Alison Cooper
People Director @People Puzzles
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WORK HISTORY
People Director @People Puzzles
Bristol, GB
I\'m a People Director working for People Puzzles, a portfolio HR Director business. Our purpose is to help business owners achieve their goals by developing people strategies to help them transform and grow. I have a strong belief in that if you can get the best out of your team, your business will be more profitable and successful as a result.As a People Puzzles People Director, we oversee all people-based activity within your organisation: both strategic and tactical, to help enable your businesses to deliver its vision and business plan. Most mid-tier businesses don’t want, don’t need or can’t afford a full time People Director. Motivating and managing people often slides down the priority list. However, no business can get ahead without effective, motivated and well-trained staff. We 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 People Directors• In 2018 nearly 60% of our business came from referrals
EDUCATION
University of the West of England
Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel and Development, Human Resources Management
Chartered Fellow of the Institute of Personnel and Development
Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Human Resources Management
University of Portsmouth
Bachelor's Degree, BA (Hons) Social Policy and Administration
SKILLS
ABOUT ALISON COOPER
A commercially astute Human Resources Director with considerable strategic HR experience and track record of positively influencing the change from operational to strategic whilst providing hands-on delivery of fundamental HR practices. A credible and pragmatic HR generalist with a practical and creative approach to problem solving and a passion to help business drive performance through people. With experience of driving organisational design and development programmes to support HR, business, cultural and behavioural change.Helping business owners who find managing their team time consuming and stressful. If you can get the best out of your team, the business will be more profitable and successful. People Professional & HR Expert for large SMEs & mid-tier companies, experienced in Strategic Development, Talent Acquisition, Development and Succession Planning, Employee Engagement and Culture, Internal Communications, Stakeholder Engagement, Change Management, Leadership Development, Employee Relations, Continuous Improvement. Key focus on making businesses more commercial, scalable and fit for growth:• We have successfully restructured 20 SMEs in the last 2 years, saving them an average of per year• This year we have provided in-house recruitment for our clients, saving them between £1,500 and per hire• In 2015 more than 64% of our business came from referrals• We take only one in 75 applicants to join our team, having rigorously screened them for their expertise, drive and energy• The training that we provide consistently scores at over 90% from delegate feedback on content, delivery and valuable use of their timeSpecialties: HR Consulting, Executive team audits, Psychometric assessments, Organisational structure, Restructures, Developing commercial awareness, Setting KPIs, Strategic HR, Operational HR, Performance Management and Appraisals, HR Training.
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