The People

Rebecca Shorthouse

Senior Consultant

Rebecca is the OE specialist in organizational research.  This is a critical role within the business as it directly supports the Growth Proposition by providing clients with real information about positive change linked to the OE work to enable and accelerate growth.  She also engages in business directed research to inform changing and developing strategy, and tactical focus.

Rebecca’s background and experience enables her to do this work highly effectively, through the combination of an economics degree and career in Ernst & Young, linked to the social science rigour and psychological understanding of the psychologist team within OE.  Prior to joining the team, Rebecca was the Finance Director of a Communication Company (PBS), during which time she developed an active interest in measuring the ROI of business interventions.  She applies a variety of methods in the evaluation of the impact of people interventions at the levels of the individual, team or division, and at an organizational level.

Having graduated from the University of Birmingham, with a degree in Economics, Rebecca’s career began at Ernst & Young as a trainee Chartered Accountant. Once qualified, she worked for accountancy firms specialising in both corporate finance and taxation services. A subsequent appointment, as Commercial Director of a consultancy and production company, incorporated a period of concentrated work in strategy development, financing and an introduction to the impact of business psychology interventions.  She has also worked within the management consultancy sector, delivering coaching and facilitation assignments.

Rebecca’s interests are not wholly involved with OE.  In her spare time she has set up two businesses, one in the child care sector and the other in the construction industry.  She is a Director of both and has overview responsibility for branding, marketing and financing.  Rebecca is an active member of the NSPCC.  From which perspective, and in a broader sense, she acts as a voice within OE for social and environmental responsibility.

Business Focus

Rebecca’s main areas of business focus include:

  • Multi-method profilingto fully understand the development potential for individuals to ultimately enhance performance, engagement and ensure alignment with business direction and values
  • Research assignmentsto provide organizations with rich and relevant data but more crucially the key messages to help with strategy development and organizational development
  • Design of human capital accounting processesto ensure focus and economical benefit from human transformation and intervention.  This is a critical evaluation process and includes cost benefit analysis, ROI and HCA
  • Design and implementation of leadership and management programmesTo create leadership and management programmes that deliver against objectives, align with client’s corporate culture and address the business and personal objectives of participants
  • Project and programme managementto ensure that OE projects and programmes run smoothly and effectively.  Maintaining close communication and relationship with key stakeholders and ensuring that all members of the project team are informed and up-to-speed
  • 360° and 540° feedback specialistto ensure the design of the questionnaire fits the individual or collective objectives, is administered with greatest efficiency and that the feedback is of high impact, maximum effectiveness and professionally delivered

Clients

Clients for whom Rebecca has worked during the last few years, include Ceridian, GSK, HBOS, Lexus, Mace, Rico, Toyota, Unipart, Virgin Media and Whittington Group