and IT Lecturer/ Trainer in tertiary and secondary education, Regional Manager for the GET Group, Lead APL assessor for UCOL, and a Business Development Manager and Business Coach. I have recently commenced the Masters In Applied Management, successfully completing Human Resource Management, Managerial Practice and Business Communication courses to date. Before starting a career in teaching, I gained 10 years of industry experience within the Electricity Supply Sector, including roles in Credit Control and Administration before taking a Management role within the Metering Data Services sector of the business – a challenging and exciting role, as there were no manuals or existing procedures - this was a new era in the electricity sector and not long after privatisation. It was during this role that I found a deep passion for coaching, mentoring, and teaching and undertook the challenge of becoming a Business and IT teacher in Secondary and Tertiary education. Since then, I have made it my made a career ambition to get involved in as many projects and roles as possible. I have worked with several business sectors as a contractor and have spent time as a Business Mentor with Business Mentor NZ. My drivers and motivations are helping people achieve their dreams, plans, and Ideas – I live by the motto ‘short term pain, long term gain’, which means that I know that everything needs a bit of hard work up front, but the pay off later is well worth it. I believe that work-life should be a fun experience, so expect to smile while working with me! My other passions are spreadsheets (yes I know bit strange) improving cash flow, improving employment relations, effective management and problem-solving, managing change, plus other business and training priorities.