Leanne Baxter Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Us

New York, New York, Us

Joined SwiftShift as first Executive People hire in 2019.• Designed the people strategy as the business faced the challenges of the Covid pandemic and moved from technology platform to technology platform and direct delivery of home healthcare in 2020.• Oversaw growth from a team of 8 to a team of 100, business continues to grow month on month.• Created the organization compensation strategy to align with the company culture and deliver on our growth and retention priorities• Working across multi states adhering to and advising the business on state and federal healthcare legislation and recruitment practices• Work closely with the CEO and executive team to implement key people analytics and performance management, based on data to reflect company values and culture.• Advising the CEO and executive team on matters of diversity and inclusion and embedding diversity and inclusion across the business and throughout the employee lifecycle• Set up our HR platform including all policies and procedures, the employee engagement program includingphilanthropic partnerships and our comprehensive benefits package to attract and retain talent.• With a focus on employee engagement, set up the SwiftShift Caregivers Committee which is owned by our caregivers to provide oversight on the business as part of the company governance. This forum has provided clear direction on what matters to our people as the business grows.• The Caregiver’s Committee has allowed us to implement our compensation strategy including pay equity and transparency, increase our benefits offer, put in place a successful employee referral scheme, design our performance management and bonus system and set up key philanthropic partnerships that matter to our people• Led the company through a spot state audit where we were commended for the excellent feedback from our employees and our clients which has remains above 95% satisfaction for over 1 year

Specializing in partnerships, employee retention and reward, recruitment and strategy. Clients include an international bank, a New York city based tech start up and multiple real estate companies.

London, Gb

Responsible for Barclays flagship global partnership with UNICEF supporting 90,000 young entrepreneurs across 6 countries. Awards/Media under my tenure• Charity Times: Winner: Best Corporate and NGO partnership, 2015• Business in the Community: Shortlisted: The Unilever Global Development Award, supported by Business Fights Poverty, 2015 • Business Charity Awards: Highly Commended, Best Corporate Charity Partnership, 2015• The programmes have been reported in the Sunday Times, The New York Times, The Guardian CNN, The Huffington Post and a number of local in country TV and newspapers.

London, London, Gb

Joined Catalyst to set up Catalyst Gateway, a social business managing all existing community investment, community regeneration and community facilities across London and the South East. Transitioned existing teams from the various housing companies into the new entity, created the business vision and strategy, recruited bored of directors, implemented performance management tools. Turnover in excess of $3 million in first two years of operations delivering a wide range of projects to local communities, with a focus on jobs, skills, business and crime reduction. The business won multiple awards for innovative community work and partnerships.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Strategic and operational lead for all Sustainability, Regeneration and Customer Engagement activity across Circle Housing group, the UKs largest social housing provider.

London, United Kingdom, Gb

Responsible for designing and delivering the community regeneration program to ensure local residents benefit from the regeneration throughout East London. With a focus on economic and financial inclusion. Worked in partnership with multiple private, public and third sector partners to deliver comprehensive regeneration programmes, including the Olympic Legacy. Awards and Nominations under my tenure:-Housing Corporation Gold Award for building Cohesive Communities 2008 (won)-Constructing Excellence Leadership and Partnership Award 2008 (won)-House of Lords Young Builder of the Year 2008 (won)-Youth Build: Special Award for Commitment to Young People 2008 (won)-HCA Youth Investing in Young People 2008 (Finalist)-NHF What we are Proud Of 2008 (Finalist)-House of Lords Young Builder of the Year 2007 (finalist)

Local Economic Regeneration Company

Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Gb

Ba Hons, Politics

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