What is Cultivate?

Put simply, we provide people services and strategy that can grow as your business does.

Passion for People: We’re founded on the belief that when the people in a business are thriving, they fuel your organisational success,

We're all about making work better. We partner with senior leaders to benchmark your HR practices and design clear, actionable plans for improvement.

Forget the fluff, focus on ROI. We translate HR strategy into tangible results that directly impact your bottom line.

Business focused, people led. We get the challenges you’re facing every day and help you tackle them while putting your most powerful asset at the forefront, your people.

Who will you be working with?

I’m Alison Whitfield, Director and Founder of Cultivate People Services.

I bring over 10 years of people management and service delivery experience to the table and have seen plenty of great (and not so great) practice over the years.

Before working as a Head of People, I spent many years managing teams, delivering customer and service delivery improvement plans and focusing on organisational success. Now, through Cultivate, I take those concepts into creating exceptional employee journeys.

Specialising in building people strategy that completely aligns with your company vision, I know what it takes to get senior leaders on board and will tailor your solution to give you the ROI you need. Whether that’s working with a brand new start-up, an existing HR/People team, or even a Senior Leadership Team working through an acquisition -

Cultivate has got your back.

 FAQs

  • Focusing on your people strategy has many proven benefits for improved revenue and organisational success. Not all businesses will have the budget or workload for an in-house team, so working with a consultancy allows for flexibility while still accessing qualified professionals.

  • Wherever you are in your journey to an amazing people strategy, there is a service package to suit. This includes benchmarking and audit services, ad-hoc support, one off projects or ongoing retainer services. You can get more information by clicking the "Services" section at the top of the home page.

  • This all depends on the service and the complexity of the challenge you bring to us. Services start from an agreed hourly rate up to larger projects at a day rate, or retained services on a monthly basis. We will complete an audit and discovery exercise with all clients at the beginning of our relationship and provide a full, transparent project proposal to make sure there's no nasty surprises.

  • Alison Whitfield, Director and Founder of Cultivate, is an associate member of the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development (CIPD) and has over 10 years people management experience under her belt. Having working in both large corporate environments and small business, Alison knows the challenges faced when it comes to supporting people and driving your commercial goals. If you'd like to know more, feel free to connect on LinkedIn

  • Any discussions regarding your business and/or employees of your business will be treated with strict confidence. Where required, non-disclosure agreements can be agreed for particularly sensitive projects such as mergers and acquisitions. For further information please review the privacy policy.

  • Absolutely! We have come from the world of stand-alone HR within a small business and fully appreciate the challenges involved. We pride ourselves on doing what's right for your business including working shoulder-to-shoulder with your existing HR professionals, managers and other suppliers where necessary.