Ep 06: HR: Before You Transform, Get Strategic (with Nebel Crowhurst)

Nebel Crowhurst is a Fractional Chief People Officer and strategic people leader who helps organisations build workplaces where people, culture and performance thrive. She partners with CEOs and leadership teams to design people strategies that unlock potential, strengthen culture and accelerate growth, particularly during moments of transformation and scale.Her experience spans global brands and high-growth, private equity-backed businesses, including Virgin, River Island, Roche and Reward Gateway, where she led people strategy through significant growth moments.Recognised on HR Magazine's Most Influential List and a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, Nebel is a respected voice at the intersection of people - on boards, with leadership and driving business growth.Find Nebel here:Website: https://www.nebelcrowhurst.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nebel-crowhurst/--------------------------------Introduction to this PodcastEither build strategic capability, bring it in, or both.But don’t attempt the transformation without it.That is the challenge Nebel Crowhurst brings to this conversation. And she’s passionate about it.As a fractional Chief People Officer, Nebel Crowhurst works with high-growth organisations at exactly the moment the gap between operational HR and strategic people leadership becomes impossible to ignore. She doesn’t just hold the strategic space while the transformation happens around it. She brings people with her. The mentoring relationship is built into the work itself.Four times on HR Magazine’s Most Influential list. Boardrooms. Mergers. Acquisitions. Transformations at scale. She has made the case for people strategy as commercial strategy, and she has the evidence to back it.This week she makes it again. Directly. Honestly. Without softening the edges.Because the strategic space exists in every organisation attempting AI transformation right now. And someone needs to be in it.Is that you?As usual, the companion article and a Jobscaping™ reflection resource follow later in the 7 day cycle and my solo audio closes out the ‘week’.Click play to Listen in on Substack or find the audio wherever you get your podcasts.Stay sovereign! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit carolynshepherd.substack.com