Expertise
- Training and Development
- Performance Coaching
- Leadership and Management
- Coaching
- Personal development
- People management
- HR Consultancy
- Mentoring managers
- HR Manager
- Writing Articles
- creative direction
- Goal Setting
- Confidence coaching
- DISC personality tests
- managing people
Summary
Debra Oakaby, HR Executive Coach, helps HR professionals reach their personal best sooner. She creates personally tailored career development and growth programmes for HR professionals who are fed up feeling stuck and want to progress in 2018. In addition, coachees will get the opportunity for unique coach training, enabling them to coach other people and influence the personal growth of managers. The essence of coaching is about empowering people to take responsibility for their actions and solve their own problems, which could make a huge difference in your organisation.
She has created unique workbooks for workshops, which can be translated and make learning easier, enjoyable and more effective. If this is of interest to you please contact Debra to find out more because places are limited.
Her coaching is designed to eliminate trial and error learning, and cut through confusion. Instead, she has replaced it with a systemic approach that guarantees a more reliable and timely result.
When you're managing a career, a road map to help you get where you're going is always preferable to taking the unmarked trail.
I've always enjoyed working people and unless you have worked in HR you won't realise how the unpredictability of human nature which never ceases to amaze me keeps you grounded and challenged. I tried to explain this once to someone who worked in a finance role who couldn't understand why employee relations work took time.
HR professionals are not afraid of hard work and have the drive and passion to make a difference in the workplace. The problem is that they can get so used to working every waking hour that they forget their career needs some attention too. And the longer this pattern continues the more difficult it becomes for them to change the process of what they're doing.
You've studied long and hard to become CIPD qualified and upgrade your membership. You know that you're capable of realising your potential. You just need to do something about it. You owe it to yourself and the people you serve.
Experience
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Debra Oakaby HR
HR Consultant
1 - 5 Employees 2012 - Current
Started my own business called Coach Me Smart providing career coaching and designing and running workshops and more recently coaching courses for work. I have more than 20 years' HR experience and 3 Investors in People awards under my belt.
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Wandsworth Council
Head of Personnel (Leisure and Amenity Services Department)
100+ Employees 2000 - 2011Responsible for a providing a comprehensive HR service to managers and staff providing frontline services. Included employee relations, training and development and recruitment and was a member of the senior management team.
Education History
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Personal Performance Diploma
The Coaching Academy
2011 - 2012Completed the Diploma with a Distinction. Undertook a number of pro bono coaching sessions with members of the public, with good results.
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Employment Studies and HRM
London Metropolitan University
2002 - 2003 -
Human Resource Management
University of North London
1999 - 2000 -
Social Science
University of Westminster
1991 - 1996 -
NLP
Cressingham College
2013 - 2013
Clubs and Associations
Link4Growth - subscriber and volunteer host of monthly networking group
Volunteer with Age UK
Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Member of the CPD Certification Service
Interests and Hobbies
Writing - for example I wrote a monthly column for a free local newspaper during 2016 about local projects and charities
Being creative by using new technology
Being outdoors and alpine scenery
Would be dog owner
