Business & people strategies within Oxfordshire

I am part of our Business Strategy team and have been with SYLO | Beyond HR. since 2018.  Initially, I worked in FMCG and Experiential marketing both nationally and internationally, with organisations such as: Unilever, Glaxo SmithKline, Tetley Tea, Chessington World of Adventures/Thorpe Park and Kew Gardens.  I then joined COI, part of the Cabinet Office, as a Management Consultant before taking a break to have my two children.  I now work with the SYLO | Beyond HR. team providing that vital link between business and people strategies within organisations, generally working with MD’s and Owners.  I am also a ILM Level 5 qualified Business Mentor and love working with owners, founders, leaders and management teams who need that confidential, external, objective input to help grow their business further.

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

A. Probably competing in the 1989 Fasnet Race, having only taken part in one long off shore race before that, just one week earlier!

Q. Who or what makes you laugh?

A. My husband and children

What our clients are saying

  • 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. 

    Stuart Barr, Director – Barr Group, Thame

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

    Karen Tate – Employee Relations Lead MPDN

  • 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.

     

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

  • ​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.

    Georgina Carey, Senior Manager – Transport For London

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