Freelance Consultant Knutsford, Cheshire, UK
Core skills: Global Talent Management, design and delivery of Coaching & Development programmes inc. 360 feedback, HR Consultancy, Executive Recruitment & Assessment, HR mentoring & development
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CV
Since 2000 - An experienced, proactive, and mobile HR/OD Consultant with 20 years knowledge and expertise gained in a variety of international organisations within banking, finance, IT, logistics, manufacturing and retail. Having worked abroad and travelled extensively, has a demonstrable global working practice of HR/OD, individual & team coaching, expatriate & cultural integration, team development, 360 degree feedback, design of assessment and development processes inc. competency frameworks, Performance management systems design and implementation.
Prior to 2000, 14 years progressive HR and Learning & Development employment experience gained across a variety of blue-chip organisations to Head of HR role.
Employment History
(May 2003 & ongoing)
Consultant
UK-wideOrganisational change consultancy – delivery and support of restructuring programmes including individual consultation; meeting impacted staff; ensuring future state departments in place; survivor strategies and general outplacement support including search role.
General psychometric consultancy, 360 degree feedback;. Assessment centre design and delivery, psychometric feedback to assessment panels for variety of senior roles.
Design and delivery of coaching programmes & training delivery.
(Aug 2002 & ongoing)
Assessor/Coach
UK-wideAssociate assessor for major international financial institution, supporting assessment of IFA’s and Private Banking staff. Ensuring recruitment meets customer compliance regulations for the Banking Industry.
Delivered coaching programmes to Training team and provided 1-1 personal development coaching within insurance part of the business.
(May 2002 & ongoing)
Coach & Mentor
WeymouthDesign and development of modules for coaching programme for major corporate coaching provider as part of Post Graduate Diploma, awarded by Oxford Brookes University. Subsequent mentoring and training of trainee Coaches.
(Nov 2000 & ongoing)
HR Consultant
UK-wideHR policy development ensuring development of best practice processes across a wide range of areas.
Organisational change consultancy – delivery and support of restructuring programmes.
Teambuilding/visioning for many teams from Team Leader level to European Directors, in order to understand differences in leadership style across cultures/differences in perception; to help with merger & outsourcing situations.
Emotional Intelligence development via 360 degree feedback; coaching and workshop development
Career Management/Exit management/Outplacement support.
HR Broker - supporting organisations in a search & selection capacity.
Design of competency frameworks for 4 organisations to help with recruitment & selection; development & international secondment schemes.
(Sep 2005 to Feb 2008)
OD / HRConsultant
EuropeImplementation and cascade of a Business Leader Model across Europe - partnering HR and OE (Organisational Effectiveness) teams under direction of the European HR Vice-President. Redesigned HR processes and lead/supported change initiatives. Reviewed Talent Management Programme and redesigned development centres/competency framework/coaching programmes. Designed and facilitated team away-days for several departments -100+employees per event.
Design of dual career management guidelines to assist a multinational company in reviewing its talent pipeline and included in an updated global talent management policy.
Design and development of a two day development centre for multinational employees across 3 divisions (Supply Chain/Marketing/Sales) . Materials designed with variety of languages in mind including Nordics, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch. Psychometrics offered in a variety of languages and materials translated across languages. Ongoing feedback and coaching. Support of ongoing development.
Organisational change - supporting merging teams and restructuring. Desigining processes and workshops to support individuals and teams.
Serveral cultural integration coaching projects including:
Coaching - Settling in and expectations management of an American Financial Business Partner working in Dublin. Coaching provided around EQ, cultural fit, expectations management, communication and conflict management.
Coaching - One-to-one coaching following 360 degree feedback of a Canadian working towards the end of his secondment with a view to providing a development plan for his return to the USA.
Coaching, support/guidance of South African employee promoted into a specialist role in the UK. The subsequent design of coaching and teambuilding programmes to address issues on an individual and team basis. Utilisation of the MBTI as a diagnostic tool for wider team and designed team purpose/ground rules for working.
(Retained on an 8 days per month basis for 2.5 years)
(May 2003 to Oct 2006)
PM Specialist, Trainer
UK-wideSupported organisational change for teams at major logistics company, including redesign of Performance Management process and delivery of workshops for all employees.
Design & delivery of management development programme for First-line Managers with ongoing support/ self-managed workbook development
Professional Qualifications
American Association of NLP Practitioner & American Association of Time-Line Therapy (via 6 months course attendance - accredited NLP Practitioner training (Certified Practitioner) & Time Line Therapy Training (Certified Practitioner)
Association of Career Management Professionals
Institute of Career Guidance
Master Coach with Noble Manhattan – leading UK coaching company via 2 year coaching programme attendance (1999 - 2001)
Founder Member - UK College of Life Coaching
Accredited to the European Coaching Institute
Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development
EQI- Emotional Quotient Inventory -Bar-On EQ self-report
ECI - Emotional Competency Inventory - HAY Group 360 degree feedback tool for leadership effectiveness
British Psychological Society Level B accreditation.
o Myers Briggs Type Indicator - Oxford Psychological Press Ltd.
o Saville & Holdsworth Level A & B.
o Trained in the use of 16PF & the Gordon Measures - ASE
o WAVE tools accreditation - Saville Consulting
Education
(Oct 1989 to Oct 1991)
University College of Salford
CIPD qualification
(Sep 1986 to Sep 1988)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Sponsored HND Mixed Mode Business Studies as part of management training scheme
(Sep 1984 to Jun 1986)
Winstanley College
4 A levels
French, Economics, History & General Studies
(Sep 1979 to Jun 1984)
Haydock High School
9 O levels- grades A-C
Categories & Skills
HR/Training & Development
Categories
Skills
- Change Management (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Culture Assessment (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Culture Change (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- HR Operations (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- HR Process Design (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Interim Management (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Knowledge Management (Corporate/HR Strategy)
- Leadership (Corporate/HR Strategy)

