Harestone HR
Transforming organisations through the psychology of people, culture, and performance
Combining business psychology with proven people practices to create high-performing organisations.
We help organisations improve performance, retention, leadership capability and colleague experience using evidence-based business psychology supported by exceptional HR practices.
Whether you're struggling with high turnover, ineffective managers, poor engagement or difficulty attracting talent, we uncover the behavioural factors shaping workplace outcomes and implement practical, psychology-led solutions that strengthen people practices and deliver measurable business results.
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Anna Jones MSc, Chartered FCIPD
As an HR professional, Occupational Psychologist and business leader, Anna helps organisations build high-performing workplaces where people and businesses thrive.
Combining practical HR expertise with evidence-based business psychology, she works with business owners, senior leaders and HR teams to solve the people challenges that directly impact performance, productivity, retention and growth.
Anna's approach goes beyond policies and compliance. She helps organisations understand the behavioural and psychological factors that influence leadership effectiveness, colleague engagement, decision-making, team dynamics and workplace culture. By applying proven psychological principles, organisations can improve performance, strengthen leadership capability, reduce employee turnover and create environments where people do their best work.
With Board-level experience across start-ups, scaling businesses and established organisations, Anna understands the realities of leading people through growth, change and uncertainty. She partners with organisations to develop practical people strategies that support commercial objectives while creating positive employee experiences.
Her expertise includes:
- Leadership development and management capability
- Employee engagement and retention
- Organisational culture and values
- Onboarding and colleague experience
- Learning and development strategy
- Change management and organisational growth
- Workplace wellbeing and psychological safety
- Team effectiveness and performance improvement
Drawing on research from occupational psychology and organisational science, Anna helps businesses move beyond assumptions and trends to implement evidence-based solutions that deliver measurable results. This includes higher employee engagement, improved retention, increased productivity, more effective leaders and higher-performing teams.
Whether supporting a growing business without an internal HR function or helping an established organisation strengthen its people strategy, Anna focuses on creating sustainable change that delivers long-term commercial value.
Clear, practical and human, Anna turns business psychology and people strategy into measurable organisational impact.
Great organisations don't succeed because they have the best policies. They succeed because they create environments where people can perform at their best. By combining business psychology with practical HR expertise, Anna helps organisations attract, develop and retain talented people, build effective leaders and create cultures that drive sustainable business growth.
Helping you build happy, thriving teams
At Harestone, we know that great businesses are built on great people. That’s why we’re passionate about helping companies create supportive, engaged, and high-performing workplaces.
From developing your leadership team and boosting colleague wellbeing to strengthening your people practices, we're here with expert guidance and a personal touch.
Recruitment skills
Who trains the people who do the training?
Getting recruitment right is one of the most important investments a business can make. The people you hire shape performance, culture, customer experience and future growth. Yet many hiring managers receive little training and are expected to make critical hiring decisions with minimal support.
Successful recruitment isn't about gut instinct. It's about using proven methods to attract, assess and select people who will succeed and stay. Done well, recruitment reduces turnover, strengthens teams, improves productivity and enhances your employer brand.
From job design and candidate assessment to interviewing and selection, every stage of the process offers opportunities to improve quality, reduce hiring costs, shorten time-to-fill and create a positive candidate experience.
At Harestone, we combine business psychology with practical recruitment expertise to help managers make better hiring decisions, build stronger teams and deliver measurable business results.
"Interviewing isn’t a psychology experiment, it's a data gathering exercise and it is one of the most important tasks a leader does"
£350
Recruitment templates
A range of templates designed specifically for your business. Includes emails, checklists and interview sheets.
£500
Manager training
Online training for up to 10 hiring managers.*
£1000
In-person training
Indepth training for up to 10 hiring managers.
Build your People Strategy
Where do you want your organisation to be in five years' time, and do you have the people capability to get there?
Many organisations face immediate people challenges such as skills shortages, high turnover, recruitment difficulties, leadership gaps or disengaged employees. While these issues demand attention today, sustainable success requires a longer-term plan that aligns your people strategy with your business objectives.
We work closely with business leaders to develop practical, evidence-based people strategies that support growth, improve performance and strengthen organisational capability. By understanding your goals, current workforce challenges and future talent requirements, we help create a clear roadmap for success.
A well-designed people strategy helps you attract and retain the right talent, build leadership capability, develop high-performing teams and create a workplace where people can do their best work. It ensures that your people, culture and processes actively support your commercial objectives rather than holding them back.
Whether you're planning for growth, restructuring, succession, workforce development or culture change, we'll help you put the right people in the right roles, equipped with the right support to deliver lasting results for your organisation and your customers.
It makes commercial sense
Create an inclusive business
Creating a genuinely inclusive workplace is not just the right thing to do, it's good business. Organisations that foster inclusive cultures are better placed to attract talent, retain high-performing colleagues, encourage innovation and build stronger relationships with customers and stakeholders.
An inclusive environment helps people feel valued, respected and able to contribute their best work. When colleagues feel they belong, organisations often see higher engagement, improved collaboration, stronger team performance and lower employee turnover. At a time when attracting and retaining skilled talent is increasingly challenging, inclusion can provide a significant competitive advantage.
Our approach is practical, evidence-based and commercially focused. We move beyond policies and tick-box exercises to help you create meaningful change that supports both your people and your business objectives. Together, we'll identify barriers, strengthen inclusive leadership, improve workplace practices and build a culture where everyone can thrive.
Through a clear, step-by-step process, we help organisations create workplaces where talented people want to join, stay and succeed, strengthening performance, enhancing reputation and supporting sustainable business growth.
Develop your team
No more annual appraisals!
Traditional annual appraisals are often time-consuming, unpopular and deliver little value. Research shows that regular feedback and meaningful performance conversations are far more effective at improving engagement, development and results.
We help organisations replace outdated appraisal processes with practical, easy-to-manage performance programmes that improve accountability, build capability and encourage continuous improvement.
Working with your team, we'll create a system that develops the right skills, recognises the behaviours that matter most and supports your business goals. The result is better performance, more effective managers, improved retention and a more motivated workforce, without the administrative burden of traditional appraisals.
Mentoring and leadership development for HR professionals
Helping HR professionals lead with greater impact
Anna Jones works with HR professionals at all levels, helping them build the skills, confidence, and commercial awareness needed to become more influential and strategic. Through HR coaching, leadership development, and strategic HR training, she supports professionals in moving beyond transactional HR to become trusted business partners.
Combining expertise in people strategy, business psychology, and commercial leadership, Anna helps HR teams align people initiatives with organisational goals, strengthen stakeholder relationships, and deliver meaningful business outcomes.
Her practical, evidence-based approach empowers HR professionals to think strategically, lead confidently, and drive lasting organisational success.
Effective, happy and professional leaders
Most people leave a job because of problems with their manager and we know managing people isn't always easy. Our development plans will help your People Managers be supportive, effective, inclusive leaders who are valued by their team members.
Coaching
Our fully trained Executive Coaches are on hand to support your key people with constructive coaching sessions, either online or face-to-face.
Bespoke training
We deliver a range of fun and practical workshops that your colleagues will remember and put their learning into practise.
Online
We offer online training that lasts 60 minutes and is fully interactive with plenty of opportunities for discussions and training. A convenient way to develop skills, offering great value for money.
Peer discussions
Managers are great at challenging and supporting each other. We create safe discussion groups where ideas can be shared and colleagues hold each othert to account.
Leading change
Developing a successful change programme can be difficult. We will work closely with your leaders on the most effective strategies for long-term, embedded change.
Difficult conversations
Holding difficult discussions is one of the hardest things a manager has to do. We will equip your managers to handle these conversations in a sensitive and positive way.
About us
Harestone HR draws on years of experience across a range of organisations, from start-ups to FTSE100 firms including technology, travel, hospitality, retail, local government and construction. From one-off projects including investigations and disciplinaries to longer term strategic initiatives, we are there with you all the way. Please get in touch at contact@harestonehr.co.uk for a free, confidential consultation.
Elena Suhova MSc, ACIPD
Elena brings specialist expertise in HR compliance, employee relations, people systems and operations and manager capability. Working closely alongside Anna, she helps businesses navigate complex legal and people challenges translating them into clear, practical steps that protect your organisation and genuinely support your people, day to day.
