Employee engagement consultancy

scarlettabbott academy.

Creating better worlds of work through learning

The ability of leaders, managers, HR professionals and internal comms teams to engage colleagues has a measurable impact on the productivity and performance of any business. We established the scarlettabbott academy to equip those people with the knowledge and skills they need to make a positive difference to their teams and workforces.

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Learning that’s practical and flexible

When it comes to learning, one size doesn’t fit all. The best way for people to learn depends on the type of role they’re in, the access they have to digital channels and, importantly, the subject matter and learning outcomes. We offer courses and one-off modules, some delivered live (in person or remotely) and some accessible on demand.

All our learning experiences are rooted in robust academic theory and backed up by the decades of combined experience our specialists have accumulated. Many are also accredited by professional bodies and are eligible for CPD points. However, their defining feature is practicality. We want to give everyone specific, usable knowledge, tactics and techniques that will enable them to make their working world better.

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Learning for leaders

Executive-level and senior leaders play a crucial role in setting the culture of an organisation. Their awareness of, and influence on, the components of culture are hugely important, as are their visibility to colleagues and ability to communicate in an effective and inspirational way. Our coaching offerings for leaders are designed to enable every leader to be the best version of themselves, harnessing their natural strengths.

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Learning for managers

Business leaders and HR professionals have long known that people managers, at all levels within an organisation, can be integral to the engagement (or otherwise) of their teams. They have a significant influence over the lives of their direct reports and can be the difference between contented, motivated, engaged colleagues and discontented, disengaged and even disruptive ones. Our learning offerings for managers enable them to acquire and hone the skills needed to engage teams, day in, day out, resulting in workplaces where people can feel their best, be their best and do their best.

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Learning for people and IC professionals

People and Internal Comms professionals hold the keys to the employee experience in any business. Not only do they create policies, interventions and content that shape employees’ worlds of work, they also have responsibility for advising leaders and managers about how to engage colleagues. Our learning offerings cover a broad range of specialist topics and are designed to equip these professionals with tools and insights that help meaningfully increase employee engagement.

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What our clients are saying.

“The sessions have been incredible. The whole team is more confident and we've seen the benefits of the training across the whole department”

HR Manager, BigCo

Lisa Hawksworth.

Lisa is passionate about insights and what it reveals about an organisation’s culture and communications. She takes complex data and transforms it into strategies that drive lasting change.

Dr Alex Gapud.

Alex gets under the skin of the day-to-day experiences and interactions that make up an organisation’s culture and affects its people. Through ethnography, interviews and focus groups he helps global brands understand how wider social trends and human experiences can drive positive change in their organisation.

Alastair Atkinson.

Garnering a wealth of experience from roles in Big Four professional services and FTSE 250 businesses, and with an MSc in HR, Alastair is a seasoned professional in all elements of employee engagement, leading global and national projects and accounts across industries. He’s a chartered member of the CIPD, an experienced facilitator and has written for industry publications on a variety of employee engagement topics.

Lu McKay.

Lu is a director of consultancy who drives our purpose, vision and strategy communications, as well as providing business coaching, workshop design and facilitation. She has extensive experience in HR and change communications and has spent much of her career working with diverse and hard-to-reach audiences.