HR

Human Resources - an overview

We provide hands-on HR support for a wide range of clients. Typically, we become involved in a client's HR activities when the CEO, MD or HR Director of an organisation needs the practical support of HR professionals.

The clients for whom we provide HR support range from SMEs, charities and membership organisations to larger companies and PLCs.

Although their requirements vary, the main reasons clients choose to work with us include:
·      having direct access to a senior HR professional with across-the-board experience, who has worked at Board level and who has business acumen
·      providing one-off specialist expertise in a specific area of HR, such as recruitment, competencies or performance management
·      providing an ongoing, on-call HR support service for managers

The very considerable HR experience of Darbyshire Consulting' Consultants ranges from the recruitment of CEOs, MDs and Senior Managers, to working with trade unions, managing performance, carrying out investigations and handling sensitive people issues, such as grievance, disciplinary and appeals situations.

We are also specialists in the fields of redundancy and change management.

We develop and implement appraisal systems and competency frameworks.

And, finally, we draft policies, procedures, employment contracts and staff handbooks.

For more information, contact us today.

We work in the following sectors:

* SMEs, charities and membership organisations

Clients who fall into this category employ between 10 and 80 people. They generally do not have their own in-house HR specialist and work with us on either a retained or a 'pay-as-you-go' basis.

* Medium-sized companies and PLCs

The medium-sized companies we work with are usually in the private sector. They will typically have their own HR team but use our specialist resources on an ad-hoc basis, either when specilaist expertise is needed in a certain area or an extra pair of hands to help with a big project.

PLCs utilise our services for one-off support, usually in highly-specific fields such as internal investigations following a grievance or complaint.

For more information about the Human Resources services we provide, contact us today.

HR

What our clients say

"In 2007, we were developing a new performance-management system and needed to ensure that our 80 directors and managers developed the skills they needed to make it work.

We commissioned Darbyshire Consulting to help us design and implement a ‘best practice’ model and assessment process, focusing on how managers could achieve high performance from their staff.

Working together with Graham Darbyshire and Barbara Kemp, we embarked on an extensive programme to observe all 80 of our Directors and managers, holding both one-to-one and team meetings. We were able to use the best-practice model not only to assess their skills but to provide detailed feedback and coaching. As the assessments took place in real-life situations, the results of the coaching were impressive. We have radically and permanently changed the way we do things at the Wesleyan and substantially enhanced our performance-management skills.

We have continued to work with Graham and Barbara since 2007 to conduct assessments and provide coaching for our managers on a regular basis.

I would positively recommend Graham and his team for the practical and insightful way they work. They sought to understand our company culture and drew on the knowledge and expertise of the internal Learning & Development Team to deliver exceptional, demonstrable and sustained results."