About my background.
I have 20 years+ experience of working in HR, mostly on how we listen to people and create great environments for colleagues to do their best work. My last ‘corporate’ job was as Head of Culture for NatWest Group, where I shaped and led the transformation of the culture post Financial Crisis, taking the bank from a 4th Quartile to 1st Quartile performance in the annual Banking Standards Board independent assessment of culture. I also picked up a couple of external awards for the work I led on the employee value proposition and learning approach.
I left the Bank in 2020 (peak pandemic!) after 19.5 years to begin Freehuman and since then I’ve supported change in lots of different industries – from FinTech to Forestry, Energy to Education, start-ups to multi nationals across both the public and private sector.
About my approach
I am a creative ‘grafter’ – a rare combination. I enjoy coming up with new ideas and approaches to problems, and I’m a seasoned project manager – so I know how to convert ideas into actions. Plus I like to keep things simple – both what I do and how I describe it – focusing on a few high impact actions is more impactful that trying to do everything, all at once.
I’m an accredited Executive Coach and Team Coach (with the Academy of Executive Coaching) as well as a practitioner of Climate Conscious Coaching (also certified by AoEC) I’m also a certified Fearless Organisations Psychological Safety Practitioner and Core Strengths / SDI 2.0 Facilitator – tools which are particularly (but not exclusively) useful for leadership teams and cultural change programmes
I hold a Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management, BA (Hons) in Human Resource Management and the Psychology of Human Communication and Behavioural Science in Practice certificate with Warwick Business School
I rarely work ‘full time’ and instead I focus on outcomes and how best to achieve them. That means as a client – you’ll get my full energy and attention when I’m with you. I try to live a pretty simple, low impact lifestyle, respecting the resources the planet provides. Me and my dog enjoy a good walk, and a cuddle on the sofa.
Call me on 07595 511741 or email me at kerry.freeman@freehuman.co.uk and we can work out what will work best for you
