I’m Dawn and I spend part of my time being a mother (less and less though these days as my two children are young adults now), part of my time working and then the rest of my time just being me. I’ve been involved in the HR field for over 28 years, most of my working life; I started my HR career in the public sector and have remained with private companies since then. I can’t imagine myself working in any other profession. I’m a fully qualified Chartered Member of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development), a qualified NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming) Practitioner and I have a coaching qualification (level 5) from the Institute of Leadership and Management.
My skills and experience enable me to flex from strategic thinking to hands on practical advice, from working with managers on a one to one basis to facilitating larger group sessions. Sometimes people issues can seem daunting however I believe that they can most often be resolved by treating people fairly, with the right amount of support and challenge.
I have partnered a number of business leaders and they have told me how valuable this role is to them. I do believe the cliché that people are at the heart of the success of your organisation and a motivated team will support you in achieving your business objectives, I can support you with this.I’m passionate about developing people to be at their best, which can sometimes mean straight talking and at other times means encouraging people to see how they can truly fly.
So, why the birds?…………I was captivated by a poem I read some time ago by Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1981):
“Come to the edge,” he said. “We can’t, we’re afraid!” they responded. “Come to the edge,” he said. “We can’t, we will fall!” they responded. “Come to the edge,” he said. And so they came. And he pushed them. And they flew.