Sonal Riley Email & Phone Number

St Albans, GB

London, England, United Kingdom

• An active member of the People Function leadership team with a key remit to establish a cohesive personal development agenda for diverse individuals and teams, embed and bring to life a performance framework, and.
• Working with the CEO and Executive team members on their leadership effectiveness either via 1:1 coaching or through leader assimilation exercises
• Partnering with functional leads to drive team effectiveness
• Thought partner for functional leads on their team's learning and effectiveness to foster a culture of continuous learning and growth
• Upskilling leaders and individuals on how to get the best out of the annual performance cycle incorporating personal & career development conversations
• Development of a learning curriculum to empower professional and personal career development

Gothenburg, Vastra Gotaland County, Sweden

• Member of the Global Talent & Rewards within the Centre of Excellence team. Developed and embedded talent and development related frameworks across countries. Some of my proud achievements were:
• Project led introduction of ‘High performance behaviours’ integrated into key HR processes
• Introduced and embedded a ‘Leadership Framework’ applicable to all people managers
• Effective collaboration with HR Business Partners across countries internationally
• Integrated a simple assessment methodology to support a meaningful development discussion and plan for identified talents
• Co-designed highly engaging talent development programmes with external partners to support succession planning (up to and including Executive -1 roles) resulting in positive feedback year on year

UK

As an associate for Penna (now LHH), I provided 1:1 career coaching for individuals across a diverse range of industries to support them in establishing their goals for securing new roles. The coaching ranged from practical support on developing their CVs through to instilling confidence, navigation and preparation to secure their next role and fulfil.

St Albans, England, United Kingdom

Running my own freelance consultancy where I was fortunate to accumulate diverse industry insight within retail, defence, postal & courier services by providing team and leadership development solutions together with outplacement and career coaching for individuals experiencing a career cross-roads e.g. change of role, maternity return, redundancy.

London Area, United Kingdom

• Primarily partnering commercial teams of which the majority were remotely based, I had direct line management responsibility for a successful team of 4. Key focus areas entailed strategic and operational HR including.
• Developed a multi-level leadership curriculum ensuring consistency in models & concepts
• Developed and facilitated change management workshops for senior commercial leaders
• Created and delivered team effectiveness interventions for a range of leadership teams
• Extensive 1:1 coaching of managers to establish themselves in newly-promoted roles
• Established a credible group of high-quality preferred suppliers e.g. for executive coaching

London, England, United Kingdom

Employing circa 9,000 people in the U.K. at the time of working there, Pizza Hut was a joint venture between PepsiCo and Whitbread Brewery creating a dynamic and progressive culture. I cut my teeth in a variety of HR roles in a thriving and innovative business.