Simon Kingsnorth
HR, People Developer & Performance Improver
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom
- Industry
- Management Consulting
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Simon Kingsnorth's Overview
- Current
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- Director at Optimal Human Resources Ltd
- Past
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- Head of People Experience at First Direct & HSBC Direct Banking
- Head of Human Resources (HR) at HSBC Ireland
- Human Resources (HR) Business Partner at First Direct (HSBC)
- SME Consulting at SK Consulting
- Senior Consultant at Mercer Human Resource Consulting
- Consultant - Corporate Consulting at BUPA
- Education
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- Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Business School)
- University of Bradford School Of Management
- Anglia Ruskin University
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richard hale
- Recommendations
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27 people have recommended Simon
- Connections
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476 connections
- Websites
Simon Kingsnorth's Summary
HR Consulting, specialising in all areas of people management & development.
Helping HR to be guardians of business purpose rather than policy police
Preventing people problems...and sorting them out if they do happen
I make it easier for businesses to get people stuff done.
HR, Change and Performance Know How
Team, Personal & Leadership Effectiveness
Organisation Development Consulting
HR Consulting - People Strategy & Operational HR
HR with an Organisational Development mindset
MA in HR and Development, FCIPD and MBA
Specialties: Leadership Coaching
Capability Building
Training & Coaching including Psychometric profiling
Employee relations & Mediation
Organisational development
Leadership development
Organisational Restructures
Employee Benefits
HR & Employee Relations
Simon Kingsnorth's Experience
Director
Optimal Human Resources Ltd
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Human Resources industry
September 2010 – Present (2 years 9 months)
Strategic & Operational HR, People Developer, Performance Improver
Creative HR with commercial impact - partnering with HR teams and operational leadership to build people practices and realise the potential of your people.
All stages of the employment lifecycle - recruitment & selection, performance management, succession planning & talent management, coaching and people development / team development, organisational design and engagement strategy.
Delivering measurable results (and happy clients!).
Head of People Experience
First Direct & HSBC Direct Banking
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; HBC; Financial Services industry
September 2009 – September 2010 (1 year 1 month)
Head of People Experience Team, leading people change programs across HSBC Direct Banking. HR Business Partner to Strategy & Planning and Digital Solutions.
Human Resources (HR) Business Partner
First Direct (HSBC)
Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry
March 2005 – May 2008 (3 years 3 months)
Call Centre & back office functions for first direct - c 3000 people across two sites
Senior Consultant
Mercer Human Resource Consulting
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MMC; Human Resources industry
September 2000 – September 2003 (3 years 1 month)
Consulting with blue chip companies on healthcare and related benefits provision as standalone or part of flexible benefits plans
Consultant - Corporate Consulting
BUPA
Privately Held; 10,001+ employees; Hospital & Health Care industry
April 1997 – April 2000 (3 years 1 month)
Relationship / Account Management of FTSE 100 Corporate BUPA accounts
Simon Kingsnorth's Skills & Expertise
- Leadership Development
- Culture Assessment
- Vision Development
- 360 Feedback
- Employee Opinion Surveys
- 16PF
- Saville Wave
- OPQ
- MBTI
- Executive Coaching
- Team Alignment
- Cultural Integration
- Organizational Development
- Talent Management
- HR Strategy
- HR Transformation
- Coaching Leaders
- Strategy Facilitation
- Executive Development
- NLP Practitioner
- Business Coaching
- Strategy
- Personnel Management
- NLP
- Change Management
Simon Kingsnorth's Certifications
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MBA
- Bradford University School of Management
- License With Merit
- July 2004
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MA Personnel & Development
- Leeds Met Business School
- License With Merit
- July 2005
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Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development FCIPD
- CIPD
- License FCIPD
- June 2008
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MIoD
- Institute of Directors
- January 2011
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Level A & B psychometric profiling - MBTI & 16pf5
- OPP
- License Also OPQ32 & Saville Wave and Leadership 360 TLQ
- September 2006
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ILM Level 7 - Diploma Leadership Coaching & Mentoring
- Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM)
- May 2011
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NLP Practitioner
- PPD Learning ANLP
- January 2012
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BSc (Hons) Cell & Molecular Biology with Chemistry
- CNAA - Anglia Ruskin
- License Awarded 2(i)
- July 1987
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LAB Profile Certified Practitioner
- Shelle Rose Charvet
- May 2012
Simon Kingsnorth's Education
Leeds Metropolitan University (Leeds Business School)
MA, Human Resources (HR)
2005 – 2005
MA in Human Resources (HR) including CIPD
Project created a leadership development framework in first direct
University of Bradford School Of Management
Exec MBA, Marketing & HR
1999 – 2004
Focus on Marketing and Human Resources
Project on alignment of values and organisational performance through communication
Anglia Ruskin University
BSC (hons), Cell and Molecular Biology
1984 – 1987
richard hale
1978 – 1987
Simon Kingsnorth's Additional Information
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Member of the Board of Trustees and Personnel Sub Committee of Leeds Mind
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