About us
With over 35 years of experience, you can feel confident and assured that you have the right HR support by your side. As a trusted HR Partner, we work with you to ensure the challenges you face are not obstacles to your business. We get to know your organisation and culture and provide pragmatic and professional support whatever your human resource needs are. We have experience in a variety of sectors and a deep understanding of catering, construction, rail, legal firms, events and exhibitions, distribution, education, finance, IT and marketing.
Kerri Astley FCIPD BA Hons
Founder and Consultant
I am an established HR professional with over 20 years’ experience in human resources management, having worked in a variety of small and large organisations throughout the UK and Europe, includnig Balfour Beatty, Amey, Mitchells & Butler, NEC and Valeo. My career has included leading teams both operationally and strategically as part of a Senior Leadership Team. This extensive experience inspired me to set up Astley Reed, an HR Consultancy firm dedicated to supporting organisations that may require HR expertise for the first time, as well as those seeking independent support to complement their existing team.
As a trusted partner to business leaders, I have consistently delivered organisational goals and successfully implemented change initiatives that drive revenue through effective people planning. My confidence in Astley Reed’s ability to make a difference stems from years of coaching and mentoring leaders to get the very best out of their teams. We offer tailored support for people development, whether as a one-off project or transactional activities to meet a company’s evolving needs.
At Astley Reed, we pride ourselves on providing a bespoke service designed specifically for your organisation to achieve your desired outcomes. We offer a comprehensive range of professional services to help you unlock the full potential of your people and your business. From day-to-day HR support for employee relations matters to restructuring and organisational design, mergers and acquisitions, TUPE. As an accredited and qualified Executive Coach I can also provide professional support for your current and emerging leaders.
Lainey Mitchell
Executive Coach
Lainey specialises in developing individuals through one-to-one coaching. Lainey’s passion for coaching is that it provides a unique and highly personalised learning opportunity for an individual to identify and attain their true potential.
Lainey has a wealth of experience in individual, team and leadership development. With a breadth of experience across numerous sectors, both in a corporate capacity and as a consultant, Lainey has had extensive insight into a wide range of business cultures and diverse employee populations. She has a warm, positive and practical approach, one of her greatest strengths is building rapport and she is quickly able to put people at their ease and create a safe and productive learning environment.
Lainey is an accredited coach through the Henley Management College and also a CIPD graduate. Lainey is accredited in Emotional and Social Competency Intelligence (ESCI) 360 feedback, DiSC profiling and a qualified NLP Master Practitioner and Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) Practitioner step 1 and 2.
To date her clients as a coach have included: The Walt Disney Company, Discovery Channel, Expedia.com, The NEC Group, Prostate Cancer UK, MIND, Johnson & Johnson, RBS, City and Guilds, The Arcadia Group, SEGA, Deutsche Bank, Net, Omio, Eversheds, Red Bull, Hult International Business School, Vine Property Management, Moonpig, Mattel, London College of Fashion, Alzheimer’s Society, Vinci, Tonbridge School, Dixons Carphone, The Cothill Trust, The Coventry Building Society, ITV and AMC Networks International.
Coaching Approch
Through clear goal setting, active listening, and a non-judgmental mind set, she will explore and challenge individuals thinking, build on their past successes and enable the individual to find solutions within themselves which supports them in obtaining the best from their talents and passions. Lainey`s philosophy on coaching is that it allows individuals space and time to think, which within typically fast paced and highly demanding working environments and lifestyles, is a very powerful and much desired state to attain.
