Meet the people who will be helping your business at Evolve and Grow Coaching

BACKGROUND

I have more than 15 years experience working in Human Resources as a business partner to operations helping drive the commercial agenda forward.  This experience has been developed mainly within the retail and hospitality sectors.

My most recent role was leading the HR agenda, working as a senior business partner up to executive level within the KFC and Pizza Hut Brand of Yum Restaurants International.   Previously I had worked at Regional Level within Iceland Foods Ltd.  Most of my career was spent covering all aspects of strategic HR – however, I also have a specialism in recruitment.

WHAT I DO NOW

My specialisms are:

• 1:1, group coaching and mentoring support
• Writing and running training workshops
• Personal & Team Development – helping improve personal and team performance
• Assisting development of strategy to deliver business growth
• Helping source and recruit top talent and right fit for businesses
• Helping retain and develop talent with bespoke training and coaching programmes
• Small Business Marketing and Business Development
• Assisting in career change, interview techniques and preparation

WHO I WORK WITH

I specialise in customer facing small businesses and individuals who are committed to making their business and/or themselves a success.

BACKGROUND

My background has seen me working across several different sectors, film, adventure travel, coffee and welfare to work. I have worked mainly at an operational level but also in a support capacity. I was an Expedition Leader and progressed to a Senior Operations Manager at Exodus Travels and an Area Manager for a number of years with Starbucks Coffee Company and A4e (Action for Employment). This experience enabled me to move into a support function as Transformation Director at A4e.

WHAT I DO NOW

I am a licensee of Evolve and Grow Ltd and use the SCORE system developed by the Company to enable small to medium sized businesses grow and develop. I am based in the North East of England and support businesses in and around the North East and Yorkshire.

WHO I WORK WITH

I work with small and medium sized enterprises, who are keen to grow their business to be more effective and profitable. As I have a wide experience of working with different sectors I can help select different ways of working to suit differing business needs. I specialise in the service industry.

BACKGROUND

My background is in working at a senior level within both Operations and HR. I was an Area Manager for a number of years at Starbucks Coffee Company, specialising in operations to support the growth of the business from 80 to 500 stores in a short time frame. I then joined the learning and development team and focused on the development of managers moving from a single site role to a multi site role. In addition I developed an induction programme for all management levels across the field and Head Office.

WHAT I DO NOW

I specialise in helping small to medium sized businesses:

• Manage Performance
• Develop their coaching skills
• Give them the skills to deal with challenging conversations
• Share effective communication techniques
• Implement effective appraisal and PDP processes

WHO I WORK WITH

I specialise in working with businesses SME’s who are committed to developing their teams and see this as an integral part of a successful business.

BACKGROUND

I have over 16 years experience in the Learning and development, talent and HR sector in corporate and SME businesses. Prior to consulting, more recent former positions held include EMEA Senior Learning Manager, for all retail brands for Starbucks Coffee Company and HR director for franchise 23.5 Degrees.

WHAT I DO NOW

I specialise in the design and delivery of bespoke learning programmes. My work is influenced by my early career in the entertainments industry, creating programmes that are activity and discussion led, and a unique experience for each delegate. With a blend of coaching and skilled facilitation workshops are designed to be fun as well as challenging!

Most of my work incorporates diagnostics, asessment, design and delivery, coaching, and talent management.

Professional qualifications include: Strengthscope Practitioner (2016); Coaching Higher Level certificate (Full Potential group 2007); DISC Accreditd Practitioner (Thomas Intl 2015).

WHO I WORK WITH

I work with clients from a number of different corporate brands in the retail and hospitality sector (Mitchells & Butlers; Channel 4; Kings College Union) and for clients in the financial, automotive and care industry.

BACKGROUND

I have worked for over 20 years in HR covering roles across various sectors from oil and gas, nuclear, finance to investment banking.
My last role was assisting an SME set up a Recruitment function and helped them grow their workforce from 10 to circa 200 employees strong and assisted in developing processes, policies and procedures for their HR function, before setting up my own HR Consulting practice focused on small and medium sized businesses.

WHAT I DO NOW

I specialise in helping small and medium sized business to:

• Develop and implement effective processes, policies and procedures
• Attract and source talent
• Implement succession planning strategies to retain, grow and develop in-house talent
• Facilitate workshops to determine their vision, mission and values
• Develop competency frameworks
• Coach and mentor with regards to people management
• HR Audit checks to ensure they are compliant with employment legislation
• Implement effective performance management processes

WHO I WORK WITH

Business owners who strategically want to grow their business through their people as they know their staff is the heartbeat of their business and that they are only as good as the team that is around them.

BACKGROUND

I started my career in France, working in adult language training for 9 years. I worked with some large organisations in and around Paris, including global pharmaceuticals and energy providers like EDF.
I came back to the UK in 2006 and worked for an HR Consultancy. I then spent 6 years working for Criticaleye, a leadership development network for senior directors. It was like doing a mini-MBA – learning all about business strategy from some of the UK’s leading companies.
I then moved on to work at Grant Thornton UK, firstly as a Business Growth Manager, and then as an ‘Investors in People’ Practitioner, something I still do occasionally on a freelance basis.

WHAT I DO NOW

As a business coach for Evolve and Grow, I help small trade business owners who are struggling to make as much profit as they would like, and who are tired from spending too many hours on the tools. I help to create a road map for a healthy, profitable business where the owner is in control – and working on the business, rather than in it.

WHO I WORK WITH

I specialise in working with business owners in trades such as plumbers, electricians, builders, carpenters, landscapers, roofers etc. My clients are brilliant at their trade but rarely have a business background. The most successful ones are those who are passionate about their trade and, most importantly, are open to change.