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Russell Newham
Buckinghamshire
About Russell
An experienced CIPD qualified HR professional with a commercial mindset and a strong background in blue-chip retail background, currently focusing on strategic delivery of business objectives and results. Commercially experienced across Area Manager, Store Manager and Head Office store operations. Specific interests include development of high potential talent, organisational design, business change management, engagement, management coaching and performance management.
TALENT DEVELOPMENT
Highly developed skills gained through experience in change management, talent management and coaching.
Coached line managers on how to identify high potential employees and manage their development plans to drive up engagement and maximise the skills at hand.
Developed a strategic Talent and Succession plan introducing regular forums to discuss potential with line mangers.
ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Develop and lead organisational design and organisational effectiveness strategies with business leaders.
Managed numerous organisational restructures in line with both business and legislative requirements.
ENGAGEMENT
Identified with senior leadership team engagement strategy resulting in increased engagement.
PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
Developed and delivered performance management workshops.
Monitored and reviewed effectiveness of delivery
Delivered further workshops on coaching; objective setting; feedback and ‘handling difficult performance conversations’ to line managers.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Successfully identified over 122 opportunities to improve HR efficiency and effectiveness.
Identified, developed, and successfully delivered client-responsive, cost-effective solutions, utilising a range of techniques including consultant methodology and project management skills.
Responsible for the delivery of a vanilla/configured application ensuring full integration with the end-to-end solution meeting business/information system standards.
Russell's Career History
Energy Savings Trust
Group Director of HR and Organisation Development
March 2016 - Ongoing
Achievements
- Successfully researched, developed and delivered HR Strategy on time & budget
- Delivered an engagement strategy for 200 people with a 92% response rate and 73% engaged score
- Delivered a leadership model that defined leadership across director’s skills, psychologist skills, visionary skills and guardian skills
- Introduced performance management calibration processes that enabled talent development
- Drove a skills audit linked to job family creation and succession planning, mitigation risk, ensuring correct skills development, creating key role successors and reducing resourcing costs
Post Office
HR Business Partner - Crown Transformation, Retail Operations, Property and Contact Centres
April 2013 - January 2016
Habitat
HR Business Partner
January 2012 - October 2012
Home Retail Group PLC
HR Lead
January 2005 - May 2012
Endorsements
Claire Flint
23/05/2023
Russ is an experienced, capable and thoughtful Executive who is ready to expand the value he can add though taking on his first Non- Executive Director role. He has a strong understanding of what is required and an experience and interest beyond his functional role. He would I’m sure, be an asset to a Board seeking to transform or progress their people agenda.
Mike Thornton
23/05/2023
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