Charting and Navigating Growth:
Your partner in people development
Drive Growth
Driving growth enables the company to seize new opportunities, expand market share, and achieve long-term sustainability in a competitive business landscape. As a business grows the people strategies, development frameworks, processes and infrastructure need to be consistent with, and reinforcing of, the organisation’s future ambitions.
Develop Leaders
Developing leaders and employees is vital to drive innovation, build a strong leadership pipeline, enhance employee engagement, attract top talent, and cultivate a positive culture. It enables the organisation to stay agile, adapt to market changes, and sustain long-term success while fostering a growth-oriented and resilient workforce.
Direct Change
Directing change is essential to navigate growth challenges, maintain employee morale and productivity, implement growth strategies successfully, adapt to market shifts, and foster a culture of adaptability, ensuring long-term success in a dynamic business environment. Employees need the skills and mindset to embrace change and a positive, agile culture.
About me
I am a fractional Head of People Development, specialising in transforming people development processes for scale-up organisations. With a strong background in consulting and a proven track record, I bring extensive expertise and a deep understanding of the challenges faced by fast-growing businesses.
I design and implement tailored People Development frameworks covering critical areas such as career development, performance management, leadership, team development, and employee lifecycle strategies. My ultimate goal is to empower your organisation to become self-sufficient in L&D. Throughout the project, I can actively collaborate with you to identify and mentor my successor, ensuring a seamless transition once the programme is complete.
Together, we'll build a learning and development function that propels your business forward, fosters employee growth, and sets you on the path to long-term success.
Experience exceptional value, backed by glowing references. Let's create a thriving learning culture that fuels your growth and success.
I have been recognised for my approach by winning the UK’s Best Leadership Development Programme in 2018 (Training Journal) and I regularly contribute thought-leadership articles to global publications such as the Association for Talent Development.
Photo credit: Barbara Asboth
I enjoy a challenge. I’m at my best when I delve into an organisation’s issues and aspirations and then work with their people to create and implement solutions that enable them to be at their best.
Growing YOUR People Grows YOUR Business
People development:
Helps to attract and retain the best employees
Leads to improved job performance, productivity and promotability
Increases innovation and engagement
“Diane creates the most innovative and bespoke learning experiences that help you not only learn things, but retain those skills for the future. The best learning and development I have done in my career has been designed by Diane. I was therefore thrilled when she agreed to work with me to help my team design a bespoke learning journey. This has been a resounding success so far - enabling us to use existing resources and our own expertise in a structured way to develop knowledge in the team. And providing new innovative approaches to development that are rarely seen in the public sector. Much better value for money than signing up to external 'one-off' courses that might not deliver what we need.”
Emily Roche
Deputy Director, Head of Delivery Unit, Department for Education