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CONSULTANCY

When problems need solving or your project needs a boost, I undertake consultancy work with organisations, teams and businesses to reach solutions aligned to your objectives. Get in touch to access my skills and discuss how I can help.

MY PORTFOLIO

Here are just a few examples of consultancy projects I've lead:

Head of Communications and Engagement,
Leeds GP Confederation

Working as part of the organisation's management team, leading the design and implementation of new mechanisms to hear and act on the voice of general practice in decision making.

"Holly worked with the Leeds GP Confederation for a year and throughout that time demonstrated:

  • Reliability; always completed work to a high standard 

  • Inquisitive; frequently explored different options to achieve an objective​

  • Behaviour; good humoured, friendly, and very pleasant to have in the team

  • Flexible; we often found that work needed to be adapted to the situation or because of opportunities. Holly was always flexible and advised on how objectives should be achieved when all was changing around her 

  • Clear; always sought clarity when there was uncertainty but equally accepted uncertainty when clarity couldn’t be found

I would not hesitate in recommending Holly for an assignment."

Jim Barwick, CEO of Leeds GP Confederation

Developing a new approach to Diabetes, Sheffield Health and Care Partnership

Synthesising a range of complex views from city health, care, and Third Sector partners and developing a clear outline proposal for a new partnership approach to supporting people with diabetes in the community. This proposal was used to apply for and successfully secure £450k of investment to implement the programme. 

"Holly helped to secure longer term investment and whole City buy-in to a project going into the second stage of investment.

 

The value that Holly brought wasn’t simply the production of communication products, it was also her leadership and guidance to shape facilitated partnership discussions, to drive consent and move us towards a workable set of next steps proposals. The added value that this project brings is to move leadership into communities, overcoming some really tricky power dynamics that exist between sectors and organisations. Holly was able to drill down into the thinking and language used to frame mine and other partners’ understanding about what we collectively want to achieve and she was then able to play that back in a way that brought together ideas into a really effective articulation of how we could move forward with a shared sense of purpose and collective ownership. Holly provided an  effective framework for developing thinking, building consent and articulating ideas with a  level of clarity that would not have been achieved without her expert guidance.

 

I would without hesitation, recommend working with Holly, I am really glad that I have been lucky to work with her since. I have so much respect for the work she does."

Helen Steers, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Voluntary Action Sheffield

Creating Community Conversations, NHS England and Co-Create

Rationalising content and creating a communications and marketing approach to launch a national learning programme for primary care to grow engagement with their local communities.

"Holly has the rare combination of the widest strategic vision, knowledge and ability to execute on the details, and the skills to link the two together. With extensive knowledge of the complexities of public services and what gets people engaged, enthused and excited about change, Holly brings a huge amount of value and will challenge and enhance your thinking as well as delivering the brief."

Chris Hewitt, CEO of Co-Create

Strategic Development Programme, Leeds Arts Health and Wellbeing Network (LAHWN)

Facilitating sessions with a range of partners to co-design objectives for the network and developing an aligned delivery plan to achieve outcomes. Maintaining strategic relationships and creating funding proposals to support the network's future development. 

"Holly has played a key role in the strategic development of LAHWN. She worked with us at a critical time to help shape our strategic plan and articulate our vision and ambition. Her contribution was absolutely key to us securing funding to enable the network to continue and to grow and develop. Holly is instinctively collaborative and able to navigate complexity in a way that brings people together around a collective vision. Holly is also fantastic at building relationships and has enabled us to strengthen connections and partnerships. Her work has helped us to position the Network more effectively to meet challenges and opportunities ahead.

 

Holly’s most recent work for LAHWN involved designing a complex collaborative workshop that brought colleagues together from different organisations and sectors. Holly took time to understand our objectives and developed a brilliantly creative session that worked really well. It was engaging, productive and fun and the feedback was just fantastic. She is an incredibly skilled facilitator, able to listen really well and bring together contributions in a thoughtful way. 

 

I can’t recommend working with Holly highly enough. She has a really impressive range of skills and is simply a joy to work with."

Carmel Langstaff, Chief Officer, Transformation and Innovation, Leeds City Council and Chair of LAWHN

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