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Oakleaf had a great morning yesterday joined by Joy and Ed from Encompass Equality who presented to our Women of Impact network and shared details of the research they have conducted over the years. We're looking forward to the new Encompass research which is coming out next week called 'Women in Leadership: Strategies from FTSE 350 organisations leading the way'. You will be able to find out more about it on their website from next Friday. https://lnkd.in/eWHkPqBE Many thanks to all who contributed. #Oakleaf #Encompass #Equality #Women #Leadership #Impact

In the next episode, Amy Morris ⁠⁠, UK and European MD at ⁠Oakleaf Partnership⁠, is joined by Karen Richardson—former HR leader turned Executive Coach and Psychotherapist. Together, they explore the challenges of leadership, setting boundaries, building authentic confidence, and navigating career pivots with purpose. Karen shares candid reflections on burnout in HR, the power of coaching, and why playing to your strengths might just be the key to long-term fulfilment. We hope you enjoy this episode. 🎧 Listen Here: https://lnkd.in/eH4D8nS5 #Leadership #Coaching #CareerChange #WomenInLeadership #MentalHealth #BurnoutPrevention #Podcast

Meet Carly Field - Executive Engagement and Research Manager UK, Europe and Middle East Carly plays a pivotal role and is at the heart of OE's search capability. She builds trusted relationships with senior HR leaders, taking the time to understand what truly matters to them and what's driving their thinking. These conversations fuel our search delivery and keep our network informed and engaged. Carly keeps a sharp eye on leadership moves, evolving priorities, and emerging people trends across the HR landscape—bringing timely insight that shapes our perspective and adds real value for clients. Her research is thoughtful, thorough, and always tailored—whether she's mapping the market, analysing organisations, or benchmarking roles. Oakleaf Executive #ExecutiveSearch #HRLeadership #PeopleInsights #TalentTrends #StrategicHiring

Meet Carly Field - Executive Engagement and Research Manager UK, Europe and Middle East Carly plays a pivotal role and is at the heart of OE's search capability. She builds trusted relationships with senior HR leaders, taking the time to understand what truly matters to them and what's driving their thinking. These conversations fuel our search delivery and keep our network informed and engaged. Carly keeps a sharp eye on leadership moves, evolving priorities, and emerging people trends across the HR landscape—bringing timely insight that shapes our perspective and adds real value for clients. Her research is thoughtful, thorough, and always tailored—whether she's mapping the market, analysing organisations, or benchmarking roles. Oakleaf Executive #ExecutiveSearch #HRLeadership #PeopleInsights #TalentTrends #StrategicHiring

Enjoying the glorious London sunshine with colleagues yesterday evening ☀️ It seems like the HR search market is heating up too 🔥(I can't even blame AI for the terrible pun 😉) Wishing you all a wonderful weekend ahead and I look forward to catching up next week. #HRsearch #TeamOE #ExecInterim

Movers & Shakers: UK Edition Welcome to our latest UK edition of Movers & Shakers OE's insight into key leadership transitions across the HR, people, and talent landscape for April and May 2025. An increase in the number of CPO and HR Director appointments indicates positivity returning to the UK search market. In addition, there have been a number of specialist HR leadership moves, especially within Global Reward and Workforce Transformation. Demand for HR at Executive and C-Suite level, especially in growth and change-critical sectors, has been high. We have also noted several cross-sector moves during this period. View the Movers & Shakers list here: https://lnkd.in/ee_qk8xN #HRLeadership #ExecutiveSearch #PeopleMoves #CPOAppointments #TalentTrends

Movers & Shakers: UK Edition Welcome to our latest UK edition of Movers & Shakers OE's insight into key leadership transitions across the HR, people, and talent landscape for April and May 2025. An increase in the number of CPO and HR Director appointments indicates positivity returning to the UK search market. In addition, there have been a number of specialist HR leadership moves, especially within Global Reward and Workforce Transformation. Demand for HR at Executive and C-Suite level, especially in growth and change-critical sectors, has been high. We have also noted several cross-sector moves during this period. View the Movers & Shakers list here: https://lnkd.in/ee_qk8xN #HRLeadership #ExecutiveSearch #PeopleMoves #CPOAppointments #TalentTrends

Throwing it back to last Thursday… A busy day co-chairing the City HR Association Roundtable on Skills Intelligence & Skills Based Hiring with Emily Page (née Maslen) and Richard McArdle, and then attending the Financial Services Skills Commission Conference as a delegate. Whilst many businesses are still in a foundational stage of their 'skills maturity', there's no question that skills strategy is a business-critical talent lever - both rooms were full with HR leaders needing to experiment with and evolve talent strategies to match changing organisational, customer, and employee needs. Deloitte's research shows skills-based organisations are 107% more likely to place talent effectively and 57% better at managing change. They are also seeing: - 25-30% faster time-to-fill - 12% improvement in quality of hire - Better candidate-job alignment - Stronger retention rates The most successful implementations focus on fundamentals first: - Start with business problems, not technology - what specific challenges are you solving? - Build cross-functional collaboration - this isn't just an HR initiative! - Create a common language - skills taxonomies that actually work across teams - Think functionally, not role-by-role - real value comes from deeper skills understanding Operating in 'Permanent Beta' Mode 🔄 The pace of change means adaptability itself is becoming our most critical skill. I loved Chloe Muir's take - that humility and continuous learning are more important than expertise. It's a huge theme that we're going to explore in more detail over the next few months. Stay tuned for an upcoming series of videos, articles, and events exploring the evolving landscape of skills transformation, curated by me Sarah Alexander and Amy Morris. #SkillsTransformation #HRLeadership #TalentStrategy #HRexecutivesearch

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