The secret to organisational success: leadership development – 2-3-2023

James is an organisational learning and development specialist and has worked as an HR manager, consultant, in-house recruiter and trainer with expertise in both management strategy and HR policies and processes. A former editor of HRreview, James then spent seven years at specialist retailer Planet Organic as the architect of their learning strategy and apprenticeship programmes before moving to Guardian News Media in June 2022. He has continued to work closely with HRreview as a podcast presenter and the regular chairperson of their award winning webinar series, InsideHR.

Dr Luke Treglown is Senior Manager of Data Science at Thomas. The Data Science team’s primary focus is on applying data science and data engineering solutions to improving our product experience, empowering customer experience, and to building accurate, accessible, and actionable data insights for the wider business.

Luke also has a background in Personality and Social Psychology, publishing articles and books on a range of applied topics, including leadership, derailment, teams & social dynamic, organisational culture, diversity and inclusion, burnout, and organisational justice.

Sarah is the former Chief People Officer at Foxtons. Her background covers a wide range of HR roles focused on improving the performance of organisations through good people practices. This includes roles in L&D, recruitment, organisational design, change management and HR leadership to ensure businesses have the people, structure and results they need.

Sarah is a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD and is an active member of the HR community, including acting as a mentor in the CIPD’s programme for Aspiring HRDs. Alongside her HR background, Sarah has a focus on Business Psychology and takes an evidence-based approach in her work. She has a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Organisational Psychology and has previously been a Board Member of the Association of Business Psychology.