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Who we are

Partners in Talent is based in London and led by Clair Michael Ellensohn and Helen Benson.  Between us, we have:

  • designed and developed flagship programs for general managers, women leaders and emerging markets

  • developed and implemented talent management from scratch across a global organisation

  • led wide-ranging talent, career, learning and HR projects.  

The impact includes reduced attrition by 30%, more than double the rate of career progression and performance improvements upwards of 25%.

We have extensive experience in fast-paced, global businesses across Talent, Learning and Development, Leadership Development, Women in Leadership, Career Management, Executive Coaching, Diversity and Inclusion, Organisational Development and HR.  

A highly effective partnership, we have worked together for many years initially as a very successful senior-level job share, in a firm of 50,000 employees with cutting edge talent and development practices, and since 2019 as freelance consultants.  

We also work with highly trusted associates on specific projects as fits our client's needs.

Clair has a Masters in Career Management and Counselling and is a NLP Master Practitioner.  

Helen has a Masters in HR, is a qualified Executive Coach with accreditation in Hogan assessments. 

Both are chartered members of the CIPD. 

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  • Matching our breadth of expertise with your unique context, strategy and budget

  • Bringing an impartial perspective, we don’t market specific products or offerings

  • Balancing a strategic approach with pragmatic, relevant solutions

  • Understanding organisational realities from years of practical experience in financial services, technology, information, telecoms, news, media, advertising and engineering businesses

  • Adapting our delivery styles to your needs, whether they be powerful experiential in-person events or impactful non-traditional/virtual initiatives at scale or anything in between

  • Delivering impactful virtual workshops long before anyone had heard of lockdown

  • Bringing extensive experience of successfully developing people across the world, including including UK, Europe, Asia, North and South America and many other countries

  • Partnering in a unique and impactful way, fundamental to how we work with clients and partner organisations

What's different about us 

Whats different

See more about Clair:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairmichael

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