Award-winning HR director Karen Beaven is passionate about people experience and entrepreneurship. After a high flying career, predominantly in retail, she decided to 'go it alone' and launch a number of businesses including coaching and an HR entrepreneurs network. In these two videos she shares how she brought commercial thinking into HR in her previous role as HR director at fashion retail firm River Island as well as sharing her tops tips for developing an entrepreneurial mindset.
CHAPTERS
1. Sparking the commercial fire in yourself and your team 07:22
2. Making an impact: using agile thinking in HR 07:31
PLUS bonus video Top Resources for HR Entrepreneurs
To watch the short course go to our HR entrepreneurs video playlist here.
ABOUT KAREN BEAVEN
Karen Beaven is an award-winning HR director, former HRD of the Year, mentor and founder of the HR Entrepreneurs Network. She coaches HR professionals, executives and private clients to reach the pinnacle of their careers. She is author of 'Strategic Human Resource Management: An HR Professional's Toolkit', released in February 2019.
Backed by a host of awards, she has appeared in the HR Most influential rankings on more than one occasion and been listed as an HR Superstar with HRO today. She's worked with some prodigious brands over the years, from HMV to Sainsbury’s and River Island to AllSaints. She is passionate about the people experience (PX), believing HR and PX should play a bigger and better role in organisations.
Karen believes entrepreneurial thinking is a key trait for professionals operating in this field and is on a mission to support HR people who are ready to ditch the 'humans are resources to be managed mindset' and earn their entrepreneurial wings. For those looking to move away from the traditional HR models, she helps them transition to a more progressive and commercial PX model.
