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A Very Human Take on the Gender Pay Gap: “Salty man snacks”, muddy girls and the rain in Spain
2021-03-08 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for?
Professionals working in, or interested in, diversity and inclusion at work – in particular closing gender gaps, gender equality and intersectionality.
About the presenter/business:
Cat Wildman is the award-winning co-founder of the Global Equality Collective (www.thegec.org/app). She is a woman in STEM, a thought leader and speaker on gender equality, diversity and inclusion in business, and a mother of 3.
What you will get from the session:
Why are gender stereotypes so handy to humans? Let me take you on an eyebrow-raising journey through childhood and we’ll track the FIVE gender gaps that have already formed before you have ever set foot in the workplace.
Then, we’ll take a close look at the THREE gender gaps that form once we’re there. Get a deeper, more human understanding of the ‘whys’ behind gender gaps and how to spot them, understand them – and tackle them with confidence.
Testimonials/ recommendations:
“Totally eye opening” Westminster City Council

Remote appraisals - how to redesign your process so it’s fit for purpose in 2021
2021-03-05 14:00 - 15:00 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
About this topic:
The annual performance review process has been on death row for years but is still with us. Many claim to have re-invented it but is it just old wine in new bottles?
What is a feedback loop or an informal check in or a rapid-fire debrief? Join this interactive and informative webinar led by the multi talented Lucinda Carney and gain new perspective, ideas and insight.
About the host:
Lucinda is a Chartered Psychologist with 20 years Corporate HR experience. She is considered a thought leader in a range of people management and change related business topics. Lucinda is the Founder and CEO of Actus Performance Management Software which was launched in 2009 and has since gone from strength to strength with more than 70,000 users across the globe.
Lucinda is an accomplished Speaker, Consultant and Coach. She was named ‘Everywoman Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2016’ and ‘Winner of one of the UK’s top 10 Women in Business 2020’ by Business Gamechanger magazine. Lucinda hosts the No 1 ranking Podcast ‘The HRUprising and her book “How to be a Change Superhero” was published in May 2020 reaching number one bestseller status in multiple Amazon categories :
Accreditations and Skills
Chartered Psychologist and CIPD
Henley Certificate in Coaching
Level ‘A’ & ‘B’ Testing
NLP Practitioner
SHL 360 feedback accreditation
Design and delivery of Assessment Centres
Qualified in various psychometrics including MBTI; OPQ; Firo-B; SDI; Belbin and Insights

How to write a book that builds your business - Alison Jones
2021-03-03 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is this for?
This event is for HR experts who are considering writing a book to build their reputation and credibility and wondering how best to go about it.
What you will get from the session:
An overall understanding of the writing and publishing process, ideas for how to get started and how to use a book to build your business.
Practical tips and tools to ensure that your book starts to build your business and reputation from the first day you start writing.
Advice on putting in place the systems and processes that will support your writing and help you use the book to build your business .
About the presenter/business:
Alison Jones is a publisher and business book coach, founder of Practical Inspiration Publishing. A veteran of the publishing industry, she worked for 25 years with leading companies such as Chambers, Oxford University Press and Macmillan (she was Director of Innovation Strategy at Palgrave Macmillan until she left to set up her pioneering new partnership publishing company in 2014). She also provides executive coaching, consultancy and training services to publishers and regularly speaks and blogs on the publishing industry, is on the board of the Independent Publishers Guild, and hosts The Extraordinary Business Book Club, a podcast and community for writers and readers of extraordinary business books. She has written and edited several books, including This Book Means Business (2018).
Testimonials/recommendations:
‘Alison chaired the morning of The London Book Fair’s Quantum Conference 2019. She is the ultimate professional, delivering all that was asked and more, and in a friendly, enthusiastic, knowledgeable manner. Additionally, she led an in-person conversation on the day, around the rise of non-fiction in both books and TV, which was quality, informed and perfectly delivered.’ – Orna O’Brien, Conference Manager, The London Book Fair
‘Alison gave an entertaining and inspiring talk to my Women in Business West Kent group recently. Everyone in the room really engaged with her talk and we all came away highly enthusiastic about writing a book and knowing that it can really help to build our businesses. She gave us lots of tips on what we need to do before we start and how to use a book strategically so it is part of our business and not merely an adjunct. She brought several examples of the books she has published across a wide range of business topics. They were all very professionally printed and very impressive.
If you need a publisher or someone to speak about publishing then I highly recommend Alison.’ – Emma Cox, Business Growth Consultant and Speaker.

Masterclass on Data Protection and Security for HR Consultancy Businesses
2021-02-25 11:30 - 13:30 UTC
Are you an independent consultant who runs your own business? Do you know the key data protection and security essentials to have in place to protect your business and your clients or do you hope for the best that your current approach is ok. Getting this wrong will come at a high price in terms of stress, reputational damage and the time and cost to sort it out.
This masterclass is led by Mary Asante, who runs and HR Consultancy business and is also Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and a member of ISACA. She is an ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management Systems lead auditor and has extensive Information Assurance and Cyber Security experience in providing security solutions for critical business systems in a variety of environments.
Join us to understand the key steps, simple systems and documentation you need to have in place to feel reassured you are managing data protection and security in your business well.
What you will get from the session:
Practical tips in managing data within your business or organisation
Understanding cyber security posture of your independent HR business or organisation
Clarity on any Data protection issues
HRi Data and Information Management Standards & template documents (if HRi member)

How to choose the perfect social network plus learn the secrets of engaging content
2021-02-24 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
About the presenter/business:
Jonathan Pollinger
• 11 years as a Social Media Trainer
• Over 100 recommendations on LinkedIn
• Mainly small business clients but also PR Agencies, Government and non-profits
What you will get from the session:

You’ll learn what you need to consider to choose the right social network for you and your business plus the benefits of the main social networks. Discover what makes some posts and tweets attract more Likes, Comments and Shares and Retweets than others. Slides and recording will be available after the session.

Testimonials/recommendations:
“One of the best trainers I’ve come across in terms of delivery, professionalism and knowledge’.
“Jonathan combines precise technical expertise with a tolerant and human approach towards those of us who have been a little slow on the uptake with new media.”
“Huge enthusiasm and knowledge. Highly recommended and a must for all businesses”

Members Only - Achieving High Value Fees in Your Consultancy - Pricing Event
2021-02-22 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
HRi run a monthly member only webinar and our February event is all around pricing.
Following the recent HRi hosted pricing session run by Ben Rendle FCMA, we are hosting a member only session where Ben will be guiding HRi members through how to achieve high value fees in their consultancy business.
What you will get from the session:

Understand the mindset blocks preventing you from achieving the high value fees you long for
Dispelling the myths surrounding high fees
Learn how to communicate the value you provide
Learn how to create a service package

Ben Rendle FCMA:

20+ Years as a management accountant in small – medium sized business
Has developed price strategies for a wide range of products & services across a range of industries
Has seen 600% revenue growth in his own firm every year since founding

https://braccounting.co.uk/

Choosing the right pricing strategy for your business
2021-02-11 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for?
Independent HR Consultants with their own business
About the presenter/business:
Ben Rendle FCMA
• 20+ Years as a management accountant in small – medium sized business
• Have developed price strategies for a wide range of products & services across a range of industries
• Has seen 600% revenue growth in his own firm every year since founding.
What you will get from the session:
o Understand how your pricing strategy fits with other areas of your business & your personal goals
o Understand The Difference between Time based Charges & Value Pricing and the Pro’s & Con’s of each method
o Learn how to Calculate an hourly fee so you have no surprises
Other Events
Members Only – Masterclass on Pricing

IR35 – Are you prepared for the new off payroll working rules? - Freeths
2021-02-10 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
From 6 April 2021 the IR35 tax rules will be changing. The new rules, which affect organisations who engage workers via an intermediary, will add additional obligations on medium to large private sector organisations to make an assessment as to the worker’s employment status for tax purposes.
The new rules apply to all public sector clients and private sector businesses that meet 2 or more of the following conditions:
• an annual turnover of more than £10.2 million
• a balance sheet total of more than £5.1 million
• more than 50 employees
HRi is delighted to be joined by our legal partner Freeths LLP who will guide you through the new rules and what you and your clients should be doing now to prepare.

How to build resilience through creativity - Preethi Nair
2021-02-09 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
About the presenter/business:

Preethi Nair left her job as a management consultant to publish her first novel Gypsy Masala. Not having the resources to rent an office, she established an ‘international PR agency’ in her bedroom and appointed feisty director ‘Pru Menon’ (an alter ego) to energetically hype her book. Nobody else knew of her plan. Working as several different people and with a frenetic double life, Preethi gained substantial press coverage. After two years and an amazing journey, she signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins.
Preethi went on to set up Kiss the Frog, a company that takes storytelling to organisations and is a professor at various business schools, promoting creativity as a key skill for leadership.

What you will get from the session:

Preethi will share her remarkable story and you will understand:
– How the stories we tell ourselves shape who we become
– How rejection is often redirection
Preethi will also share a creative writing exercise to build creativity, resilience and wellbeing.

Testimonials

“When Preethi is hired to share her unique insight into story creation she does so by opening a window into her own amazing life. Within an event that boasted other speakers such as Sir Bob Geldof, she was the one most were impressed by and wanted to follow up with. If your brand or business has a story that customers should value go talk to her”
Head of Customer Excellence, What If! – The Innovation Company
“In the search for things to inspire or ignite the creative process, you’ll be pretty hard pressed to find a more compelling and inspiring adventure and storyteller than Preethi Nair. Hire her!”
Head of ITV Imagine
“An amazing speaker.”
Deutsche Bank

Job Evaluation - Heidi Turner & HRi
2021-02-08 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for?
This event is for independent HR Consultants, HR professionals, Directors and Chief Officers who want to learn how to implement a job evaluation scheme and protect your clients against future equal pay claims.
About the presenter/business:
Heidi Turner has 20 years of experience in job evaluation and job analysis. She has developed her own analytical job evaluation scheme which she has successfully implemented in several organisations.
What you will get from the session:
Heidi will talk about the importance of equal pay legislation, the principles of job evaluation and what is ‘like work’, how to implement a scheme and developing a pay and grading structure based on the results.
You will be able to talk to new and existing clients confidently about equal pay and job evaluation so that you can implement a scheme on their behalf.
Testimonials/recommendations:
“Heidi has developed a bespoke job evaluation study. It is based on years of experience and if implemented correctly, can protect your business against equal pay claims which can be hugely costly and time consuming” Robert Gibson, Senior Partner at Samuel Phillips Law Firm.

Why every HR Professional should write a book
2021-02-01 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for?

HR subject matter experts who want to showcase their knowledge and experience and become the ‘Go to’ person for their ‘niche’.
HR professionals who want to build their brand by becoming an author and who want to support other HR professionals who are early on in their career.
● About the presenter/business:
After 30+ years in HR and 10 years+ writing and publishing books as a hobby, Mandy decided that 2020 was a good time to move away from HR and start to help others to write their book.
● What you will get from the session:
This is a ‘one stop shop’ whistle-stop tour on the book creation process during which you will learn how writing a book:-
– can demonstrate your expertise
– how to structure it
– how to write it
– what to do once the words are written
Everyone who attends can sign up for a ‘Book Structure’ kick-starter package for just £100 (usual price is £125)
● Testimonials/recommendations:
“Mandy broke down different methodologies and strategies into clear and simple advice. As a complete novice to the writing industry this really helped me understand the best way to move forward with my project. A very valuable hour that could be charged at double the price! Thanks Mandy!”
– Business Development Leader
“I recently purchased Mandy’s book Get that job for a prize for my subscribers to daily job alerts at the Get IN Work club and my agency It really is amazing so well written and some fantastic advice ( even after 19 years in recruitment I learnt loads) and is an ideal collaboration with my agency I will definitely be purchasing more Thank you so much for this outstanding book Highly recommend you purchase”
– Business Owner

HRi Member CPD Event
2021-01-28 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
HRi sees CPD as an essential part of our members delivering excellent services to their clients as well as for personal growth and that of your practice.
All Platinum members are required to continuously develop themselves and keep their skills and knowledge up to date as well as acquire new skills necessary to the services they provide. Equally, when using Associates, it’s important to hold them to the highest standards and to ensure and verify that they keep their CPD up to date.
We also strongly encourage our Gold and Silver members to invest in their CPD for the same reasons.
HRi has partnered with Actus to provide our members with an intuitive leading system for our members to track their CPD and development plans. Join us for an introductory session to learn more about our CPD system and how to get the best value out of it for you and your business.

When to challenge an occupational health report
2021-01-21 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for?
This event is for an HR professional who uses occupational health now or can see that they will do in the future; independent HR Consultants running their own business and standalone HR professionals.
About the presenter/business:
Anna hase enjoyed over 19+ years providing occupational health services to all range of organisation size; micro, medium, multi-national and sector – education, manufacturing, engineering, charity, food, retail, agriculture, healthcare. Her last employed role as a clinical lead required me auditing occupational health reports and listening to client and employee concerns about report content.
Anna set up her business (WHIB Ltd), November 2019 to provide occupational health management referral service to small business and be a partner with HR professionals to support the resolution of difficult employee health issues.
Prior to this she has worked in some of the best and worst (not for long!) large occupational health providers. Anna’s report writing skills, she believes have been honed by the years of experience, willingness to be challenged and changed. Anna is particularly proud to say that about 18 months ago with the Society of Occupational Medicine she invited Legal Experience Training to deliver barrister lead training to occupational health professionals (Doctors and Nurses) on clinical note writing and record keeping. Clinical notes and records were critically scrutinised by the barrister during the session.
Anna is passionate about occupational health really being the partner to human resources; “I think I “get it” from your perspective – but tell me I am wrong in this session if not!”
“You will appreciate from the above paragraph that I am willing to be challenged just as I will challenge with humour and kindness. This is how to learn and also how we really can form a great partnership.”
What you will get from the session:

What do clinicians mean by evidence?
Why a clinician may sit on the fence and what to do about it
What absolutely should be in the occupational health report
Consent – informed – what does this mean? Different levels of consent.
Reviews – are they necessary?
Obtaining reports from treating clinicians – GPs, specialists – when & understand the difference
Equality Act definition of disability – what is the occupational health role and what is not
Adjustments – what should OH do and what they should not
Bring to the session your experiences to discuss
Anna will do a pdf of the essential components of an occupational health report and you will get a copy of one of her sanitised reports (this can be before the session so it can be scrutinised in the session)

How to create an effective and professional online presence and content strategy for your HR and People Consultancy
2021-01-18 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for?
This webinar is aimed at Independent HR and People Consultants running their own business and who want to generate a professional brand and web presence in order to successfully convert online visitors and social media contacts into paying customers.
About the presenter:
Sue Fernandes is head of Digital at Instilled, a specialist Branding and WordPress website development agency based in Stockport, Cheshire. Sue has over 10 years of experience designing and building brands and websites for SME clients and is a regular speaker on both Website best practices and content generation.
What you will get from this session:
Learn why professional and consistent branding is so important
Understanding why a good website will validate your service and professionalism
Learn why a good website and regular, high quality content is vital to increase engagement with your potential clients
Understanding the different types of website to avoid future pitfalls
Understanding what content your users will find most useful
Tips to make writing content easier
Learn how to use content on Social Media to drive traffic to your website
Practical tips for optimising your site content to appeal to Google
Copywriting tips – what works and what doesn’t
Q&A Session

Setting up and running your consultancy - HRi
2021-01-14 12:30 - 13:30 UTC
Are you new to consultancy or thinking about going out on your own? Come and learn more about how to effectively set up and run your own consultancy. We will give you practical tips on setting up and running your consultancy.

Managing the Health of your Employees 2021 and Beyond - Freeths
2021-01-13 10:30 - 11:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
With disability discrimination claims growing eight times faster than any other employment tribunal claim and stress related absences rising year on year, not to mention the impact of Covid, the health of employees has never been higher on the agenda for you and your clients.
HRi is delighted to be joined by Lynne Ingram (Managing Associate), from our legal partner, Freeths, for this interactive presentation to guide you through the process of assisting your clients to deal with staff health issues pro-actively.
The session will cover:
• Dealing with short and long term absences
• Understanding the concept of “disability” and the duty to make reasonable adjustments
• The process for obtaining appropriate medical evidence
• Considering specific aspects of health in the workplace, including: mental health and neurodiversity
• The menopause
• Drug and alcohol issues

Mastering the menopause - HRi and Christine Morgan
2021-01-06 12:30 - 13:30 UTC | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
This event is for professionals managing themselves or others through the menopause.
Chris Morgan, FCIPD, is an experienced manager, HR Professional and Executive Coach. She has worked in a variety of senior roles in mostly male dominated environments and witnessed first-hand the difficulties the menopause can cause to individuals, colleagues and managers as they collectively work through the different stages together. As well as experiencing it herself, Chris has thoroughly researched the menopause and delivered several presentations on the subject.
The session will include facts about the menopause, discuss the myths and ways to alleviate the symptoms. We will also discuss options for managers to consider to maintain a healthy and productive working environment. There will be slides available, which will include facts for reference purposes.

How to get the most from your networking - Virtually
2021-01-05 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
This event is for anyone already networking or who knows they should be but is unsure where to start!
About the presenter/business:
Lara is a chartered marketer and fellow of the chartered institute marketing. Throughout Lara’s career she has needed to network. This has spanned across several industries from property and recruitment to law and marketing.
What you will get from the session:
You will learn what time of day person you are, how to decide what events to go to, what to do at the event and how to follow up.

Setting Up and Running Your Consultancy - HRi
2020-12-15 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom

How to delight clients and win new business using employee surveys
2020-12-14 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
This event is for consultants providing HR, coaching and related services to SME’s in the UK and abroad.
About the presenter/business:
Michelle is the founder of People Essentials the HR and Survey specialists.
She has more than 25 years’ experience in HR across a range of sectors including IT, engineering, logistics, construction, retail and professional services.
Michelle has been running People Essentials for 10 years and credits her success to the development of a survey platform through which she provides bespoke and off the shelf employee surveys and 360 Degree Feedback Surveys.
People Essentials surveys and methodology are now available to other consultants who want to win more business, achieve a more consistent workload and greater income.
Michelle is Chair of the Thames Valley Branch of the CIPD.
What you will get from the session:
Michelle will outline the People Essentials Buyers Journey and share her top tips for using surveys to win more (profitable) business.
By the end of the session you will:
Understand how to deal with the things that make most consultants uncomfortable with selling
Identify 3 immediate actions you can take to win more/new business

Key changes to the UK immigration system - Freeths
2020-12-11 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
The immigration system is changing to accommodate European nationals following the end of free movement at the end of this year. For most employers, this visa system will be the only mechanism for recruiting overseas nationals into skilled roles. These new rules will apply from 1 December 2020 for non-EU nationals and from 1 January 2021 for EU nationals arriving in UK for first time.
Emma Brooksbank from Freeths LLP will be discussing the key features of the new system and the steps employers need to take now to prepare for its introduction.
The session will be suitable for HR professionals with some experience of assisting their clients with recruiting under the immigration system and for those who are getting to grips with the immigration system for the first time.

HRi expert - Marketing/Business Development - how to get the message right
2020-12-10 12:30 - 13:15 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
HRi expert – Marketing/Business Development – how to get the message right
Launching a business, or going freelance is daunting (and thrilling) at the best of times, let alone when there’s a global pandemic turning the working world upside down. However now, more than ever, companies are going to need good quality/reliable support with managing their personnel issues. But with rising competition in your field, how do you stand out from the crowd whilst attracting the right kind of clients?
We’re going to take a look at how best to approach marketing and business development with our Top 10 tips to ensure you’re reaching the right people at the right time, with the right message.

Actus - CPD
2020-12-08 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Keeping your CPD up to date is crucial to delivery state of the art services to your clients. HRi values the role CPD plays in the growth and success of our members. HRi has joined in partnership with Actus to provide our members with an intuitive leading system for our members to track their CPD and development plans. Join us for an introductory session to learn more about our CPD system.

Verifile - Referencing and Background Checks
2020-12-03 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
How can you as an Indie ensure that your clients run the required background checks and referencing to confirm that new hires are who they say they are? Verifile, our partner will be running an interactive session on how you can empower your clients in verifying the background of new hires.

Social Media Hype - choosing the right platforms for your business
2020-12-01 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Gain both a theoretical and practical overview of the main social media marketing channels used for business – Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram. The session will guide HR consultants on how to include social media within their overall marketing strategy. Learn about profile management, content planning and generation, engagement and scheduling. This is an insightful starting point for marketing a HR business through social media with the aim of achieving organic brand visibility and lead generation.
You will leave this webinar knowing:
• The difference between the core 4 social media platforms
• The essentials of profile management
• How to generate content ideas
• How to encourage post engagement
• Recommended scheduling tools
• How to measure what’s working

Job Evaluation - Heidi Turner/HRi
2020-11-30 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Who is it for? This event is for independent HR Consultants running their own business.
About the presenter/business:
Heidi Turner has 20 years of experience in job evaluation and job analysis. She has developed her own analytical job evaluation scheme which she has successfully implemented in several organisations.
What you will get from the session:
Heidi will talk about the importance of equal pay legislation, the principles of job evaluation and what is ‘like work’, how to implement a scheme and developing a pay and grading structure based on the results.
You will be able to talk to new and existing clients confidently about equal pay and job evaluation so that you can implement a scheme on their behalf.
Testimonials/recommendations:
“Heidi has developed a bespoke job evaluation study. It is based on years of experience and if implemented correctly, can protect your business against equal pay claims which can be hugely costly and time consuming” Robert Gibson, Senior Partner at Samuel Phillips Law Firm.

Elevator Pitch
2020-11-26 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
You are at a networking event and you have been given 1 minute to introduce your business. How do you deliver an unforgettable clear pitch?
How easy is it for you to introduce yourself and what you offer? What is your value proposition? As a business owner, every opportunity you get to speak to someone about your business is a chance to showcase your unique selling points (USP). Whether it is at an event, during the School run, whilst walking the dog or at your local supermarket.
With most networking events and activities moving online, it is important to be able to articulate your service and/or product offering to an online audience you may not be familiar with, in a way that they will remember you when they need your skills and expertise.
The webinar will give you useful tips on how to prepare a short speech, which clearly and succinctly state you and your company offer your clients. You will get a chance to practice your elevator pitch.

What are your unique selling points?
What is your value proposition?
How do you introduce yourself and your business in less than 60 seconds

Growing your business - HR Independents' Perspective
2020-11-23 12:00 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
Growing your business as an Indie can be challenging but exciting too. Our panel will be sharing their experience and success stories as well as lessons they have learnt along the way.
Sarah Harvey – Savvy Conversations
Sarah is an experienced and highly qualified leadership, culture and conflict coach. She is also a skilled facilitator, manager mentor, and workplace mediator. A successful HR leader and OD consultant, she has worked with over 50 organisations and thousands of managers in the public, private and third sectors since she set up her consultancy practice in 2003.
Sarah is the author of these three books: ‘Savvy Conversations: A practical framework for effective workplace relationships’ (Librotas 2020). Available from Amazon and other retailers. The book is about creating workplaces and relationships that get the best from people and help people to be their best selves. It brings together compelling human psychology and communications research into a no-nonsense, practical framework and easy to understand model to show how to have the right conversations, in the right way, at the right time.
‘Savvy Performance Management’ e-book. Available exclusively from Bookboon.com 2016. Downloaded over 25,000 times.
‘The Ultimate A-Z of Home Working’ e-book. Available exclusively from Bookboon.com 2020.
A Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and Fellow of the ILM, Sarah has a Post Graduate (Level 7) Diploma in Personnel Management and a Post Graduate (Level 7) Diploma in Leadership Mentoring and Executive Coaching. She has a passion for psychology and it’s application in the workplace and in 2017 began studying for a BSc (Hons) with the Open University.

Nikki Masterman – Inspired HR
With nearly 29 years within the field of HR, Nikki brings a no-nonsense & enthusiastic approach to HR whilst building strong and real relationships with her client base. Nikki has consistently made her mark in her corporate world career and now brings her energy, drive and enthusiasm to the SME market through her business in Newcastle.
After being invited along by a friend to her first ever networking event on the 29th March 2017 Nikki saw the potential of building a business through networking and decided to start her business on that very same day.
Through her love of networking and three and a half years later Nikki has taken her business from being a sole trader HR Indie to a Ltd Company of 7 employees & 8 associate partners. Not one to slow down Nikki now has plans to continue her business growth nationwide. In addition to running her very busy business she is also a volunteer Regional Director with BNI, a School Governor, part of the Natwest Accelerator Programme and also mentors girls aged 14-19 as part of The Girls Network Charity.
Her key to success is work hard, help others, build business partnerships and do great credible work.

Natalie Ellis – Rebox HR
Natalie Ellis is an HR Consultant and Director of Rebox HR, with a career spanning 15 years, she started her HR career at Woolworths PLC, moving on to Business Partner and HR Manager roles in the private sector before launching Rebox HR in February 2020. Natalie is a specialist in employment relations, she is a virtual HR Consultant supporting clients of all shapes and sizes throughout the UK by providing HR and employment law advice. In 7 short months, she has started her business and was named Best Virtual HR Consultancy 2020 by SME News Magazine.
She has recently written her first book “Launch Your HR Career” which is to be published on 20th November 2020, is a multi-award nominated HR blogger and works closely with the CIPD both in her local branch and as a keynote speaker.

Jacky Clarke – Clarke Learning Consultancy
Jacky has a wealth of experience as a facilitator, coach, consultant and strategist – working across a broad cross-section of industries in the private, public and non-profit sectors in the UK, Ireland, and South Africa. Realising that big business strategy could translate into micro-businesses, Jacky set up an online 12-week Business to Blueprint program that takes business owners through all the elements to set up a sustainable business that gives them work-life balance and a money-making business.

June Hogan – Wildwood Coaching
June has enjoyed a variety of roles during her 20 year HR career including HR Business Partnering, Reward and Policy, and Learning and Development. Having managed organisational change programmes and been made redundant herself, in 2019 June decided to bring together her personal and professional experience, and her coaching skills, to offer outplacement support services.
June is now the owner and Director of Wildwood Coaching Limited, a business which provides a variety of outplacement support services to values led organisations wanting to do the right and help their leavers with advice, guidance and support in preparing for a future after redundancy.

Mary Asante, Director of HRi will be hosting the event.

Be Audacious - Preethi Nair
2020-11-21 00:00 - 02:00 (Europe/London) | Via Zoom, United Kingdom
HRi are proud to be welcoming and hosting a special event with Preethi Nair – Be Audacious.
Those who attended the HRi launch on 30th September 2020 will have heard from Preethi Nair as our keynote speaker, when she shared her own inspirational story about giving up her secure management consultancy role and following her dream of writing, and against all the odds, publishing her first book, Gypsy Masala.
In this inspirational session hosted by HRi, Preethi will be helping you to discover how to be audacious. You will discover how to create a bold vision for your future and commit to the first steps in the unfolding of this new story through the following:
– Understand why your why needs to be strong
– Identify your blocks
– How to see obstacles as opportunities
– Create a compelling new story for yourself
After writing her first book, Preethi was rejected by a number of publishers, and so she set up her own publishing company and PR agency to publish and promote the book. Working under the alias of Pru Menon, Preethi managed to gain substantial coverage and after two years of a roller coaster journey, she managed to sign a three-book deal with HarperCollins. She won the Asian Woman of Achievement award for her endeavours and “Pru” was also short listed as Publicist of the Year for the PPC awards.”
Drawing on her own experience, Preethi set up Kiss the Frog to bring the art of storytelling and creativity into organisations.
Preethi works with leadership teams globally, bringing together the worlds of business and the imagination. She is also on the faculty at Cranfield university, London Business School and at the Financial Times/IE Learning, teaching various modules on storytelling and personal leadership.

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