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Meet the martin searle solicitors Human Resources Team

Tracy Lucas


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Human Resources Consultant
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Tracy has been a chartered member of the Chartered Institute of Training and Development since 1992. Her far-reaching experience has been gained in-house in the private and public sectors and as a director of her own employment law consultancy. 

Tracy’s particular expertise is in employee relations including:

  • Disciplinary issues
  • Redundancy
  • Change management

Tracy has up-to-date knowledge of employment legislation and best practice and provides practical and effective help with their application in the workplace.

Tracy can also help with the application of employment legislation and the drafting or reviewing of staff handbooks and company policies and procedures.


Alison Lyon


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Human Resources Consultant
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As a corporate member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, Alison is an accomplished human resources professional with nearly 20 years’ experience delivering high quality HR services within the public sector. She has worked predominantly for the National Probation Service and National Health Service. 

Alison has extensive knowledge and practical experience in all areas of human resource management, including:

  • Employee relations
  • Training and development
  • Performance management
  • Recruitment and selection
  • Pay and reward
  • Health and safety

Alison has experience establishing HR teams and developing employment policies and strategies in many organisations. She has a sound knowledge of employment legislation and HR best practice and provides clear and practical advice on the full range of employment issues.

Alison also offers expertise in designing and delivering comprehensive training packages for managers on issues such as:

  • Sickness absence
  • Performance management
  • Stress awareness
  • Grievance and disciplinary procedures

Alison had a track record of building effective relationships at the most senior levels in organisations as well as with managers, trade union representatives and staff.


Heather Moore

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Human Resources Consultant
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Heather is a Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development qualified human resources professional with seven years’ experience as a manager in the public and education sectors. 

Heather’s particular experience is in:

  • Setting up HR functions, systems and procedures
  • Writing and putting in place policies

Heather has also managed small and large-scale change programmes, including redundancy, and has recent experience in addressing skills for life issues in the workplace.

She has much experience of working with managers to resolve employee relations and other workplace problems.

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Elspeth Hayde

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Human Resources Consultant
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Elspeth is a qualified senior HR professional with 25 years’ experience in the voluntary, statutory and private sectors. She has been a member of the senior management team in four organisations operating in changing environments. 

Elspeth is able to build effective relationships with boards, managers and employees to achieve positive changes at an individual, team and organisation level. Elspeth is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Elspeth enjoys developing and implementing HR strategy, ensuring HR’s contribution to corporate goals and stakeholder involvement. She has project managed organisational development initiatives including service redesign leading to large restructuring projects in several organisations.

Elspeth has advised and supported chief executives, boards and managers on all employee relations issues. She has also managed redundancy programmes including rolling out robust performance criteria. She has wide experience of employee communication work in private and voluntary sector organisations and has developed effective face-to-face and written briefing programmes.

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Lynn Tulip

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Human Resources Consultant
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Lynn is a qualified HR and career management professional with more than 20 years’ experience in the public, not-for-profit and private sectors. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and BPS level B registered. She has extensive experience using a broad range of bespoke psychometric tools for a selection of HR solutions from resourcing and development to restructuring and talent management. 

Lynn has project managed and supported boards in the recruitment of top teams and senior executives, ensuring placements are suitably tenured. She has also managed and delivered redundancy and outplacement programmes at all levels through a combination of assessment, consultation and group training.

Currently Lynn works freelance offering career guidance and counselling services, including:

  • CV writing
  • Interview coaching
  • Support to jobseekers

Lynn’s expertise lies in ensuring businesses’ most valuable human resources not only reach their potential, but add value to the business.


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Annabel Shilton

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Executive Coach
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Annabel has more than 10 years’ experience as an executive coach and coach supervisor. Her particular expertise is in: 

  • Leadership development
  • Raising individual performance
  • Communication
  • Marketing
  • Career coaching
  • Personal branding

Annabel has worked with senior executives and teams in large and small organisations on coaching and change management programmes. Her work focuses on developing 21st Century emotionally intelligent leaders.

Annabel has a lively, warm approach and brings passion, energy and fun to her coaching.  She is committed to working in partnership with clients, providing a hands-on facilitation style that motivates, encourages and challenges.

A qualified coach and coach supervisor, Annabel also has a post-graduate Diploma in Marketing. In addition, Annabel is:

  • Qualified to deliver psychometric profiling tools
  • An accredited Investor in People adviser
  • On the Institute of Business Consulting Expert Coach Panel
  • Qualified to deliver the Institute of Leadership and Management’s Leadership, Management, Coaching & Mentoring Awards


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Joanne Williams

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Human Resources Consultant
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Joanne Williams, a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, has more than 20 years’ senior HR experience. 

With a proven track record operating at a strategic level, Joanne also has substantial operational experience spanning the full range of HR services. She has strong credentials in:

  • Employee relations
  • Policy development
  • Interpretation of employment legislation
  • Working in unionised environments

Joanne’s main areas of responsibility have included:

  • HR strategies
  • Employee relations
  • Change management
  • Training
  • Job evaluation and recruitment
  • Writing policies and procedures
  • Employment legislation
  • Discipline
  • Health and safety
  • Personnel systems
  • Communications and Investors in People

She has worked on a number of projects, such as advising small companies on all aspects of people management. Additionally, she has been a retained/interim HR professional for SMEs.

Joanne demonstrates excellent leadership, communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire confidence and build strong relationships.


Phil Jones


Facilitator, Trainer & Coach
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Phil has been a development professional for nearly 20 years and now specialises in supporting companies to manage relationships in the workplace. Phil’s services include: 

  • Formal workplace mediation
  • Team mediation
  • Employee engagement events
  • Supporting staff through change, including redundancy
  • Coaching new managers and small business owners to support the right organisational culture to deliver business success
  • Training managers on dealing with people challenges
  • Facilitating top teams to help planning, review and creative exploration

Phil has developed an approach to helping other manage conflict which is clear and well-founded whilst being flexible and responsive to individual organisation’s needs and working culture. Despite working in a field which many people find uncomfortable, Phil prides himself being able to support employees and managers through the most difficult of scenarios.

Phil is a qualified and accredited trainer, mediator and coach whose credentials include:

  • Diploma in Performance Coaching
  • Master Practitioner in NLP
  • National Certificate in Workplace Mediation
  • CiPD Training for Trainers Certificate
  • A1 Award in Assessing

 

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