Andrea Gregory, Founder
Andrea is the founder of People Business and is an experienced HR professional, organisational development consultant, coach and facilitator. With a background of corporate senior roles and over 25 years of experience, Andrea brings a wealth of expertise and impact to her work with clients.
Andrea believes that enabling people is not a ‘soft option’ simply for those that have the time and resources to do so, but rather it is the most effective way of improving the performance of organisations so that they consistently deliver business objectives. “Inspired people with a clear sense of what must be done can deliver extraordinary results.”
Andrea’s professional strengths are many and varied, but her core skills include:
- Coaching CEOs and other C-suite members
- Leadership team and board development
- Supporting the development of HR leadership and professionals
- Executive assessment of key individuals and leadership teams
- Working with private equity (PE) organisations and portfolio companies
- Reviewing and overhauling people strategies, particularly in portfolio companies to enable growth
- Advising newly developed organisations to ensure they are starting off with the right people practices and preparing themselves for growth
- Working with both global companies of 10,000s of employees and smaller ambitious organisations
For nearly 20 years Andrea has worked extensively within the Private Equity (PE) space carrying out projects with both PE firms and their portfolio companies. She uses her PE knowledge and experience to accelerate the pace of change, implementing practices that work.
She achieves a healthy mix of innovation and pragmatism (with a little humour for good measure) and is always focused on delivering results.
Take a look at some of our latest blogs…
Companies often face the challenge of scaling their workforce and hiring at pace to meet growing demands. Teams wait for months to get the budget signed off, then rush to get someone in as quickly as possible to take the ‘work weight’ off. Speed in hiring should never come at the expense of quality, [...]
In today’s fast-paced business environment, organisational culture is a critical factor that influences success. Our clients often ask us to work with them as they undergo a cultural shift which they see as critical to stay competitive and relevant. There are many external drivers of organisational change, these include: growth opportunities, economic downturns, challenging [...]
In July 2023 Gartner surveyed 520 HR leaders to gauge their top priorities for 2024 - change management ranked in the top five, so let’s delve into some of the details. A few issues that were mentioned by Gartner included: Managers are not fully equipped to manage change successfully The change process isn’t measured [...]
We all like a good joke, and office banter is great for developing bonds between staff, especially over the festive period. A relaxed environment increases morale, which improves productivity and increased well-being of staff. However, something that one person finds humorous can be humiliating or harassing to others. The impact of not treating others [...]
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