Case Study: Aarque Group achieves performance alignment and improved communication with Ascender's my RQ platform

Boosting Organisational Alignment and Engagement Scores

Aarque Group, New Zealand’s leading digital print solutions provider with over 60 years’ history, was struggling with paper-based, ad hoc performance reviews, limited communication across departments and islands, and poor alignment of daily activities to company objectives. To address these challenges they launched "my RQ," a tailored people-management platform from Ascender that includes the Ascender Performance and Strategic Alignment solution and the Performance Management module.

Ascender implemented the cloud-based Performance Management system (with VQTQ objective-writing training), replacing manual reviews with a platform that communicates company strategies, enables staff objectives tied to business goals, and supports regular one‑on‑ones and reviews. Ascender’s solution delivered clearer strategic visibility, stronger manager buy-in, improved employee engagement and alignment to company objectives, and reduced the risk of losing valued team members.

Aarque Group

Jason Bult

Chief Executive Officer