Critical Thinkers

HR Specialist with proven expertise and enviable experience

CT People Solutions’ founder is Chris Taylor, one of the HR industry’s most experienced and respected professionals. Having developed his skills and understanding within large organisations, he started the consultancy to bring the benefit of that large-scale expertise to a wider, more diverse base of clients.

Meet Chris Taylor

“Since the start, I’ve been fascinated by the one thing every business needs: people. Whether you’re in manufacturing or retail, the financial services industry or the energy sector – to name but a few – it’s the people that make a difference to your business and create your successes. I’ve made it my goal to help businesses get the most from their people – maximising their talent, harnessing their abilities and supporting their careers.

Nearly 30 years of supporting constant change, solving complex issues and leading HR teams has made me a subject matter expert. There’s not much in the HR arena that I haven’t faced, solved or resolved – then again, there’s always something new around the corner. And it’s the challenge of tackling those challenges that I’m so passionate about today.”

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A service built on experience

30-year veteran of HR and recognised Leader in the industry.
Senior Leadership experience across a range of VP, Director, Manager and Business Partner roles.
Career spanning numerous sectors and areas of the energy sector.
Change Leader and Project Manager.
Employee/Industrial Relations Expert – including extensive Trade Union interfacing and dispute resolution.
Design, implementation and management of Reward and Compensation Strategies.
Management of numerous UK and International Recruitment Campaigns.
Designed and delivered numerous Training and Development Programmes.
Managed New Country Start Up including locations such as Ivory Coast and Equatorial Guinea.
Coach & Mentor to countless professionals.
Global, functional, department and team restructuring.

An approach built on your needs

Whatever the project, problem or programme, I start every piece of work the same way: by looking at your needs. From there, I offer a flexible approach – designing the process, setting the objectives and agreeing the timescales with your culture, circumstance and goals in mind.

Establish your needs
Agree objectives, timescales and costs
Execute the work to the highest standard
Review and debrief to identify potential for improvement

Discover more about what CT People Solutions can deliver – read the case studies.

CASE STUDIES

Rooted in relationships. Led by values.

The success of any project relies on the strength and effectiveness of our working relationships. For any client – regardless of the size or sector of the organisation – I aim to build a partnership on the foundations of trust, mutual understanding and honest communication. That allows the kind of open discussion and debate crucial to challenging and working through any complex issue.

To do that, I ensure that everything we do is a reflection of the CT People Solutions values:

Work hard – always prepared and always ready to put in the effort required.

Respect – treat others the way I want to be treated, and expect the same from others.

Passion – I love what we do. If I didn’t, I’d be doing something else.

Make a difference – never settle for ‘good enough’. Instead, I always push further to deliver the best possible result.

Put something back – aim to make a positive impact on the world around us, from colleagues and family to the environment and our shared community.

The solution Chris Taylor delivered was innovative, indeed ground-breaking, and he was able to secure the buy in from a broad range of stakeholders. As an HR and IR professional, his performance was industry-leading.

Mike Pettigrew