Welcome to HW Leadership Consultancy
Supporting senior leaders, business owners, teams and organisations to understand what's holding them back and overcome those challenges
Sarah Clewlow, General Manager JCB
Heather is an exceptional executive coach who has significantly impacted my leadership journey in a male-dominated environment. With a deep understanding of the unique challenges women face, Heather has provided tailored guidance that has been instrumental in building my confidence and overcoming imposter syndrome.
Paul Ennis Account Manager, KBR
I have greatly benefited from Heather's leadership style. She has a remarkable ability to collaborate with key stakeholders, fostering holistic delivery outcomes and inspiring leaders to unite around a shared vision and common goals. I wholeheartedly recommend working with Heather if you want to enhance your personal or business growth.
Francine Hissey, Associate Assistant Principal, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy
I can highly recommend Heather and the services she offers. I have had one to one sessions and group sessions, which have focused on building a team, building trust and a clear vision to worktowrs. I am looking forward to continuing my leadership journey with Heather's support.
About
Our Founder, Heather Whitehead has over two decades experience leading in the justice sector, as a Prison Group Director, Governor and Director of a private prison. Trained in Psychology, Heather is an accomplished leader and incident commander, with expertise in people and culture leadership, behaviour management, risk management, operational excellence, contingency planning and crisis management. She has led on commissioning and contract management of outsourced services in prisons, solution development, and mobilisation of a large prison contract. Heather is passionate about helping leaders reach their potential and is an experienced coach, mentor and trainer. Heather specialised in working with children and young people in custody and is committed to supporting children to overcome adversity and achieve their potential.
Services
Our services are tailored to you and your organisation. Our core services are below but we can build customised solutions to meet your needs, so please get in touch
Coaching for individuals and teams
Our bespoke leadership development opportunities are designed to help leaders at all levels enhance their skills and reach full potential. Our services provide a combination of training and coaching to develop effective leaders and teams who are aligned to your vision and mission. We offer programmes for aspiring leaders and for those looking to progress in addition to our executive coaching services.
Strategy, Delivery and Business Development
We specialise in strategy, delivery, and business development to help you turn your vision into reality. We consult, provide interim roles and project management to give you that extra capacity within your teams. With our justice expertise we can strengthen your networks and business development plans.
Creating a great place to work
Having worked in a male dominated operational environment, we are passionate advocates of female senior leaders. By establishing a positive culture that values and embraces differences, you can foster creativity, innovation, and collaboration. We deliver culture web and setting sessions to help you to create a place where people can bring themselves to work and all colleagues can thrive
Services
Our services are tailored to you and your organisation. Our core services are below but we can build customised solutions to meet your needs, so please get in touch
Guest speaking and lecturing
Whether it is a keynote speech at an event, a seminar with students ; or a session on the purpose of prisons and what it is like to work in prisons, we can do it. As experienced commissioners and contract managers in the prison service we can also share this and our operational experiences with your teams.
Incident and Crisis Management
We specialise in critical incident management and can deliver awareness sessions or training to your teams. Whether it is a loss of essential services that could affect any business, a reputationally damaging incident or a critical incident that disrupts your operations we can help you prepare and manage these incidents with as little disruption as possible and with a comprehensive risk management approach.
Solution Development and Mobilisation
We offer solution development and bid/proposal review services to increase success. We also provide mobilisation support to ensure that successful bids lead to successful service delivery. We support organisations to mobilise contracts within a justice context, ensuring operational impact.