Denise Sanderson – Estcourt

Expert in: Supporting Organisations Conflict Coaching

Denise at Work:

Denise is a senior HR professional who has worked in a range of HR roles for over 25 years, mostly in the not-for-profit/charity sector in recent years. She has worked across all aspects of HR, with a focus on Learning, Organisational Development and Diversity Equality & Inclusion (DEI) work. Her most recent role was Head of People for the Open Data Institute, prior to which she has worked for the Royal College of Physicians, the British Lung Foundation and Nacro.

Denise is a Fellow of the CIPD, has managed several consultancy projects and has spoken at various conferences. Her current consultancy work is centred in the DEI space and in Organisation Diagnostics and culture programmes.

Denise’s work is values driven and she has been the project lead for the development and alignment of values for several organisations. She is passionate & curious about people, OD, personal development, internal communications, personal brand and belonging. Her approach is to focus on understanding and evidence in order to connect people, things and ideas, with sensitivity. Where she deems it necessary she will challenge the status quo and speak truth to power to enable positive personal and organisational growth.

Denise holds an APMG accredited Change Management Foundation certificate and has completed the Organisational Development Programme (diploma) with Roffey Park. She is also trained in the use of Strength Deployment Inventory and Thomas International profiling tools.

Denise a Lay Tribunal Member for her HM Courts and Tribunal Service dealing with discrimination cases. She currently also sits on two Boards – CAYSH and Methodist Homes Association (MHA) having previously been a Trustee of Langley House Trust for nine years, during which time she sat on both the Audit and People Committees.

Something Denise is particularly proud of is that she has maintained strong relationships with many of the former CEO’s she has worked with (who are willing to testify to her professionalism, passion and expertise), as well her continued mentoring and support of her former direct reports. She has also been invited back to work as a consultant with several organisations she has formally been employed by and sees that as another testament to her skills and credibility.

Denise at Play:

Denise doesn’t have much spare time especially as the mum of a teen, but when she’s not doing ‘the day jobs’, she’s often ‘working’ on her Image consulting/Body confidence activities or doing church stuff. She does however always find time to spend with her family and for eating out. She enjoys the cinema, musical theatre and holidays. Denise likes to dabble in new creative activities whenever possible and is currently enjoying brush lettering and making pom-poms. She has recently taken up adult ballet in a bid to be active.

To contact Denise: [email protected]