About Christopher
I’m an award-winning Leadership & Talent Development Consultant with over a decade of experience helping organisations turn people strategy into measurable business results. I specialise in building future-ready leadership pipelines, embedding high-performance cultures, and enabling transformation through targeted development programmes and executive coaching.
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Peterborough (up to 50km), London (up to 50km), Cambridge (up to 50km), Nottingham (up to 50km), Sheffield (up to 50km)
Experience
- AB AgriLeadership and Talent Development ManagerAGRICULTURENovember 2021 - September 2025 (3 years and 10 months)Peterborough, United Kingdom• Lead the design and delivery of capability and talent development programmes accessible to all colleagues across locations resulting in a significant increase of key talent, SLT successors and promotions across the business• Develop and implement programmes that strengthen leadership capability, business performance, and future talent growth• Deliver innovative, data-driven learning solutions supporting operational, technical, soft skills, and behavioural development• Embed consistent performance management systems, driving alignment with business goals and desired behaviours• Collaborate with business and HR leaders to proactively develop talent pipelines and succession plans.• Provide monthly ROI reporting on learning interventions to ensure measurable business impact.• Champion diversity, equality and inclusion initiatives, embodying company values through all learning activities• Coach and develop high-potential employees to support retention and career progression• Manage and motivate a team delivering diverse learning solutions, demonstrating value through timely ROI
- AB AgriLearning and Development ConsultantAGRICULTUREJanuary 2021 - November 2021 (10 months)Peterborough, United Kingdom• Design and delivery of four core modules for a line manager excellence programme within part of the business• Working closely with key stakeholders and HR business partners for any ad-hoc training requests, ensuring the right solution is in place for the organisation• Facilitation of Insights Discovery team sessions across different areas of the organisation• Creation of the proposal for line manager induction and line manager development programmes, for a consistent managerial learning intervention• Design of the line manager induction programme and modules for the management development programme• Design and delivery of a blended training solution for a new performance review form, to ensure this captures all audiences in different languages• Compose and update ongoing ROI study for learning and development initiatives• Consultation on the supply chain management programme• Implementation of the English partner buddy programme to ensure a great learning experience for colleagues learning a new language• Collaboratively working with the policy advisor to ensure the L&D policies is up to date with the correct information in place• Consulting with external suppliers to ensure the right solution for technical training requests are in place where needed
- ScSLearning and Development PartnerRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)October 2019 - January 2021 (1 year and 3 months)Sunderland, United Kingdom• Working closely with the HR business partners to analyse and identify talent succession within the business, ensuring the most appropriate training outcome for the business and individuals• Strategically planning with the wider HR team, making sure all priorities are aligned• Designing and executing induction and advanced sales training courses across the business, in line with strategic priorities• Innovating new ways of training for the management population, through the use of technology and virtual learning• Constructing leadership behaviour framework in line with the current company values• Analysing a range of data from various sources to identify learning and development needs• Designing and developing the management development framework for both existing and new managers• Developing and coaching branch managers• Managing key stakeholder relationships with third party and in-house functions, to ensure training needs and communications are identified and shared within deadlines
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Education
- Level 7 CIPD Senior People Professional - OngoingCIPDLevel 7 CIPD Senior People Professional
- Level 5 L&D Business Partner Apprenticeship 2022Level 5 L&D Business Partner Apprenticeship 2022
Skill set
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