A seasoned Strategic HR and OD Professional with over 20 years of experience in shaping inclusive, high-performing cultures within teams, services, and organisations. She is a dynamic organisational development practitioner who has delivered pioneering workforce strategies and transformation across the public sector. Alison is described as creative, compassionate, engaging, and authentic. Her delivery style is characterised by these same three words: engaging, authentic, and compassionate.

Alison's specialisations include:

• Leadership Coaching

• Professional and Personal Development Coaching

• Leadership and Management Development for middle and senior levels

• Team Development

She also offers Resilience, Civility, and Inclusion Training, as well as Wellbeing and employee engagement programs. Furthermore, she designs and delivers Train the Trainer programs and specialises in Organisational Development, including the diagnostics, design, and delivery of interventions.

Her sector and industry experience spans all areas of Local Government, the NHS, and the Third Sector and Charity sector.

Among her key achievements, Alison has designed and delivered Civility and Culture Programmes, which promote inclusion, diversity, resilience, and psychological safety. She led and championed the implementation of the People Promise, encompassing flexible working strategies and resources, legacy mentoring, and other retention strategies. Alison also designed and delivered the STRIVE Leadership Development Programme to support STRIVE Values and Employee Engagement, and developed and implemented place-based development interventions across the public sector to foster innovation and change in delivery models.

Alison's qualifications and accreditations include being an MCIPD Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a Master NLP Practitioner and INLPTA Trainer, and a Multiple Brain Integration Techniques Coach. Her impressive client list features:

• Tameside Council

• Tameside and Glossop NHS CCG

• Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

• Youth Zones

• The National Trust