Sarah Holmes

Questioner
DISC Type : c

Full-time parenting at Career Break

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Overview

Sarah is a people-focused HR professional with a sharp commercial background, including senior operational roles like Chief of Staff at OMFIF. Based in Manchester and studying for her CIPD Level 5, people often describe her as professional, systematic, and goal-oriented. She holds a BA from the University of Nottingham.

Following a career break for parenting, Sarah is now focused on growing her HR career. She is passionate about building empathetic and structured company cultures where employees can thrive, leaders can develop, and high performance follows naturally, demonstrating her focus on the human side of business.

She transitioned from high-level business operations roles to focus specifically on her passion for human resources.

Personality Overview

Value Seeker

Not Easily Convinced

Price-Sensitive

They generally do not appreciate an overfriendly approach and prefer to stay to-the-point.  They are more likely than others to negotiate on pricing and terms. They prefer to analyze every situation thoroughly.


Topics They Care About

People-Centric Cultures
Her personal mission is to build cultures where people thrive and leaders grow, combining empathy with structured, practical HR solutions.
Data-Informed HR
Her headline highlights her focus on using data-informed insights and expertise in employee relations to drive better people decisions.
Organizational Design
Has experience leading organizational redesigns and held senior operational roles like Chief of Staff, indicating deep knowledge of business structure.

Media Appearances

Sarah has no verified media appearances

Work History

1-2024
Full-time parenting at Career Break
8-2019 - 12-2023
Chief of Staff at OMFIF
7-2018 - 8-2019
Director of Business Operations at OMFIF
2-2017 - 7-2018
Head of Meetings at OMFIF
3-2014 - 2-2017
Experience Director at Terrapinn

Education

9-2025 - 6-2026
CIPD Level 5 from CIPD Qualifications
2004 - 2007
2.1 BA (Hons) from University of Nottingham

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Insights For Selling To Sarah

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • If you have a lower priced product compared to the competition, call out the same
  • Share as much information as possible regarding your product
  • Tell them that you will come back if you don’t have a good answer for a question

DONT's

  • Don’t depend too much on anecdotal evidence, it reduces their confidence
  • Avoid phrases like ‘do not worry about’, ‘no one compares to’ etc.
  • Don’t try to be too friendly or informal with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sarah is

  • Confidence that the product provides ROI, effective pricing and process adherence matter the most to them.

  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sarah

  • It doesn’t come naturally to them but they can say no if they are not convinced.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sarah move?

  • They can move at a reasonable pace while making their decisions if they have the necessary information.

  • Can Sarah take some risk or not?

  • They can take risk if they are convinced that they have analyzed the circumstances well.


You And Sarah

Personality Compatibility


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