Learn - Develop - Grow
We believe in a holistic approach to career management. Your career as part of your life plan. Your team as part of a wider business strategy. Your business within the wider economy.….Your ethics and values in the a global setting. The understanding of how all the elements work together enables us to make educated career decisions. It creates a productive healthy environment which promotes professional and personal growth. Sustainable for the long term.
The Team & Associates
We are supported by a team of highly capable partners and associates. With their support, we have a national reach, capable of providing coaching, training, and recruitment strategy support for both small bespoke and large scale projects in your local area.
Charlotte Sykes
Founder of CWR Consultancy.
Charlotte has extensive experience delivering dynamic training, coaching and recruitment strategy support to businesses, individuals and to the education sector. She has a wealth of industry knowledge, an extensive network and a reputation for the quality of her approach.
She is a Registered Professional with the Career Development Institute, a Member of the CIPD, a Member of the Association for Coaching. a MOE certified Coach and an Enterprise Advisor for a Northamptonshire School for the Careers & Enterprise Company. She is a Level 6 Qualified Careers Coach, REC Qualified Recruiter and Co-Founder of Be Career Confident.
Charlotte specialises in:
Dynamic training, coaching and recruitment strategy support to companies, individuals and the education sector.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training to help build communities within organisations.
Ruth Forster
Founder of Wagstaff Recruitment & Careers Coaching.
Ruth holds a master’s degree in Career Development and Coaching Studies from the University of Warwick and is a registered Career Development Professional with the Career Development Institute.
Ruth specialises in:
Crafting recruitment strategies: She collaborates with companies to advise and implement impactful recruitment practices, facilitating direct recruitment from early years careers to succession planning.
Providing career coaching: Ruth supports individuals navigating career transitions, guiding them through challenges and facilitating positive career shifts, including redundancy and outplacement support.
With a wealth of experience in the engineering, manufacturing, and automation sectors, Ruth has worked extensively in both the UK and USA.
Phillippa Hart
Founder of Hart Training & Recruitment.
Phillippa incorporated Hart Training and Recruitment in 2001 after a successful career in HR and training, in corporate organisations. Phillippa is a qualified Master NLP Business Practitioner and Business Coach and through Hart Training works with a selection of highly qualified and experienced Associates, to tailor a range of courses and workshops to client company needs.
Phillippa specialises in:
Leadership Development Programmes; supporting individuals to expand their leadership skills, enhance people development, increase retention and maximise potential within their teams, in order to thrive in the challenging business world.
Developing interpersonal and communication skills for recognising and matching the different behaviour styles of team members, and the skills for building rapport, motivating, developing, coaching, and inspiring the people you lead.
Delivery of Highly Effective Interviewing Skills, providing line
Tracey Clay
Founder of Pivotal Partnerships Ltd.
Tracey brings over 20 years of experience in ‘people’ through recruitment, leadership development, and consultancy. Working with businesses and individuals to develop strategies that drive growth and performance, her unique approach integrates emotional intelligence with practical recruitment, coaching and talent management expertise, ensuring long-lasting, impactful results for her clients.
Tracey is a RocheMartin Accredited Emotional Intelligence Practitioner, a Qualified Executive & Performance Coach, a Certified Facilitator in Action Learning Sets, and a Qualified Recruiter. She has a strong reputation for her holistic, people-focused approach, and is passionate about unlocking potential for individuals and teams at every level of an organisation.
Tracey specialises in:
Tailored recruitment, coaching, and consultancy services to enhance leadership, performance, and organisational resilience and growth.
Developing emotional intelligence in leaders and teams to create cohesive, high-performing environments.
Alice Cooper
Founder of Cranford Coaching.
Alice is an experienced coach, group facilitator, trainer and non-executive director. As a CWR associate, Alice delivers executive and career coaching and bespoke consulting/advisory work to clients, including an involvement in our schools-based careers coaching and training. Outside her work with CWR Alice has a background as a chartered accountant and worked for many years in the professional and financial services sectors before taking time out to look after her family and qualifying as a coach. She now also holds non-executive director roles in the financial services sector, with the NHS, and with an education and apprenticeships charity. Outside of work Alice is involved in supporting her community in various roles. Alice is a member of the Association for Coaching and a contributor to Be Career Confident.
Alice Girdlestone
Alice has nearly two decades in the field of education and coaching, with the past 13 years dedicated to special education. As a coach for neurodiverse children and adults, she combines her passion for teaching art with a unique approach—using art as therapy and providing valuable coaching. Alice uses the therapeutic qualities of art and the transformative power of creativity to fostering holistic well-being and empowering others to meet their full potential professionally and personally. Her holistic approach extends beyond academic success, aiming to empower individuals to meet their full potential and pursue fulfilling lives. Alice is a Drawing and Talking Practitioner and PGCE qualified.
Tally Taylor
Tally is an experienced recruiter, trainer and coach. In addition to providing support to clients and candidates with both permanent and temporary recruitment, Tally supports our schools careers support and our Schools Subscription Service. She has a vast local network and she is recognised by all for the hard work she puts in to the local community. Tally was a member of the in-house CWR team for many years and now is a specialist Associate.
TEAM
The TEAM network comprises 500+ small and medium size recruitment businesses across 700+ locations in the UK. CWR has been a member of TEAM for many years. With this extensive network of recruitment partners and associates across the UK and internationally, we have the reach and resources to connect you with top talent and opportunities.
HR Partners
We are supported by a team of highly capable HR specialists. With their support, we are capable of providing a full suite of HR services, including staff handbooks, contracts, HR manuals, disciplinaries, redundancies and restructures.
