HR Consultancy
Strategic and operational HR advice, coaching and change management for SME businesses
Whether setting up effective operating practices, deploying modern performance management approaches, boosting revenue per-head returns, or simply being on the end of the phone for HR advice and support, we bring our extensive director-level expertise to your team to enhance your people strategy: optimising performance, engagement and impact.
From succession planning to performance management and strategic planning, we can help you to find the answers to the questions that keep you awake at night, adding real business value. We are well versed in implementing solutions in rapid high growth start-up and maturing environments, often in short time frames and on restricted budgets. We'll always seek to offer agile solutions that minimise bureaucracy and distraction from your core business, whilst focusing on creating an engaging and scalable culture where your employees want to stay.
Core services
How we work
Our services are aimed at any business from 5 - 750 staff wishing to maximise the effectiveness of their people agenda in a progressive, pragmatic and impactful way. We can take the hassle out of HR so our clients can concentrate on doing what they do best.
We offer one-off, fixed-term and ad-hoc support packages which reflect your needs and resource levels. Whether it be a quick advisory phone call, specific HR project, coaching and mentoring, or full people strategy development and deployment - we can help. Our flexible approach allows you to pay for only the support you need, when you need it.
All our services and solutions are bespoke so you can be sure we work with your business to shape and deploy a people strategy which reflects your culture and commercial objectives. We can provide services onsite or offsite and will agree a SLA with you to ensure you have access to responsive support and services.
Why not give us a call or drop us an email today for a free, no obligation consultation.
HR Consultant and Coach, HR Optimisation
Hannah Powell, MCIPD, M.A., BSc. ACTI., AMInstLM., BPS TUA/TUP.
Hannah has 20+ years' senior HR generalist experience under her belt, including 4 years as an in-house HR Director at a >£250M rev business. Most recently Hannah's known for being a strategic HR partner for multi-sector ambitious and often rapid growth businesses. She specialises in delivering impartial and practical advice and coaching, with indepth knowledge of HR management, employment law, organisational development, L&D and culture change. She's well versed in exploring the issues and challenges ambitious SMEs face, and has a proven track record of delivering effective HR solutions and coaching that bolster the businesses' commercial edge.
Hugely passionate about employee engagement and corporate culture, Hannah has a strong focus on optimising the performance of people; looking at everything from the way clients recruit and retain talent, through to engaging them through their work and development, and building brand advocacy amongst their people. She works with individuals, and organisations cross-sector such as media, high tech, SaaS, utilities, legal and manufacturing. Her interest and passion are in engagement, employee experience, well-being, performance and leadership.
MCIPD qualified with a MA in Personnel & Development, a Bsc. in Psychology and an Advanced Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring; Hannah is a knowledgeable and dependable HR practitioner and coach who injects fun and enthusiasm into HR.
Hannah likes her cappuccinos frothy, her gin with fever-tree, and she loves travelling.
Adam Ross
Mike Morgan
Chris Harrison
Head of Growth
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Anthony Coates-Smith
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