Meet The People Person
Hi, I’m Lara. I’m the Chief People Person.
Although this section is about me, you’re probably more interested in what I can do for you. If you’re a purpose-led, creative and ambitious individual or company who cares about their people and likes to do things differently, you’re in the right place.
Following a successful career in HR, leadership, and my own personal development journey, I founded The People Person in 2019 with the specific aim of helping people be happier, healthier and more successful by getting the best out of themselves and those around them. I believe if we all did this better and more often, even by just 10%, the world would be a greater place. Helping develop and grow brilliant leaders and brilliant teams to achieve their potential is a good place to start. It also has a clear and proven bottom-line impact on business performance but its impact goes well beyond that.
Having led my own teams, trained extensively, and coached and developed hundreds of people over the years, I’ve developed a good sense of what’s likely to make you succeed and reach your potential. I understand how you can so easily become your own worst enemy when it comes to accomplishing the things you want. And I know how to grow a business by investing in the people in it - both in their skills and their mindset.
My approach blends practical with philosophical, business with life, and cheerleading with challenge to help individuals, leaders and teams unlock their potential and live and work with more awareness, greater fulfilment and increased confidence and purpose.
The People Person is more than just me. Depending on your needs and the size of the project, I also draw in a strong personal network of carefully cultivated People People. They are associate experts & colleagues who will help you unlock potential and make a positive dent in the world.
My Credentials
I’ve trained and worked hard to earn my stripes and make sure you’re in safe hands and achieve the outcomes you’re looking for. I didn't find a spiritual calling after an ayahuasca experience in the jungle or finding myself in Nepal (fun as they sound). In an unregulated and highly saturated industry like coaching and personal development, when you work with me you can be confident you're dealing with someone who is qualified, experienced, and who operates with ethics and integrity and walks their talk.
LINKEDIN is the best place to check out my full professional background but here are some highlights.
Two decades of people development, coaching & leadership experience operating to Board Level
Globally qualified and accredited coach (INLPTA, AC, ICF)
NLP Master Practitioner & Trainer (INLPTA)
Mental Health First Aider
BA Hons International Business with Languages (1st)
Postgraduate Diploma in Strategic Human Resources Management
Full member of INLPTA, the Association for Coaching, and ex Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
Qualified Reiki Practitioner and RYT 200HR Yoga Teacher
Trained Workplace and Group Mediator
Voluntary Work:
I volunteer for music industry mental health and wellbeing charity Music Support.
Meet the People People
Click the ‘+’ to find out more about our incredible team of experts.
+ Eilis
Eilis is an accredited and experienced Psychotherapist and one of Ireland's leading mindfulness teachers.
Having developed a personal meditation practice over many years, in 2009 Eilis began formal training in Mindfulness-Based Approaches on the Masters programme at the University of Bangor, (Wales).
She then completed advanced teacher training with the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care and Society, University of Massachusetts, Medical School where she was awarded Certification as an MBSR teacher and invited to assist in the delivery of CFM’s teacher training programmes in Ireland.
Eilis has completed Supervisor training at the University of Bangor and offers this to teachers of mindfulness programmes.
Eilis trained as a teacher of Mindful Self-Compassion with CMSC (University of San Diego) She offers the 8 week MSC programme both online and in person.
Eilis delivers mindfulness and mindful self-compassion programmes to groups, organisations and individuals who are interested in introducing mindfulness into their everyday lives, including their workplace.
Eilis adheres to the Good Practice Guidelines for Mindfulness Teachers, attending regular retreats and committing to ongoing professional development and training in the area of Mindfulness. She is a registered teacher of mindfulness courses (MBSR and MBCT) with the British Mental Health Foundation, and is a member of the Mindfulness Teachers Association of Ireland.
+ Claire
With an impressive career in the music and entertainment industry under her belt, Claire has led and developed teams of people from entry to executive level, and has first-hand knowledge of the challenges that face people and organisations in businesses today - particularly in the entertainment industry.
Approachable, knowledgeable and with a magnetic warmth and kindness, since leaving her role as MD of live booking agency Coda in 2017, she has been consulting for various individuals and SMEs within the entertainment industry, helping them to shape their people and culture offerings and develop their teams, as well as working as a trusted Coach and Mentor to individuals whilst also studying to gain her formal qualifications in this area. She is passionate about wellbeing and mental health in the music industry and looking after young talent, volunteering and speaking publicly in this area, as well as being a qualified Mental Health First Aider.
If that didn’t keep her busy enough she is also a Level 1 England Netball Coach and teaches kids netball in South London Schools.
Claire loves working with individuals and with small and growing companies who don’t need a people person full time but who could use a balance of practical and strategic support with their people delivered in a down to earth and collaborative way. Her mission is to help people grow and be happy – whatever that looks like to them.
+ Caroline
The link between what we eat, how we feel and how we perform is becoming increasingly clear and more people are starting to wakeup to the importance of nutrition in wellbeing. Whether it’s short talks or workshops for groups on optimal nutrition for wellbeing, mood or performance, individual personalised consultations or longer nutritional programmes for your company it’s an area more forward-thinking companies are starting to pay attention to.
Caroline is The People Person’s star nutritionist helping people individually and at work to support their health and wellbeing through the food that they eat.
With first-hand experience of the busy London corporate life and challenge it brings, she left a successful career in Marketing for several high profile brands to become a fully qualified and registered nutritional therapist. She now has eight years’ extensive clinical experience and five years’ experience as official nutritionist for two Premier League football teams.
Caroline is also a regular in the media and has contributed to several key publications including Cosmopolitan, Men’s Health, Top Santé and Zest and BBC radio 2.
Her style is warm, supportive and professional and her mission is to educate, motivate and inspire people to transform their health through simple but effective evidenced-based diet and lifestyle changes.
+ Cath
Cath is The People Person’s HR Queen. A former HR director, member of the CIPD and PRINCE2 qualified, Cath has worked in senior HR roles for over 20 years in small and large organisations including Molson Coors, Burton’s Biscuits, SEDA and Thompson Holidays.
Cath’s approach is pragmatic, collaborative and solution focussed and she delivers through engaging others.
She is a marvel at managing employee relations, facilitating teams to improve performance and relations, restructures, coaching for performance and developing line managers with the important skills and knowledge they need to manage people in the often complex world of employment law in which we now operate.
Her “HR basics for line managers” workshops receive consistently great feedback with people loving her straight-talking down to earth Welsh sparkle underpinned by years of experience and knowledge. She also conducts HR audits, one-off case handling and longer term HR projects and is an Insights Discovery Licensed Practitioner.