We’re obsessively passionate about HR and the amazing individuals, teams, departments, experts, independents, specialists, students businesses who work within it – because everything starts with you!

We are who HR go to when they need the type of support that we in HR provide to others.

HR is one of the least understood people professions, one of the least understood functions in business but we see this as an opportunity! We’re committed to demystifying what HR is and isn’t, and to changing the narrative – HR does not stand for Human Remains! 😊

HR is at the very heart of the business – each department is connected to HR in some way, HR provides a service to every employee, at every level, at every location, in every role. We know that more and more people in HR are not considering their own needs before helping/supporting others, are experiencing symptoms or impacted by burnout, and are even leaving the profession due to the overwhelm, expectations and emotional drain of the role.

This is why we are on a mission to transform the HR world! To get real about ensuring businesses know the value of HR as a service but also truly get what the awesome individuals and teams really do and really need to thrive.

We’re excited to share our voice, our mission, our values through our products, services, conversations and community, to provide a platform for others in HR to truly feel valued.

At our core we are here for you!

Get to know our Founder, Claire Roberts – Mover, Shaker, change maker

After hitting a burnout brick wall in 2017, founder Claire Roberts made it her mission to share her story to inspire and influence others in HR to put their emotional, physical, mental and spiritual wellbeing first, without guilt, without compromising, without fear of what others may think or not think.

Unable to find any HR specific support throughout her career, not just from a wellbeing perspective, but also when she had grievances raised against her by employees, when she was bullied and intimidated by rejected candidates and when she was supporting terminally ill employees and their families, Claire made the biggest choice of her career so far.  To end her professional HR career of more than 20 years and to focus on creating a business that provides the HR profession with the same support and care that we in HR provide to others. HR FOR HR was officially born in 2019 launched at an awesome CIPD Wales event in Cardiff, and the rest as they say, is history.

My story begins with a very simple (you’d think) question: Who is looking after HR?

I’ve worked in SME’s, Global Corporates and had my own HR Consultancy, and still found myself asking this question, firstly for myself and then for HR teams and now within the HR profession as a whole.

Like many of you reading this I’ve dealt with subjects, topics, people that I could never have been trained or prepared to deal with. Within my 20+ year HR career I have felt lost, isolated and alone even though outwardly I was the life of the party, always smiling, helping and supporting anyone that needed it and those who didn’t 😊 – but this was just the scaffolding I created (along with a trouser suit and killer heels) to keep me upright, to stop me falling over.  I feared looking incompetent, weak, thought I’d lose my job, scared I’d be judged – the list goes on. 

Since 2019 I have shared, and will continue to share, my journey very openly, and I absolutely know my story is far from unique within our profession.  This is the driving force behind HR FOR HR.  The biggest value that I add to individuals and businesses as a HR Coach is that I truly understand the rollercoaster of being in our amazing people profession, the challenges, complexities, the joys, how we can transform lives, and yes even the shit shovelling at times.

This means that the tools, methods and services that I have created are absolutely aligned with the humans in HR – that’s you by the way, yes you are a human! You have basic needs, values, an identity, purpose which may over time have been worn down or hidden by life, by expectations, demands, workload, a global pandemic!.....

I don’t want to change the HR profession alone. I want to change the HR profession by helping people like you, who want to change the HR profession too.

Because everything starts with you.

Much love xx

CR