HR Consultant in Leeds
Practical HR Support for Leeds Businesses
As your business grows, looking after your people can become more complex.
You may need experienced advice on a difficult employee situation, want to strengthen your HR foundations, or simply need someone you can turn to when a people issue arises.
That’s where Waratah HR can help.
Waratah HR Consulting provides practical, commercially focused HR support to SMEs and growing businesses in Leeds and across Yorkshire.
Whether you need ongoing HR support, guidance through a particular employee issue, or an independent review of your current HR arrangements, you’ll get experienced, pragmatic advice shaped around your business.
Let's talk about what's happening in your business
HR support that fits your business
Every business is different, so your HR support should be too.
You may want the reassurance of having an experienced HR professional available on an ongoing basis. You may have a specific issue that needs resolving. Or you may simply want to understand whether your current HR practices are giving your business the protection and foundations it needs.
Waratah HR provides flexible support depending on where your business is now and where you’re heading.
Help with difficult employee situations
Even with good processes in place, managing people isn’t always straightforward.
Perhaps someone’s performance has become a concern. You’re managing persistent absence. An employee has raised a grievance. Or you’re unsure about the right approach to a disciplinary or flexible working request.
These are often the moments when having experienced HR advice makes the biggest difference.
We can help you understand the situation, assess your options and work through the next steps practically and confidently.
Senior HR expertise without the full-time HR function
I'm Cheryl-Anne Salton, founder of Waratah HR Consulting.
I established Waratah HR after more than 20 years working in senior HR leadership.
That experience means I understand that good HR isn't just about policies and procedures. The advice has to work in the real world.
Business owners need to balance employee relationships, legal obligations, commercial pressures and the practical reality of running a business.
My approach is therefore deliberately straightforward:
Understand the situation.
Identify the risk.
Work out the practical options.
Help you move forward.
No unnecessary HR jargon. No generic advice disconnected from your business.
Just experienced, commercially aware HR support when you need it.
Supporting SMEs and growing businesses in Leeds
Waratah HR supports SMEs and growing businesses in Leeds and across Yorkshire that want experienced HR expertise without necessarily needing to build their own full-time HR function.
Your business may be expanding and employing more people. Perhaps your managers are dealing with increasingly complex situations. Or the HR arrangements that worked perfectly well when the business was smaller may now need strengthening.
That could mean supporting you with:
day-to-day employee issues
contracts, policies and HR documentation
managing performance or absence
disciplinary and grievance situations
flexible working requests
organisational change
HR compliance and risk
people processes and management practices
growth and workforce planning
ongoing retained HR support
You don’t need to know exactly which HR service you need before getting in touch.
Start with what’s happening in your business.
We can take it from there.
When might you need an HR consultant?
Often, the trigger for seeking HR support isn’t “we need an HR consultant”.
It’s something happening in the business.
Perhaps...
An employee has raised a grievance and you’re unsure what to do next.
A manager is struggling with someone’s performance.
Absence is becoming difficult to manage.
You’re taking on more employees and want to make sure your contracts and policies are right.
Your business has grown and your existing people processes have become too informal.
Or perhaps nothing is actually wrong, but you would simply like reassurance that your HR foundations are as robust as they should be.
You don’t need to wait until something becomes a major issue.
Getting experienced HR advice earlier can often give you more options and make the situation easier to manage.
Why work with Waratah HR?
Experienced
More than 20 years of senior HR leadership experience brought directly to your business.
Practical
Advice needs to be usable. I'll help you understand what you can actually do next, not simply explain the theory..
Commercial
Good HR should support the business as well as its people. My advice takes both into account.
Flexible
From a one-off HR project or people issue through to ongoing retained HR support, the relationship can be shaped around what your business needs.
Personal
You'll deal directly with me, rather than being passed between different advisers or a call centre.
Frequently asked questions…..
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Yes. Waratah HR supports businesses in Leeds as part of its work with SMEs and growing businesses across Yorkshire. Support can be delivered remotely and through on-site work where appropriate.
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No. You may need advice on a specific issue, a one-off HR project, an HR review or ongoing retained support. We can start with the problem you're trying to solve and decide what level of support makes sense.
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Absolutely. In fact, that's often when an independent review can be particularly useful. I can look at what's already in place, identify any gaps or areas for improvement and help you strengthen what you already have.
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Yes. I can provide practical HR guidance on employee relations matters including performance, absence, disciplinary and grievance issues, flexible working and other workplace concerns.
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Yes. Waratah HR is particularly focused on SMEs and growing businesses that want credible, senior-level HR expertise but don't necessarily need their own full-time HR function.
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That's completely normal.
You don't need to diagnose the HR problem before speaking to me. Tell me what's happening in the business, and we can talk through the situation and what sort of support may be appropriate.
Let’s make HR feel a little less complicated
If you run a business in Leeds and would value experienced, practical HR support, let’s have a conversation.
Whether something needs addressing now, you want reassurance that your HR foundations are strong, or you’re looking for longer-term support as the business grows, Waratah HR is here to help you move forward with confidence.