For me having a ‘whole life balance’ is absolutely paramount. In my free time I love spending quality time with friends and family especially my grandkids and my beautiful Goldendoodle Alfie who also serves as my personal trainer and wellbeing manager.
Getting outdoors on a regular basis is essential for me and daily walks with Alfie during the working week gives me an hour a day to just be – let my mind go where it wants and gain clarity in whatever I am doing. Essentially it also gives me the wellbeing of regular exercise and fresh air.
Weekends are usually all about family and/or indulging in my other favourite pastime of weddings – I am a ceremony officer and registrar and do this formally on a casual basis. It’s all about the people!
Professionally, I am absolutely passionate about people and business and getting the recipe right so that the people policies and way of working really make a difference to the business – essentially the business is ‘the people’ as they are passionate about it!
I am very open, honest, to the point and diplomatic when needed. I refuse to use corporate jargon, I won’t tell you what you want to hear necessarily but I will tell you what you need to hear.
I partner with small business owners, SME MD’s and your management teams, a genuine independent sparring partner and trusted associate. I will add value to your business by bringing my people skills to the table.
I have almost 30 years of HR knowledge and experience ensuring that my skill and expertise is well honed and expansive.
I believe every business and its people are unique; therefore my contribution to your People Strategy will be carefully and specifically tailored to your unique business.
I don’t just want to solve a problem for you, I want to really understand your business, find the root cause of any problem and work with you to develop a healthy people centered business that has passion and vibe.
I want your management teams and employees to ‘love’ doing what they do, to really explore their talents and what they enjoy doing most, working towards individuals being autonomous in their role, trusted for their skill and experience and knowing how to do it well.
I am very open, honest, to the point and diplomatic when needed. I refuse to use corporate jargon, I won’t tell you what you want to hear necessarily but I will tell you what you need to hear.
If you genuinely want to build a successful business, your people strategy has to be right and I can really help you with this, this is my passion and real area of expertise. I can help you with your people development, talent management and succession planning, ensuring that you have the right people with the right skills in the right place at the right time. I specialise in management development ensuring your line management have the skills and competence to get the very best out of your people by valuing and empowering them.
