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Designed by DanniiCanva Designer
Nov. 2024A couple of years back I launched my own business and as part of that process had to become a kind of 'jack of all trades' - one of my favourite roles by far has become 'Chief Marketing Officer' 🤣
An interesting and very unexpected by-product is I love doing design work on Canva. I know from speaking to many people in a similar position to me, i.e. sole-traders or small businesses that on top of trying to get the business in and deliver the product/service that doing this type of thing is not only time-consuming but can feel a little overwhelming.
That's where I could come in!!!!!!
I'm on FB @Designed by Dannii - take a look at my photos - I have some albums showing some of the work I've done for myself, for another business and some examples of an advert.
I'm now also doing print work producing magazines.
If you'd like to have a chat let me know. You can DM me or email danielle@belongingbase.com
Count Me In - Turning DEIB Words into ActionsCommunity Engagement Manager
Nov. 2024RemoteDriving the growth of this vibrant DEIB community I will be working closely with the founders to create more engagement, more learning opportunities, more discussion and most importantly more progress towards truly inclusive workplace cultures.
Speakers CollectiveSpeaker (Inclusion & Belonging specialising in Trans-Awareness)
Jul. 2024SpainI'm a thought-provoking speaker and work with my trans-wife Sophie Wood. We are available for keynotes, panels, podcasts, lunch & learns. We use our personal lived experience through Sophie's gender transition to raise awareness and illustrate the powerful impact of how a lack of inclusion and belonging can impact on people's personal and professional lives. We use the learnings to help businesses create more healthy workplace cultures where people have a great experience and not only fulfil their potential but are able to make a greater impact on team performance and results. Our keynotes are:- 🏳️⚧️ 'All Things Trans - Ask Anything' 🏳️⚧️
giving the audience access to someone transgender to understand the experience and have a safe space to ask the questions they really want to 🫶 Why Does Belonging Matter to Businesses? 🫶
Sharing aspects of our lived experience we discuss the realisations of how impactful an inclusive workplace culture is on aspects such as: • The People Experience
• Performance and Productivity
• Creativity and Innovation
• The Bottom Line Check out my profile - https://www.speakerscollective.org/speaker/danielle-wood
Belonging BaseCo-Founder - Inclusion and Belonging Consultant, Coach and Thought-Provoking Speaker
May. 2023I'm on a mission with my wonderful trans-wife Sophie Wood to transform workplace cultures into vibrant hubs where everyone thrives. 🤔 Why aren’t all company cultures like this already? We believe that:-
1) The focus on minoritised groups (we do recognise this is awesome work) often ends up excluding the majority of people. The irony is that this is contradictory to the very essence of inclusion.
2) 'Culture is defined by the worst behavior tolerated' – John Amaechi. So your experience is only ever as good as the quality of your local management and how they shape the culture around you. This needs more focus. So it’s time for a fresh perspective and we advocate that:-
A) You should start with the end in mind i.e. ‘belonging’ and focus, not so much on our differences but, on what makes us human and unites us.
B) We need to be driving change from the middle out through first line and middle management and stop relying on top leadership platitudes and deceptive social media claims about a culture that is an aspiration rather than the lived experience of your people.
🤔 What do we offer?
Lots, but that’s not helpful at all – so here’s 3 key areas:
RAISING AWARENESS – Talks highlighting how being different and feeling like you don’t belong impacts your personal life and how you perform at work. We weave in our personal lived experience of navigating Sophie's gender transition to bring those feelings to life.
MEMORABLE MANAGER – We work with managers to raise their self-awareness and develop their understanding of the impact they have on the experience of others at work. This enables them to nurture an inclusive team culture where people can confidently contribute to team success.
MENTAL HEALTH - We deliver a range of mental health sessions designed by MHFA England®. These give people the skills, knowledge and confidence to have the important conversations that will support individuals, elevate the people experience and team performance.
FreelanceThe 'Transitions' Coach
Jan. 2023WHAT IS TRANSITIONS COACHING?
🦋 As a Transitions Coach, I guide you through significant life changes, AREAS OF EXPERTISE 🤓
☑️ Career Changes: From switching industries to finding a new job, I assist you in identifying your strengths, exploring new opportunities, and crafting a compelling career narrative. ☑️ Job Promotions: Moving up the career ladder? Maybe your Impostor Syndrome is in overdrive, I help you develop the skills and confidence to excel.
☑️ Navigating Redundancy: I've been there myself and facilitated the process of others as an HRBP. I help you work out what's next for you and how to get there.
☑️ Gender Transition: I offer compassionate guidance and resources to support you through each step of this deeply personal journey, ensuring you feel empowered and understood. I also work with family or colleagues to help them support you.
WHY WORK WITH ME? 🤔 I understand the challenges and opportunities that accompany life transitions.
🪴I've changed career several times, retrained twice and am now learning a whole new skill set as I develop my own business.
🦋 I’ve been on a gender transition journey with my trans-wife and discovered I wasn’t really heterosexual and navigated the challenges the world threw at us as she became the woman she always knew she was and I came to realise I was pansexual.
😰I recognise my own issues and how they impact on transition such as living with anxiety, experiencing depression and burnout. 👌 I tussle with perfectionism, procrastination and people pleasing and work on them to aid my progress.
🐦🔥 I’ve also walked alongside my wife as she re-built her life after trying to end it and together we have reached an equilibrium, a much better place. All this makes me passionate about empowering others to transition with more confidence and positivity.
READY TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP? 🎯 DM me or email danielle@belongingbase.com. Why not have a 30-minute free call to see if we click?
LottomartSenior People Specialist - interim
Mar. 2022 - Oct. 2022GibraltarVaried interim role in a growing/start-up gaming company to include:
* Management of all aspects of the employee lifecycle
* Recruitment * Policy review and creation
Alvar Financial Services LimitedHuman Resources Generalist - interim
Mar. 2022 - Oct. 2022Gibraltar, GibraltarHR Projects to include:
* M&A work
* Customisation and Roll-out of BambooHR HRIS platform
* Employee Benefits review across UK, Gibraltar and Bulgaria
Barefoot Coaching LtdStudent - Business and Personal Coach
Aug. 2021 - Dec. 2021
EntainHR Business Partner
Sep. 2016 - Sep. 2021GibraltarIn my role as an integral part of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) at Entain, I collaborated with the Managing Director to steer the ship across prominent UK Gaming Brands, including Gala Bingo, Gala Spins, Gala Casino, Foxy Bingo, Foxy Games, and Cheeky Bingo. Key Contributions in the SLT Role: ✳️ Strategic Collaboration:
Partnered with business leaders, aligning tactical initiatives with overarching organisational goals.
✳️ Harmonisation Expertise:
Led pivotal harmonisation projects post M&A, seamlessly integrating teams and terms to streamline operations.
✳️ Organisational Design Mastery:
Orchestrated impactful organisational design in collaboration with stakeholders across the UK, Gibraltar, Philippines, and India.
✳️ Cultivating Learning Culture:
Advocated a coaching-driven learning culture, fostering succession planning and cultivating talent pools for sustained business success.
✳️ People & Culture Initiatives:
Shaped and ingrained transformative 'People & Culture' initiatives, aligning policies with the organisation's Centres of Excellence.
✳️ Strategic Analysis & Collaboration:
Analysed HR metrics to discern trends, diagnose challenges, and collaborated with key stakeholders to engineer sustainable solutions.
✳️ Global HR Project Leadership at Entain:
Throughout my tenure, I spearheaded three global HR project teams post the acquisition of Bwin.party: 🎯 Global Careers Website:
Conceptualised and executed a dynamic global careers website, enhancing the brand's global recruitment presence.
🎯 Revolutionising Performance Management:
Designed and launched a cutting-edge global performance management approach supported by an Oracle platform.
🎯 Policy Harmonisation:
Successfully harmonised people policies between the UK and Gibraltar, ensuring a cohesive and unified organisational framework.
William HillHR Business Partner
Oct. 2014 - Dec. 2015Gibraltar• Partnered with managers to advise and coach on HR legislation and people policies and provide expertise on creating great team dynamics
• Coached leaders through annual processes including annual salary and bonus reviews, performance management initiatives
• Managed talent acquisition, on-boarding, and succession planning for technical and non-technical roles across Gibraltar, Spain and Italy
• Facilitated global mobility solutions for employees and contractors
William HillHR Resourcing Partner
Oct. 2013 - Oct. 2014Gibraltar
Quad ConsultancyRecruitment Consultant
Apr. 2013 - Sep. 2013Gibraltar• Identified global talent using professional/personal networks, job boards and social media and forged relationships to expand client base, led rate negotiations to maximise placement profitability and achieve personal performance targets
West Mercia PoliceSenior HR Business Partner- Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Apr. 2011 - Apr. 2013Worcester, United KingdomIn this role I created and managed a centralised function for Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and Equality/Diversity post-merger with Warwickshire Police having previously held positions of Recruitment Manager, EDI (Positive Action) Team Manager and HR Project Manager (Mentoring Scheme)
• Enabled change by developing HR policies, processes and products to facilitate the merger of HR back office functions across 2 police services creating and embedding a new centralised function
• Forged effective relationships with service users, colleagues, unions and staff associations to determine what ‘great’ would look like for everyone
• Drove EDI agenda ensuring organisational compliance with Equality Act 2010 and meeting obligations under Public Sector Equality Duty. Achieving published objectives and identifying measures to improve minority representation and took this one step further to create a more inclusive culture. Managed organisational relationships with internal networks and external advisory panels for gender, disability, LGBT and BAME. • Delivered our Talent Acquisition strategy recruiting up to 1000 police officers and civilian staff per annum • Marketed job opportunities through authoring branded literature and press releases, giving radio interviews, creating social media and website content, partnering third party advertising agency and hosting recruitment events • Developed talent through initiatives to support organisational strategy creating talent pools and panels, succession planning approach, mentoring scheme, coaching culture, secondment opportunities and job rotations
• Led and developed team of 2 HR Business Partners, 3 Team Leads and an administration support function
West Mercia PoliceRecruitment Manager
Sep. 2009 - Mar. 2011Worcester, United Kingdom
West Mercia PoliceEquality / Diversity / Inclusion Manager (secondment)
Jan. 2008 - Aug. 2009Worcester, United Kingdom
West Mercia PoliceHR Project Manager - Mentoring Scheme (secondment)
Oct. 2007 - Oct. 2008Worcester, United Kingdom
West Mercia PoliceRecruitment Manager
Oct. 2001 - Sep. 2007Worcester, United Kingdom
ReedNational Service Development Manager
Mar. 1999 - Sep. 2001Birmingham and London, United Kingdom
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