WHO WE ARE
Facta Consult is a new company with a long history.
Our knowledge of organisational research and internal communication has its roots in our relationship with The Work Foundation (previously The Industrial Society), the UK’s leading authority on work and its future. Until January 2010, the directors of Facta Consult were the senior consultants responsible for The Work Foundation’s surveys and diagnostics service, providing surveys across the public, private and third sectors and remain The Work Foundation’s nominated surveys provider. We provide high quality, bespoke surveys, still underpinned by the Good Work principles that The Work Foundation stands for, while adding the clarity of focus that only an organisation focused exclusively on creating understanding of the employee experience can provide.
Liz Cochrane, Director
Liz has a joint passion for listening and action.
She has over twenty years’ experience of working with organizations from all sectors to help them improve internal communication and dialogue to ensure more engaged staff and better business results. This has included working in-house, including six years as communication manager for Glaxo Operations, as a senior consultant for The Industrial Society/The Work Foundation focusing on diagnostics and internal communication, and as director of a prestigious post graduate qualification in internal communication management, accredited by Kingston University Business School. She is the author of several publications.
She has over twenty years’ experience of working with organizations from all sectors to help them improve internal communication and dialogue to ensure more engaged staff and better business results. This has included working in-house, including six years as communication manager for Glaxo Operations, as a senior consultant for The Industrial Society/The Work Foundation focusing on diagnostics and internal communication, and as director of a prestigious post graduate qualification in internal communication management, accredited by Kingston University Business School. She is the author of several publications.
Julia Woodford, Director
Julia is expert in the design of high impact diagnostics.
She enjoys using creative qualitative and quantitative techniques to pinpoint how client businesses can create competitive advantage and raise organisational performance. “Enhanced employee engagement, commitment and loyalty are powerful commercial weapons”, says Julia. Senior consultant at The Industrial Society/The Work Foundation for 11 years and before that, a journalist and sub-editor, Julia holds a Masters Degree in Marketing Management with Distinction and has a number of publications.
She enjoys using creative qualitative and quantitative techniques to pinpoint how client businesses can create competitive advantage and raise organisational performance. “Enhanced employee engagement, commitment and loyalty are powerful commercial weapons”, says Julia. Senior consultant at The Industrial Society/The Work Foundation for 11 years and before that, a journalist and sub-editor, Julia holds a Masters Degree in Marketing Management with Distinction and has a number of publications.
Liz McCaw – Senior Associate Consultant
Liz is driven by the belief that working people’s talents are often under-utilised.
With a career spanning both organizational consulting and people management, Liz has experienced the impact of good (and bad) employee engagement practice from all perspectives. As a director of AXA ICAS, the health and wellbeing arm of AXA PPP healthcare, Liz led the account management function through an acquisition and subsequent change programme, successfully creating a new strategic direction and brand for the business.
Before joining AXA ICAS Liz headed up the Work Foundation’s surveys and audits team, working with client organisations to deliver the data and direction underpinning their people policy and strategy.
Liz has an MBA with distinction from Kingston University
With a career spanning both organizational consulting and people management, Liz has experienced the impact of good (and bad) employee engagement practice from all perspectives. As a director of AXA ICAS, the health and wellbeing arm of AXA PPP healthcare, Liz led the account management function through an acquisition and subsequent change programme, successfully creating a new strategic direction and brand for the business.
Before joining AXA ICAS Liz headed up the Work Foundation’s surveys and audits team, working with client organisations to deliver the data and direction underpinning their people policy and strategy.
Liz has an MBA with distinction from Kingston University
John Kirkham, LL.M., MA – Senior Associate Consultant
John firmly believes that all people have a valuable contribution to make
to the world of work, and that it is the challenge of management to harness that collective experience for the benefit of all the stakeholders in an organisation.
He has provided advice and support to clients during complex change programmes, focusing on engagement strategies and communications systems in support of the change process, as well as brokering significant union-management agreements on complex change in public, private and third sector organisations. He has enabled executives to optimise their own potential and to manage the performance of others through effective coaching; leadership; and the development of HR policies and procedures which meet the changing needs of businesses.
He has provided advice and support to clients during complex change programmes, focusing on engagement strategies and communications systems in support of the change process, as well as brokering significant union-management agreements on complex change in public, private and third sector organisations. He has enabled executives to optimise their own potential and to manage the performance of others through effective coaching; leadership; and the development of HR policies and procedures which meet the changing needs of businesses.
Linda Maclaughlan, Associate Consultant
Linda MacLaughlan has been working in the field of employee research for over twenty years.
Her areas of expertise cover a wide range of HR related topics including communications, motivational factors, equal opportunities, performance management and managing attendance. She uses a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques to carry out her research including focus group and individual interviews, telephone interviews and questionnaires.
Her current and recent clients include The National Housing Federation and The Shaftsbury Society but she has worked extensively in the private and public sectors as well as the voluntary sector so understands the challenges they face.
Her areas of expertise cover a wide range of HR related topics including communications, motivational factors, equal opportunities, performance management and managing attendance. She uses a range of qualitative and quantitative techniques to carry out her research including focus group and individual interviews, telephone interviews and questionnaires.
Her current and recent clients include The National Housing Federation and The Shaftsbury Society but she has worked extensively in the private and public sectors as well as the voluntary sector so understands the challenges they face.
Chris Turgoose, Associate Consultant
Over the last 11 years working within the HE sector Chris has gained considerable knowledge and experience of the current issues the sector is facing.
Informed by her background in work psychology, Chris was instrumental in driving forward a strategic approach to employee well being within Sheffield Hallam University as part of her role as Employee Wellbeing Co-ordinator. She was also a key player in the development, within the University, of The Employee Wellbeing Steering Group, chaired by a PVC, and designed to co-ordinate and drive forward the strategic wellbeing agenda across the University.
In her previous role as Director of the Research based Consultancy Service (RCS) at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield and as an independent consultant she has worked with organisations such as CIPD, DWP, Skills for Justice, Small Business Service, Sheffield Hallam University, National Audit Office, Barnsley NHS. She also carried out internal consultancy within Sheffield University around managing change.
Informed by her background in work psychology, Chris was instrumental in driving forward a strategic approach to employee well being within Sheffield Hallam University as part of her role as Employee Wellbeing Co-ordinator. She was also a key player in the development, within the University, of The Employee Wellbeing Steering Group, chaired by a PVC, and designed to co-ordinate and drive forward the strategic wellbeing agenda across the University.
In her previous role as Director of the Research based Consultancy Service (RCS) at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield and as an independent consultant she has worked with organisations such as CIPD, DWP, Skills for Justice, Small Business Service, Sheffield Hallam University, National Audit Office, Barnsley NHS. She also carried out internal consultancy within Sheffield University around managing change.
Louise Dawson, Facta Consult Support
Louise Dawson is the principle document specialist and proof-reader for Facta Consult.
She works to an expert standard in presentation and graphic software and is an experienced proof-reader and copy-editor.
Before joining the team at Facta Consult, Louise worked in document production for Goldman Sachs creating high-quality documents for both print and onscreen presentations. During her 10 years at Goldman Sachs Louise co-founded and worked on the pan-European copy-editing team which works to ensure that the grammar, spelling, content and use of language in documents is consistent, accurate and easy to comprehend.
As a proof-reader and editor Louise has also worked on Media, Culture & Society (Sage), Shivers Magazine (Visual Imagination), and 15-1 (Regent Productions).
For Facta Consult Louise is responsible for producing high-quality documents that meet an excellent standard both visually and in terms of factual content. She monitors visual layout and formatting, checks the accuracy of the reporting and thoroughly proof-reads each report before delivery.
She works to an expert standard in presentation and graphic software and is an experienced proof-reader and copy-editor.
Before joining the team at Facta Consult, Louise worked in document production for Goldman Sachs creating high-quality documents for both print and onscreen presentations. During her 10 years at Goldman Sachs Louise co-founded and worked on the pan-European copy-editing team which works to ensure that the grammar, spelling, content and use of language in documents is consistent, accurate and easy to comprehend.
As a proof-reader and editor Louise has also worked on Media, Culture & Society (Sage), Shivers Magazine (Visual Imagination), and 15-1 (Regent Productions).
For Facta Consult Louise is responsible for producing high-quality documents that meet an excellent standard both visually and in terms of factual content. She monitors visual layout and formatting, checks the accuracy of the reporting and thoroughly proof-reads each report before delivery.
