Elisa Powell

Highly accomplished, passionate and pragmatic People and Development Leader with extensive experience within the Financial Services sector. I excel at collaborating with senior leadership to drive strategic people initiatives that directly align with business objectives. Recognised for a commitment to excellence, confidently influencing stakeholders at all levels, and thriving under pressure to deliver impactful outcomes. My expertise spans strategic change management, leadership development, and fostering inclusive, high-performance cultures with people at the heart of everything I do.

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• Successfully led the implementation of a Matrix Management Structure into Skipton’s Digital Team (People Services & Technical), enabling efficient collaboration and resource allocation.
• A ‘go to’ Leader across the business supporting other Leaders and SLT with the embedding of our ‘cultural renovation’, taking Digital from a 20% to 85% knowledge rate.
• Accountability for the Digital Departments colleague engagement and learning and development budgets.
• Proactively led the adoption and implementation of ‘Learning and Development days’ into Systems Development and Digital by employing strategic theories to secure buy-in from Senior Leaders.
• Supported and influenced Head of Systems Development and Digital in developing the first cross-functional shared strategic priorities in H1 2023 resulting in more outcome focused deliverables.
• Proactively influenced a multimillion-pound refurbishment of Skipton’s Head Office, based on post-pandemic research/analysis I conducted regarding future ways of working, aligning the physical environment with strategic objectives.
• Demonstrated Increased capability and performance within my team through performance management, identifications of training needs and leveraging my expertise for up-skilling initiatives.
• Consulted, designed, delivered, and evaluated numerous strategic-focused team days receiving an overall feedback rating of 4.5/5 stars.
• Consistently recognised as ‘Leading’ in either performance and/or behaviours, with nominations for Leader & Colleague of the year. Latest nomination in 2024 for collaboration.
• Implemented the Neurodiversity Networks strategic Roadmap for 2023/2024/2025, influencing many different business areas and implementing more inclusive practices.