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Counsellor & HR Consultant

Clare Sandman

building and developing business relationships oxfordshire

I am MIPD qualified and offer a broad range of generalist HR knowledge gained in fast-paced commercial, operational and corporate environments.  I have a strong track record of building and developing relationships and driving results at all levels of an organisation.

I have the ability to deliver business benefits both individually and as part of a wider HR team and I have a proven track record in delivering HR strategy through complex business and organisational matrices. With the ability to deliver business-based objectives through a strong, proactive and influential management style and, as a respected HR and Business leader I have empowered teams to take ownership whilst providing coaching and mentoring at all levels.  In addition, I am currently training in the field of Psychotherapy.

I have experience in managing multiple organisational changes in the UK and across various locations within Europe.  Expertise in delivering difficult consultation and redundancy programmes for various Companies, including managing Union negotiations and Staff Representatives, alongside complicated commercial changes and tight business timelines.

More recently I have been involved with diagnosing organisational effectiveness within two large organisations whilst keeping an eye on designing workplaces for the future.

Q. What is the most dangerous thing you have ever done?

A. Abseiling

Q. Who or what makes you laugh?

A. Ryan Reynolds makes me laugh all the time. Comedy and humour make my day.

What our clients are saying

  • “

    ​I found working with SYLO incredibly comfortable.  They helped me to define the real issues and then guided me through figuring out a solution. This resulted in a huge shift in the workload I was carrying to manageable levels, greater and welcomed empowerment for the talent in my team, and a manager (mine) who was fully up to speed on what was actually going on.

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    Georgina Carey, Senior Manager – Transport For London

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    Sarah allows our business to concentrate on the jobs we set out to do, and not have to worry about the HR input, with a highly professional service that she provides. 

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    Stuart Barr, Director – Barr Group, Thame

  • “

    We have been using Breathe over the last term to track our staff holidays. This is a great system as it highlights different cohorts of staff and when is free for others to book on the calendar. This has supported our ratio requirements and helped us to track holiday entitlements.

    We like the system so much that we have extended it to using the staffing schedules to log staff attendance and hours needed to be processed for payroll. Sharon has been so helpful in helping us set up different employees work patterns and it has been really effective for our nursery needs.

     

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    Phillipa Arnold – Operations Manager. Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries – Cambridge Franchise

  • “

    As always, SYLO delivered a thoughtful and insightful session and I enjoyed hearing their thoughts on valuing difference in the workplace. It has helped me to be able to think about how I can encourage the people I work with to consider how effective their inclusive policies and practices are.

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    Karen Tate – Employee Relations Lead MPDN

  • “

    The wonderful support from SYLO Beyond HR has enabled us to ensure our foundations are in place to support growth, whilst also maintaining and driving the culture that is important for us to have in place.  They have truly worked in partnership with us and provide consistent support to help us drive priorities forward.

    It’s great to have an HR partner that feels part of our team, is available for whenever something comes up and that continues to work with us as our organisation grows.

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    Carolyn Hicks, Co-founder/CFO COO – Brill Power

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