Retained and outsourced HR
On-call advice, contracts, policies, absence, performance and practical management support.
People aligned. Business strengthened.
Confident decisions about people, leadership and change.
Senior, commercially grounded people and organisation support across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
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Better leaders create stronger businesses.
From difficult employee issues to leadership capability and organisational change, we help managers understand what matters and act with confidence.
International assignments combine consistent group standards with appropriate local legal, cultural and operational input. Where country-specific professional advice is required, we work alongside suitably qualified local advisers.
People services
Practical support for the workforce and the leaders responsible for it.
Complex employee relations
Investigations, disciplinary, grievance, appeal, mediation and sensitive senior-level matters.
Organisation and workforce change
Restructure, consultation, workforce planning, organisational design and post-change support.
Leadership development
Bespoke programmes for senior leaders, new managers, commercial leadership and leading change.
Talent, succession and progression
Career frameworks, capability models, succession planning, performance and retention.
Culture and engagement
Culture assessment, values, behaviour, engagement and high-performing team development.
Wellbeing and resilience
Mental-health strategy, stress risk, attendance, occupational-health coordination and business resilience.
Interim people leadership
Experienced people direction for transformation, growth, leadership gaps and critical projects.
Leadership that transfers
Develop capability around real business challenges.
Programmes are built around the decisions, conversations and outcomes managers face at work.
- Lead with Impact
- Manager Essentials
- Commercial Leadership
- Leading Change
- High-Performing Teams
Illustrative engagements
How Hennessey support can work in practice.
Representative scenarios showing the type of challenge, intervention and value an engagement may address.
People & organisation
Reshaping an organisation for its next stage of growth
The situation
A growing business was still operating through a structure designed for a much smaller company. Responsibilities overlapped, managers acted inconsistently and routine decisions escalated to the executive team.
Hennessey's approach
The operating model, structure, critical roles and management accountabilities were reviewed. A proportionate design was supported by role clarity, manager guidance and a phased implementation plan.
Outcome
Role duplication reduced by 18%, management decisions were made 30% faster and routine workforce escalations to the executive team fell by 35%, creating capacity for controlled growth.
Services: Organisation design, workforce planning, role clarity, employee relations and management capability.
These are representative scenarios rather than named client engagements. The figures illustrate the type and scale of measurable improvement that an engagement may target; they are not guarantees. Actual outcomes depend on the organisation's starting position, evidence, leadership commitment and agreed scope.
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