Hannah Porteous-Butler

Go-getter
DISC Type : d

Director at The People Practice Group

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Hannah Porteous-Butler is the Director of The People Practice Group, an ACC-certified coach with 20 years of experience in sales and marketing. She specializes in helping businesses support working parents to improve talent retention and build inclusive cultures. People who have worked with her describe her as inspiring, warm, and genuine.

Her passion for supporting working parents stems from her own challenging experiences when returning to work after maternity leave. This personal journey fuels her mission to ensure other parents have the support they need to thrive both professionally and personally, bridging the gap between empathy and performance in the workplace.

She is actively involved in policy discussions, advocating for what paid leave should look like for kinship carers.

Personality Overview

Decisive

Self-Confident

Challenger

They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value.  They don’t always try to control the conversation but neither do they like yielding it fully. They respond well to confident salespeople.

Topics They Care About

Working Parent Support
Her entire professional mission is centered on partnering with businesses to unlock the full potential of their working parents, improving retention and engagement.
Parental Transitions
As a Parental Transitions Coach, she specializes in supporting employees returning to work after leave, a process she is deeply passionate about improving.
Inclusive Cultures
She helps businesses move from good intentions to measurable outcomes, creating inclusive environments where wellbeing fuels performance and people want to stay.

Media Appearances

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Work History

5-2022
Director at The People Practice Group
4-2025
Co-Founder at The People First Collective
7-2023
Parental Transitions Coach at Bright Horizons UK
1-2023 - 1-2025
Partner Coach at Careering into Motherhood
7-2020 - 11-2021
Director of Funding at Villiers Park Educational Trust

Education

10-2021 - 5-2022
Accredited Diploma In Transformative Coaching from Animas Centre for Coaching
10-2021 - 12-2021
Level 3 - Work With Parents from Sharing Parenting

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Insights For Selling To Hannah

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Get to the point quickly instead of spending too much time on pleasantries
  • Tell them that you are there to help them create visible impact within their organization
  • Highlight the competitive differentiation of your product

DONT's

  • Don’t try to be an alpha salesperson, give them equal space
  • Avoid repeating yourself or making generalizations
  • Don't try too hard to get friendly, let it happen with time

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Hannah is

  • Confidence in the product plays an important role, followed by powerful testimonials.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Hannah

  • They might hesitate a little, but they will say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Hannah move?

  • They are neither the fastest decision makers nor the slowest.
  • Can Hannah take some risk or not?

  • Once they have analyzed the pros and cons, they can take some risks.

You And Hannah

Personality Compatibility


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