I am an HR Director working for People Puzzles; a portfolio HR Director business. Our purpose is to help business owners achieve their goals by getting the right people on the bus and functioning as a high performing team. I strongly believe that if you can get the best out of your team you will be more profitable and successful as a result.As a People Puzzles portfolio HR Director I oversee all people-based activity within your organisation: strategic and tactical, to enable your business to deliver its vision and business plan.Most mid-tier businesses don't want, don't need or can't afford a full time HR Director.Motivating and managing people often slides down the priority list. However, no business can get ahead without effective, motivated and well trained staff. I work flexibly as part of your team to find straightforward solutions to your people puzzles, for a fraction of the cost of a full-timer.-We work with over 100 SME's on a recurring basis, usually weekly, providing them with strategic and commercial HR Directors-We have restructured more than 20 SME's in the last 2 years, usually saving each one more than £100,000 per year- This year we have provided in-house recruitment for our clients, saving them between £1,500- £8,000 per hire- in 2017 more than 60% of business came from referrals - We take only one in one hundred applicants to join our team, having rigorously screened them for their expertise, drive and energyI really enjoy building practical solutions to challenges, helping build high performing teams to enable ambitious companies to grow through their people.

I enjoy working with organisations and senior leaders to support them to achieve their goals.As an Organisation Development Specialist; Change & High Performance Working Coach I combine my business knowledge and coaching skills to build strategies to maximise individual and organisational performance and employee engagement.I have the skills and experience to provide latest thinking on Leadership, Organisation Change, Organisation Design, Employer Brand and High Performance Working. I build and deliver talent strategies and development programmes including, Management Development, Leadership Development, and High Performing Team Development.I am a Registered Investors in People Practitioner. During my career I have worked for well established organisations. Many of my roles have been focussed on new, concept, parts of the business; moving from Emerging to Established. This first hand experience enables me to understand the challenges organisations face when building sustainable organisation performance.I strive for simplicity and sustainability... but at the heart of this is my focus on the impact of change on organisation culture.I am a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD.A Chartered Fellow leads the development of strategic HR plans that drive sustained business performance.Skills and knowledge focus:-Combining strategic business and professional knowledge and experience. Drawing business insights from understanding functional and business realities and stakeholder needs.Relationship with clients:-Partners with and shapes the thinking of senior business leaders.Impacts and measures:-Impacts with functions across the organisation and externally. Is measured against strategic business objectives.I am also a member of the ICF which is the leading global coaching organisation, dedicated to advancing the coaching profession by setting high professional standards, providing independent certification, and building a network of credentialed coaches.

Leading the work to develop the ASDA 5-year HR StrategyWorking with US and Canadian Wal-Mart teams: sharing UK development and creating joint ways of working.Developing 3 year Organisation Development journey.Developing the People Values

Worked across 5 markets with each countries Leadership Team (CEO/HRD) to develop change plans that maximised skill and scale and created one People PlanDeveloping Director Talent. Including Developing Leadership skills by Introducing a new Development Framework, delivering Confidence and Resilience & High Performing Teams programmes.

Leading the Format People strategy, I developed and delivered the Format People Business Plans.This covered all key areas- Talent Management, Leadership Development, Reward & Recognition, Engagement and Learning and Development.This included integrating the acquired One-Stop stores into the Express format.Member of the Operating BoardManaged Regional and Head Office Budget for the formatDelivered large scale- across all operational Formats/ Supply/ Distribution- restructure programme

Opened 20+ New Express stores.Leading each Store Management teams to deliver for the Customer against the Business Steering WheelDeveloping Leadership skills of the Management Teams

Leading the Superstores agenda for Change. Introducing Step Change projects across 12 Director Regions.