Meet Your Expert Course Director

Lesley Harvey, Director – The Human Edge, has in excess of 13 years’ experience in HR; the first part in operational and strategic roles the last 7 of which have been in HR consulting. Following on from a successful career in sales and marketing, Lesley has extensive experience in both the design and implementation of HR processes and systems as well as in managing large scale change projects which gives her skills which are well honed both in the GCC and internationally, thus enabling her clients to see tangible results quickly and effectively. Some of the projects she has recently undertaken include:

• Performance management system design, communication and implementation – including
  training 3,000 staff in workshops of 15 people
• Complete HR start up for a media company in Dubai – including the design of
  performance management process, behavioural competency model, induction, HR policy
  and process development as well as the development of employee welcome guide
• Project Director for Telecom Change Project – designing all the HR enablers such as
  reward structure, performance management system, career planning, job design,
  organisation design, and managing the internal communications and launch event over a
  period of two years
• Management development training design and delivery for a wide variety of
  organisations
• Conducting HR audits in order to identify the gaps coupled with an accompanying
  recommendations report

Lesley is registered with the British Psychological Society and is currently studying for her MBA.