People and business Strategy
Helping businesses grow with confidence
People are at the heart of every business decision. Whether you’re growing, restructuring, planning for succession or preparing for the next stage of your journey, having the right people strategy in place is critical to long-term success.
Too often, people decisions are made reactively. The result can be capability gaps, leadership challenges and missed opportunities for growth.
We help leadership teams align their people strategy with their business ambitions, ensuring they have the structures, skills and plans in place to succeed.
The 1850 Way
Practical people strategy with commercial focus
We partner with business owners, boards and leadership teams as a trusted advisor. Our role is to help you think ahead, identify opportunities and risks, and make confident decisions about your people, leadership and organisation.
Whether you need strategic input for a specific challenge or ongoing support as part of your leadership team, we’ll help ensure your people strategy supports the future of your business.
How we can help
- Fractional People Director support
- People strategy
- Organisational design
- Workforce planning
- Leadership coaching
- Executive and board support
- Talent and succession planning
- Reward and benchmarking
Ways of working together
Support that fits your organisation
Every organisation is different, which is why we offer flexible ways to work together.
Whether you need ongoing strategic support, additional capacity during a busy period or expertise for a specific project, we’ll shape our involvement around your needs.
Ongoing Partnership
A retained relationship that gives you access to trusted HR and people expertise as your organisation grows.
Fractional People Leadership
Senior people expertise when you need it, from one day a week through to a more embedded leadership role.
Project Support
Specialist support for defined pieces of work, from organisational change and culture projects to policy reviews and leadership development.
Interim Support
Experienced cover during periods of transition, including maternity leave, HR vacancies, transformation programmes or significant organisational change.
Need support with people and business strategy? We can help!
But first, we’ll need to have a chat. This won’t be a quick fact-finding call. We want to have a proper conversation with you to really understand your requirements. Complete the form below to request a call back.
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Testimonials
I would highly recommend the services of 1850. They were a delight to work with, professional yet approachable, they made the whole process of reviewing our HR policies and documentation straight forward. A task I had been putting off for sometime was not the headache I had envisaged once they reviewed our processes and provided advice on the best way forward. We look forward to continuing to work with Claire and the team on future projects.
Rachael Battersby
STAUNTON ROOK - ACCOUNT DIRECTOR
Claire is amazing! Very helpful and knowledgeable. Always thinks outside the box and has helped me to relax a little whilst taking on my new role in HR. Would definitely recommend to anyone needing support from a professional.
Zoe Furzey
HARMONY - HR ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANT
Claire has been providing out-sourced HR support for my business, supporting everything from contract and policy development (definitely not a handbook!) to consulting on working environment, team structure and culture. She combines her in-depth knowledge of the legal requirements for employers with a refreshing perspective on what it means to be a people-focused business, and how to put that vision into action. If you truly want to put people at the heart of what you do, I would thoroughly recommend working with Claire and her team.
Nich Leach
RED THREAD MARKET ACCESS - MANAGING DIRECTOR
We have been working with Claire since early 2020. Claire's support has been instrumental in providing clarity in our business over employee policies. We have found this has enormously improved confidence and morale through the COVID pandemic. Claire has a great approach to HR and it is refreshing to be working with a company that is passionate about their product. I couldn't recommend Claire enough. We are looking forward to working together into the future.
Edward White
CHALK COFFEE - DIRECTOR