As a People leader, the demands on your role keep expanding. Culture, the operating model, the employee proposition and proving the value of it all can make it hard to step back and think clearly about what really matters.

The CPO room is a facilitated session that gives you a structured, confidential space to reflect, challenge your assumptions and leave with a clear plan for moving forward.

It was a pleasure to work with Katie and Beth in the CPO room where they supported us with shaping our HR strategy. They really took the time to understand our business, priorities and challenges and asked great questions to test our thinking. We came away with a clear strategic roadmap and priority actions. We would highly recommend this service to others, who are looking for pragmatic and commercially focused HR strategy support.
Rachel Reddan People Director at Warner Hotels

Is the CPO room right for you?

The CPO room suits any People leader facing competing or complex priorities, whether you're new into a CPO, HR Director or Head of HR role and rethinking your People strategy, or an established leader who just needs space to step back from the day-to-day and get an outside view. 

Leaders use it to clarify what really matters, test priorities, assumptions and trade-offs, explore options and risks, and leave with a clear roadmap and next steps.

The CPO room and subsequent follow up from Katie Nightingale and the Grant Thornton team have played a valuable role in building and defining the People Strategy at Norco. Katie took the time to understand the business to ensure the support was pitched at the correct level. The most helpful aspect was the relationship that was formed provided both tangible direct support as well as mentoring guidance- it was valuable for both the growth of the business as well as professional development growth for me. I would highly recommend the programme for any new and aspiring strategic People leaders.
Elly Ruston Head of People at NORCO Composites & GRP

What will you gain from the CPO room?

What does good look like for your function, and where are you today? What are the hopes, fears and legacy for your role, what do your stakeholders expect from you, and what's changing in your sector that you need to plan for?

We'll use these questions as a foundation for discussion.

Do your priorities align with your reference points and the current business strategy? We'll help you step back from firefighting and getting caught in the detail to prioritise areas that lead to your goals.

We'll also help you organise these priorities into manageable themes for confident delivery.

From your employee value proposition and employee lifecycle experience to your HR operating model, we'll challenge you to evaluate where you stand today, identify the gaps, and understand what they mean for your ability to deliver both your HR strategy and the wider business strategy.

We'll help you build on your strengths further, or close the gaps, so your HR function keeps progressing.

Based on our discussions, we'll help you develop a thorough action plan on a timeframe that works for you. This considers your constraints and key events and is aligned with your most important challenges and opportunities.

This will become your roadmap, and we will follow up with you regularly after the CPO room to check in on your progress.

Meet the facilitation team

Katie Nightingale

Director
London  Office
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Beth Walton

Associate Director, Transformation &...
Manchester  Office
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Caroline Nugent

Managing Director
London  Office
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