Hi, I’m Hazel. I run an employee experience consultancy called Alongside You. I believe everyone should enjoy what they do, have the opportunity to perform to their best every day, reach their potential and have an improved sense of wellbeing at work. This inspires me to truly partner with your senior leaders, line managers, HR teams and employees to understand every contributing factor to making their employee experience a positive one.By designing a bespoke employee experience you will be able to benefit from higher performance outcomes, such as increasing productivity, lowering absence, or improving retention. I have experience in specialist employee engagement and generalist HR business partnering roles in both the private and public sector, with most of my time spent working for large companies in the retail and manufacturing industries. This enables me to help SMEs design their people practices in a bespoke way to create a culture that’s right for them and their employees. If you would like to learn more about Alongside you please get in touch at hello@alongside-you.co.ukTake a look at what we do www.alongside-you.co.uk

• Created engagement strategy with annual plan to support changing needs of employee experience in connection with talent lifecycle• Designed and delivered engagement surveys in complex multi-site business (21,000 people across retail, head office, distribution centres and wilko asia)• Led interpreting data, insights and feedback to analyse and identify themes and trends to shape action planning at local and company level• Designed and developed performance management tools across the business to improve team member experience, embed leadership behaviours and upskill leaders to drive high performance-engagement relationship

Engage for Success is a movement committed to the idea that there is a better way to work, a better way to enable personal growth, organisational growth and ultimately growth for Britain by releasing more of the capability and potential of people at work.We want to grow awareness about the power and potential of employee engagement. We want to provoke people to think and to learn more about it. And above all we want individuals and organisations to take action, secure in the proof that it works and passionate about its importance.

•Implemented Leadership Development Plan (Performance Management, Coaching, Career Development) to embed change of Nestle Continuous Excellence within the leading TPM Factory in the UK.•Designed and delivered workshops: Performance Evaluation, Coaching in Action, Team Building (High Performing Teams), Individual Development Planning. Translating corporate initiatives ensuring relevance for Factory Environment roll-out.•Coached behavioural- based development, bringing to life behavioural indicators for employees to understand smart development objectives, balancing formal training (10%), Support/Coaching (20%) and on-the-job experience (70%).•Managed all Employee Relations Issues – Full generalist role in all disciplinary and grievance cases - Improved Investigation Processes, Built robustness of Capability Management.•Key HR Role in DMAIC (Greenbelt) Project for improving Absence Management and reducing absence figures to below target of 3% in 2012.•HR Lead & Facilitator of Steering Group for shop floor performance management - introduced formal calibration process.

ER Business Partnering Role (working with Trade Union to reach collaborative solutions), advising on all terms and conditions of employment, implementing policies and procedures to manage absence, increase awareness and improve understanding of impacts on the production line.

•Accountable for all HR Business Partner responsibilities –plus Leading Learning and Development Forum and People Development Committee•Researched, designed and Implemented Career Development Strategy (Employee Centred Development) to re-prioritise People Development Effectiveness across Ford of Europe (as well as structure and Process changes at local level) leveraging HR Specialist Team to meet business needs.•Acted as HR Thinking Partner to create and deliver ONE Ford Behaviours Programme to Senior Management to translate Company values into meaningful local practices for customer groups (& shared with HR US counterparts to replicate in Ford North America).•Lead HR Analyst responsible for managing Performance Management Targets across all areas of Product Development.

•Advised (and delivered training) on all aspects of Disciplinary & Grievance Procedure, Bullying and Harassment Policy and Practice, Investigation Processes and Preparation of Management Case Reports.•Working closely with Occupational Health, provided advice and led formal meetings on short and long term sickness absence management including redeployment, ill health retirement and capability dismissal.

•Responsible for implementing recruitment strategy across HQ Teams. Designed selection processes aligned to business needs. •Accountable for recruitment advertising and employer branding •Completed competency based interviews, facilitated assessment centres and conducted exit interviews•Implemented age legislation, incorporating requirements into hiring tools, job descriptions, application forms and website capabilities. •Careers Website Manager of online recruiting tool. Delivered launch of Sales Associate Hiring online & Candidate Management Systems• Provided HR advice to 50+ employees•Facilitation of Organisational Design Meetings •Built effective relationships with Business Partners, to deliver HR Transformation Strategy.•Introduced collective consultation forums to HQ workforce •Implemented Succession Planning Programme. •Relationship Manager for HR Shared Services Centre, coached HR Admin Team•

Provided temporary and permanent recruitment solutions to Schools in Nottingham through business development initiatives. • Achieved highest Permanent Recruitment fees in the region for academic year 2004/5. • More than doubled personal fee target with a ROI of 25k for the company.May 2004 • Achieved Foundation Award in Recruitment Practice. (An approved associate of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation authorised to use the designation AREC).