STRATEGIC HR CONSULTANCY, BASED IN YORKSHIRE, WORKING GLOBALLY
Do you know where you stand?
Employment law is going through the biggest overhaul in a lifetime. The pace and the complexity of it are leaving organisations exposed, and it usually only shows when something goes wrong. We help you see it coming. You get a clear, evidenced picture of your risk with no scaremongering, an honest view of where it matters commercially, and a plan we build with you.
A single solution, or the whole system.
Some clients come to us with one thing. A grievance that has become complicated, an exit that needs handling carefully, a manager who is out of their depth. We deal with it, properly.
Others want us to get under the bonnet. How compliant the organisation actually is, what the culture is really like, and whether the HR function is earning its place commercially.
Often the first turns into the second, once you see how much sits underneath.
What we do
The Evida Diagnostic
A full assessment across nine areas, scored and rated, with a twelve month roadmap. We do the work, you get the answers.
HR support
Everyday HR when you need it. Pay as you go for one-off questions, project work for bigger pieces, or a retained arrangement if you would rather have us on hand.
Manager training
Short, practical training for line managers who do not have a spare day. One situation at a time, with a video and a toolkit they can use the same afternoon.
OUR CORE SERVICE
The Evida Diagnostic
Boardrooms do not have time for a hundred page report. We have sat in enough of them to know that, so we keep it simple. Stop, start, continue. Red, amber, green.
We assess your organisation across nine areas, from contracts and pay through to how people are treated day to day. We handle the work ourselves. You give us access to what we need and we get on with it, without tying up your team in admin.
What you get:
- An aggregated compliance score across all nine areas
- Every area scored and rated red, amber or green
- A twelve month roadmap, prioritised by risk
- Clear actions you can take forward with us or without us
Urgent.
Legal, governance and compliance risk that needs dealing with now.
Working for now, but not robust.
Gaps that will cause problems as the law changes or you grow.
Compliant already.
This is where you go past the minimum and start building somewhere people genuinely want to work.
WHAT YOU GET
See your whole organisation on one page.
The heat map shows you where you stand at a glance. The roadmap tells you what to do about it, and in what order.
01 THE HEAT MAP
Overall
Two areas need urgent attention. Four need work. Three are already strong.
Illustrative example. Every organisation scores differently.
02 THE ROADMAP
- RedAlign probationary processes with the new qualifying period for unfair dismissal
- RedClose the gaps in the disciplinary and grievance policy
- RedComplete a workplace sexual harassment risk assessment
- AmberBring sickness absence reporting up to standard
- AmberTrain managers in handling sickness absence
- AmberReview pay structures for discriminatory disparities
- GreenDesign the shared parental leave policy
- GreenTrain managers in effective performance management
Illustrative example. Your roadmap is built from your own findings.
Most leaders we work with are not looking for another report. They are looking to stop being caught out.
Good governance is the baseline. Get it right and you spend less time on grievances, disputes and firefighting, and more time on the work that actually makes the business better.
Take the roadmap and run it yourself. Or we deliver it with you, at whatever pace suits you.
EVIDENCE. VALUE. IMPACT. DIRECT. ACTION.
Evida is more than a name, it's our methodology.
- 01
Evidence
We start with what is actually happening, not what the policy says should be happening.
- 02
Value
We put it in commercial terms. What the gaps are costing you, and what closing them is worth.
- 03
Impact
We tell you where action will make the biggest difference. We know, because we have done it ourselves.
- 04
Direct
We tell you plainly, including the parts that are awkward. Better an uncomfortable conversation now than a tribunal later.
- 05
Action
You get a plan for now, and for three, six and twelve months. Not a report that sits in a drawer.
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Two people who have done the job
Evida is Chloe Wallace and Sue Bancroft. Between us we have more than forty years in HR, most of it inside organisations rather than advising from outside. We have sat in the boardroom, made the decisions and lived with the consequences.
We work with a network of experienced associates, so we can bring in specialist expertise when a piece of work needs it, without you having to deal with a different person every time.
Are we the right fit?
We work with local SMEs, to global PLCs, as well as household names and some of the UK's official Best Places to Work. Size and sector are not what we look at.
What matters to us is whether you care about doing right by your people, and whether you will act on what you find out. Insight is only worth something if somebody does something with it.
If you already see the link between how people are treated, how they perform and what that does to your bottom line, we will probably get on.
Where can you work with us?
We are based in Sheffield and Rotherham, so most of our face to face work happens across South and West Yorkshire, including Barnsley, Doncaster, Leeds, Bradford and Wakefield.
It goes further than that. We work with clients in Chesterfield and wider Derbyshire, and with organisations expanding into the Midlands, the North East and London.
Plenty of our work is remote, and plenty of the businesses we support answer to head offices in other time zones, from the US to Europe. We fit around how you actually operate. In the room or on a call, whichever gets it done.
Not sure where to start?
Tell us what is on your mind, whether that is one problem or the whole picture, and we will tell you honestly where we think you should start.