Nigel French

LLM. Chartered FILEX, Associate

Nigel is a highly experienced employment lawyer, having worked as a legal practitioner and academic for over 20 years. He advises a range of public and private clients, including solicitors, small commercial concerns, to larger employers, including multi national companies and government institutions. Nigel offers representation in the form of general and specific advice on all employment related areas, including front line advocacy in the courts. This extends, for example, to work on complex international TUPE transactions, the conduct of major workplace investigations and complex severance negotiations. Developing on his experience as a lecturer on degree, postgraduate and masters level course (currently at Anglia Ruskin University) Nigel has developed expertise in the delivery of short courses in industry, providing bespoke programmes to meet the requirements of particular business. He also writes published articles in periodic journals, and has been described as an employment law ‘Guru’ in the academic section of The Independent newspaper.

Liz Moss

Associate

Liz is an experienced organisational development consultant and senior practitioner coach. Having worked for and with a wide variety of private, public and VCSE organisations she has a wealth of experience and passion for helping people and organisations work better together. She is professionally qualified in Coaching and Mentoring, Mediation, Programme and Project Management and Marketing. Liz provides practical support to organisations including organisational reviews, business planning, risk management and governance, process reviews, facilitation and change management and is an experienced Programme and Project Manager. Alongside supporting organisations, she works with people to enhance the skills they need to maximise their value and effectiveness in the workplace by providing a range of learning and development services, coaching and mentoring and mediation for teams and individuals. During her early career, Liz held senior positions in public sector (County Council), private sector (utilities) and voluntary sector (environmental and disability charities). Since 2010, she has been consulting with a wide range of sectors including public sector (Customer Services, Health and Social Care, Highways and Place based services), education, retail, recruitment, utilities, construction and manufacturing and leisure – amongst others. As a Coach, she works with people at all levels – from CEOs, leaders and managers to people starting out in their careers – providing support with career development, improving skills and performance and assisting people through career transitions. Liz loves a complex problem to solve and is passionate about enabling solutions that are sustainable and customer. Her work is delivered using a coaching style, ensuring the people and organisations she supports are meaningfully involved with developing their own solutions and outcomes.

S.H.E Advises

Associate

SHE Advises provides health & safety and environmental consultancy, and training for SMEs, micro-businesses and large global organisations. Whoever you are, whatever your business, we’re here to support you on your journey towards HSE compliance and continual improvement. Everything we do is based on the principles of risk management. By understanding your business, we’re able to share with you our knowledge and experience in the most effective way and assist you to achieve the HSE compliance and continual improvement standards your business requires. We do this by working closely with you and your team; to effectively manage and control your own safety, health and environmental risks through developing your in-house competence. We believe this is our role: to empower you and your team, to develop the experience and understanding you need in your business. Our team comprises of IOSH chartered members, former HSE inspectors, and others including chartered members of the IEHF and CIWM. We are a Silver NEBOSH Learning Partner, an IOSH Approved training partner, a UKATA Approved Training Provider and a Highfield Qualifications Approved Centre. With many years of experience between us, we have worked across multiple industries and have a wealth of experience to share with you.

Jackie Clifford

BSc (Hons), FITOL, Associate

With over 30 years’ experience in HR and Learning and Development, Jackie’s enthusiasm for what she does is evident every time you meet her – virtually or in person! Jackie is the Director for her own business, Clarity Learning and Development and is delighted to work with Blue Star HR as an Associate. Since becoming a freelance L&D specialist in 2006 and founding her company in 2009 she has worked with organisations across the UK and internationally supporting hundreds of individuals to increase their effectiveness in their working lives. Jackie has built her business by referral; this is testament to the work that she has done with clients and the results that they have achieved by implementing their learning and action plans. Jackie writes regularly for TrainingZone and is the co-author of three books on learning and development-related topics, all published by Kogan Page. “The Coaching Handbook” has been published in Polish, Russian and Japanese, as well as English. As an employee, Jackie has worked with, amongst others, Debenhams, Girlguiding UK, the Port of Felixstowe and HM Prison Service. As a business owner she works with her own clients and other training providers as an Associate. Her Associate work enables her to work with national and international businesses in a range of sectors. Jackie’s focus is on designing and delivering bespoke interactive learning events – both face-to-face and virtual, with particular emphasis on people skills for managers. Her core specialism is coaching and mentoring; she works as a coach for individuals and groups and has been chosen to be part of a small team authorised to deliver a new EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council) accredited Coach-Mentor programme – Coaching and Mentoring in the Workplace: A Program for Pragmatists. Clients who work with Jackie report increased confidence through identifying and developing their existing skills as well as building an enhanced toolkit of techniques that they are able to apply immediately to their own working lives.

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