Human Synergy was founded by Lara Gilkes as she recognised the special need for companies to tap into the rich vein of their staff and develop them to their full potential.

Lara is an experienced consultant, coach and facilitator. She has over a decade of experience working within organisations in Human Resources and Learning & Development. She has worked in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors and witnessed first-hand the challenges of mergers, acquisitions and organisational transformation. This experience has been invaluable in her work over recent years as a consultant and means that she has an in-depth understanding of the real issues facing leaders, managers and organisations at the present time.

Her present client base is a mix of public and private sector organisations. As well as working directly with some clients and with associates she also has a long-standing working relationship with ITS, a consultancy specialising in organisational development.

She believes that people, teams and organisations have immense potential and sees her role as helping them access this inner resource in order to achieve their desired results.

Professional status

Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD)

Qualifications

MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) qualified

Diploma in Performance Coaching for Business (NCFE)

Certificate in Coaching (Coaching Academy)

TMS Team Profiling, Window on Work Values

Introduction to Transactional Analysis (TA101)

Education

Postgraduate diploma in Human Resources

B (Eng) Hons Civil Engineering

Associates

Lara has a network of highly-skilled consultants with whom she works in partnership on larger projects.