Hopdale Consultancy Services

For growing businesses

People and culture strategies for growth.

It is a typical challenge for growing businesses – you have reached a point where you need a strategic people perspective to take you through the next stage in your growth and development but you don’t need to hire a full-time CHRO.

Working closely with your Executive Team we can provide that perspective and either develop a programme for delivery internally or deliver it directly. Either way the steps for success here would be:

For established businesses

Programme lead for growth and change initiatives, Interim People and Organisation leadership.

People Teams are working at their maximum capacity both in terms of resources and expertise. So, when an urgent business requirement for a new product or programme lands, it can be totally overwhelming - the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Working closely with your Executive Team and the in-house People Team we provide either programme leadership or Interim CHRO cover.

Programmes delivered include, managing the tendering process for the outsourcing of services, redesigning Talent Acquisition approaches, developing Talent and Performance Management systems, creating learning cultures and skills development strategies and the sponsorship of HRIS implementations.

Interim CHRO assignments (full or part-time) cover C-Suite advice and coaching, People Team leadership and development, delivery of People services and products and budget setting and management.

For transitioning businesses

Expertise in delivering TUPE, M&A and Outsourcing.

Whether you are looking to grow your business through merger or acquisition or achieve efficiencies and savings through outsourcing, getting the people aspects of these transactions right is critical to realising the benefits you need.

It’s not just the technical aspects such as due diligence, financial modelling, pension liabilities, contract negotiation or TUPE compliance that are critical – it’s the human aspects too. Excellent communication and involvement and effective on-boarding and integration can all help to ensure that engagement and productivity are enhanced and the commercial and organisational benefits are realised within or ahead of the desired timescales.

We can provide overall programme leadership with the experience and expertise that comes from delivering multiple large transactions as well as coaching and knowledge transfer for the teams involved.