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Jackie Dyal

Jackie Dyal

Lichfield,West Midlands

Summary

With over two decades in people and culture leadership, I’ve learned that the most meaningful change happens when organisations choose to put people first, not as a slogan, but as a standard. As a Employee Experience/Customer Experience Awards judge for Awards International too, I’m fortunate to witness the incredible work of companies who live this every day, and it constantly inspires me to raise the bar in my own practice.

I bring a blend of behavioural insight, curiosity, and straight‑talking honesty to senior leaders, helping them shift mindsets, strengthen capability, and build cultures where people feel seen and supported. I care deeply about creating experiences that make work better, not just for performance, but for the humans behind it.

What drives me most is seeing people grow, teams connect, and organisations become places where experience isn’t just a metric, it’s a shared commitment.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

People Champion Challenger

Ageas
04.2025 - Current

Industry-first role embedding authentic customer and colleague voice at board and executive level.

  • Partner with C‑suite leaders to challenge bias, strengthen leadership capability, and embed people‑first decision-making.
  • Translate complex insight, behavioural data, and lived experience into compelling narratives that shift senior mindsets and drive organisational change.
  • Act as the organisation’s “experience conscience,” ensuring decisions reflect colleague impact, emotional drivers, and cultural alignment.
  • Identify systemic people blockers and work with leaders to redesign routines, rituals, and ways of working.
  • Orchestrate cross-functional teams to remove friction, accelerate innovation, and improve colleague experience across digital, operational, and service environments.
  • Influence behaviours and cultural norms to embed a “happy people = happy customers” philosophy.

People & Strategy Director

The Happiness Index
London
08.2019 - 06.2025

Led global employee engagement and experience strategy for enterprise clients.

  • Partnered with founders and SLT to diagnose organisational pain points and shape transformation priorities.
  • Designed and embedded a company-wide CX/EX framework, customer promise, and emotional-driver model that improved NPS, CSAT, and employee health metrics.
  • Delivered emotionally resonant people experiences across digital and physical touchpoints.
  • Facilitated C-suite workshops to build leadership capability, align behaviours, and strengthen cultural consistency.
  • Championed people development, enabling team progression and capability growth.

Head of Partnerships

360 Insight
Stratford upon Avon
04.2018 - 08.2019

Expanded reward and recognition delivery by developing partnership frameworks, models, and go-to-market plans.

  • Raised partnership readiness by delivering training and facilitation through internal colleague development plans.
  • Improved partner continuity by overseeing onboarding transitions into ongoing reward initiatives.

Senior Partnership Manager

Homeserve
Walsall
07.2017 - 04.2018
  • Supported senior relationship building across Aviva partnership to enhance customer experience.
  • Assisted in delivering contractual obligations while optimising sales and improving service quality.
  • Coordinated steering committees to foster collaborative efforts across operations.

Head of Digital Strategy

360 Insights
Stratford upon Avon
12.2010 - 04.2017

Led global employee engagement and experience strategy for enterprise clients.

  • Partnered with founders and SLT to diagnose organisational pain points and shape transformation priorities.
  • Designed and embedded a company-wide CX/EX framework, customer promise, and emotional-driver model that improved NPS, CSAT, and employee health metrics.
  • Delivered emotionally resonant people experiences across digital and physical touchpoints.
  • Facilitated C-suite workshops to build leadership capability, align behaviours, and strengthen cultural consistency.
  • Championed people development, enabling team progression and capability growth.

Key Account / Sales Manager

Sodexo
Surrey
09.2006 - 12.2010
  • Achieved significant growth in employee engagement through strategic employee incentives and salary sacrifice programmes.
  • Secured promotion to sales manager role after demonstrating success as key account manager.
  • Realised growth in UK sales revenue by effectively managing the sales team and nationwide customer base.
  • Expanded customer accounts through leadership of sales professionals, supported by HR-driven employee benefits initiatives.
  • Delivered consistent UK direct sales revenue and improved customer retention rates through strategic oversight.
  • Optimised business initiatives and CRM processes through effective cross-departmental collaboration.
  • Cultivated a culture of people development, leading to enhanced career progression opportunities for team members.

Training Manager

RAC
Walsall
06.2003 - 09.2006
  • Achieved enhanced customer satisfaction through effective training of customer-facing teams in RAC call centres.
  • Realised improved compliance with brand licensing legislation through targeted education during field visits to car dealerships.
  • Delivered significant quality enhancements through strategic end-to-end process reviews within partnerships.
  • Drove alignment and progress by facilitating productive steering committee meetings.
  • Enabled successful project outcomes through collaboration across functions to meet contractual partnership obligations.
  • Advanced partnership effectiveness with RAC Warranty and RAC Inspected Vehicles, ensuring alignment with organisational goals.

Education

GCSEs -

Wood Green High School
Wednesbury
07-1995

HNC Business & Personnel -

Sandwell College
Wednesbury

CIPD (CPP)

Sandwell College
Wednesbury

Diploma in Motivation -

ISP
Stratford Upon Avon

CX Diploma -

CX Academy
Lexden

CX Certification -

CX Academy
Lexden

Emotional Culture

Riders & Elephants

Skills

  • Organisational capability enhancement
  • Leadership coaching
  • Behavioral science application
  • Data-driven insights (VOC / VOE)
  • Workshop design and facilitation
  • Employee experience strategies
  • Progressive Customer Experience
  • Cross-functional transformation

Custom

http://www.linkedin.com/in/jackiedyal

Timeline

People Champion Challenger

Ageas
04.2025 - Current

People & Strategy Director

The Happiness Index
08.2019 - 06.2025

Head of Partnerships

360 Insight
04.2018 - 08.2019

Senior Partnership Manager

Homeserve
07.2017 - 04.2018

Head of Digital Strategy

360 Insights
12.2010 - 04.2017

Key Account / Sales Manager

Sodexo
09.2006 - 12.2010

Training Manager

RAC
06.2003 - 09.2006

GCSEs -

Wood Green High School

HNC Business & Personnel -

Sandwell College

CIPD (CPP)

Sandwell College

Diploma in Motivation -

ISP

CX Diploma -

CX Academy

CX Certification -

CX Academy

Emotional Culture

Riders & Elephants
Jackie Dyal