Jane Nicholson

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Director of People at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

United Kingdom

Overview

Jane Nicholson is an award-winning, multi-sector HR leader, currently serving as the People Director at Berkshire Healthcare, an outstanding-rated NHS Trust. An alumna of the University of Warwick (MA), she specializes in creating clear people strategies that drive organizational aims through high staff engagement, inclusion, and wellbeing.

Her teams have won multiple prestigious Business Culture Awards, including for innovation in BAME Talent Development and for their work in staff wellbeing and creating a learning culture.

Personality Overview

Decisive

Impact-Driven

Strong-Willed

They prefer to move quickly, and expect the same from others.  They are less concerned about the product and more about its potential impact. They like to stay in control of the negotiation or defining of the terms.

Topics They Care About

Staff Engagement
Her Trust consistently achieves the top staff engagement score for all community and mental health trusts in the NHS national staff survey, a point of pride she often shares.
Workplace Culture
She is a public speaker on "Creating a Just & Learning Culture" and her team has won Business Culture Awards for their work in this area.
Employee Wellbeing
Jane has participated in webinars on stress management in the workplace, and her team's work on staff wellbeing has been recognized with a national award.

Media Appearances

New podcast 'Voices of Care' launches – featuring Jane Nicholson, Director of People at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Featured in Home Care Insight

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Work History

3-2020
Director of People at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
4-2019 - 2-2020
Chief People Officer (interim) Oxford University Hospitals at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
11-2018 - 3-2019
EU Exit HR Resilience Director at Cabinet Office
1-2018 - 11-2019
HR Director at Department for Transport (DfT), United Kingdom
10-2015 - 1-2018
Director Talent, Leadership, Engagement and Inclusion at UK Home Office

Education

1998 - 2000
MA from University of Warwick
1985 - 1989
BA from University of Birmingham

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Insights For Selling To Jane

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Be respectful but crisp
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Refer to testimonials from well-known industry leaders

DONT's

  • Avoid being too verbose
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them
  • Don’t take too much time in sending them information if they ask for any

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Jane is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Jane

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Jane move?

  • If convinced, they can reach decisions quite fast.
  • Can Jane take some risk or not?

  • They do not shy away from taking risks, but can be quite binary about them.

You And Jane

Personality Compatibility


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