Human Capital

AblesonHowes provides strategic human resource advice and support which is always linked to business outcomes.

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What makes us different?

We come from a business perspective. We have worked in large and small businesses as leaders and executives, and we understand  the challenges faced by managers today. We understand how good HR practises can enable a business to move forward and how some HR practises can become a hand brake on efficiency and change.

We understand that sometimes very difficult decisions must be made and carried out.

Our consultancy excels at navigating and supporting senior executives deal with seemingly uncomfortable or challenging people issues.  Be it performance related; unaligned values; or simply needing a different set of capabilities to align with a change in business need; AblesonHowes have a reputation for providing support and expert advice on managing difficult people issues.

Our approach is to first understand more about your business objectives and plans, then provide HR and IR solutions which are tailored to your needs and business risks. We can also provide insights through workplace investigations, psychometric analysis, data analysis, survey, observation and interview techniques.

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Ensuring the right people are in the right roles doing the right things is easy to say – but very few organisations actually achieve this goal.

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• Do you have the right structure to deliver your business strategy?

• Do you have the right capabilities and skills in the roles?

• Are the values of the business ingrained in the culture and actually ‘lived’?  

• Are your HR practices enabling or holding back your organisation’s performance?
  
  

In Sharon’s experience – one of the most challenging tasks of the CEO can be needing to remove a senior manager who delivers on KPIs but fails to demonstrate the organisations values.  She has worked with several CEOs and MDs in the financial sector and industrial sector to deliver a transition in executive leadership.

Indeed, performance management capability amoungst all levels of management is not a ‘natural’ skill. AblesonHowes has assisted many clients build capability in this area to support business performance as well as culture.

AblesonHowes is known for its ability to assist Executives and the Board manage seemingly difficult people and culture issues.  Talk to us about our experience.

Delivered by highly experienced HR and IR professionals, our associates provide strategic support including aligning structure to business strategy,  recruitment, psychometric assessment, career transition, incentive design and performance management advice. Workplace investigations, mediation and follow up are a strength. Discuss your needs and how we can support you.

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Sharon and her Associates have a great deal of hands on practical experience and knowledge across many areas of business. Sharon brings her experience as a line manager in heavy industry, a functional manager, a project manager and a non-executive Director  to the table when advising leaders on how strategic HR can be an enabler of improved performance when aligned with the business strategy. Many of Sharon’s clients have tactical HR resources, and need advice on improving the senior team’s performance, on restructuring to align the business with changing needs, on succession planning for senior staff or on options for removing barriers to change.

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Sharon is best known by her clients for assisting them find pragmatic solutions for difficult people issues.