I’m a Chartered MCIPD HR professional with over a decade of experience helping organisations implement practical people solutions. My approach is pragmatic and evidence-led: understand the problem, focus on what will make a difference, and work alongside you to deliver and embed the solution.
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Research into thousands of employers across multiple industries has shown that culture impacts staff turnover, productivity and business performance. Big companies know this and spend a lot of money trying to harness culture to drive success, but you don't need an engagement team, people analysts or a large HR function to benefit from their findings. I bring the evidence, tools and expertise within reach of growing businesses.
Uncovering the answers to practical questions - Why are good people leaving? What's getting in the way of better performance? Are your managers getting the best from their teams? What do your employees really think about working here? I can then give you practical solutions and work with you to implement them.
The aim isn't engagement scores and executive reports, it's finding the things that will actually make a difference — and fixing them.
The biggest shift in employment law in a generation is landing in stages. I will keep your business up to date with what's changing, when, and what you need to do to stay on the right side of the rules.
Support includes auditing for compliance, providing policy and contract updates, implementation planning, review and reinforcement of the changes.
The aim isn't just compliance on paper — it's changing how people work and behave, and making those changes stick
Workplace problems can become expensive and disruptive when they're allowed to drift. I can help you get to the root of what's happening, find the best way to resolve it, and work alongside you to see it through.
Support includes mediation and conflict resolution, absence and capability management, disciplinaries, grievances, appeals, and discrimination or equality-related concerns.
The aim isn't to just get you through a process — it's to resolve the underlying issue and reduce the likelihood of it happening again.
Change is inevitable. Managed well it can bring better ways of working, but poorly managed change can damage trust, morale and productivity. I will help you plan and manage the people side of change, drawing on established change management approaches, adapting them to your business to minimise disruption, and guiding your teams through implementation.
Support may include restructures or redundancy including communication planning and consultation, changes to roles and ways of working including AI adoption, or changes to leadership, strategy & direction.
The aim isn't simply to implement the change — it's to build motivation, knowledge and capability, that enables a smooth transition and change that lasts.
Your workforce needs to be shaped around where your organisation is going, not just where it is today. I can help you understand the roles and skills you'll need, design structures that support them, and make sure your approach to pay and reward is fair, sustainable and defensible.
Support can include workforce planning, job design & evaluation, pay benchmarking, equal pay audits and analysis, and reviewing how roles and skills need to evolve as technology and AI change the way work gets done.
The aim is to make deliberate decisions about the workforce you're building, equipping your business with the people and skills it needs to reach where you want it to go.