About Collaborate
Collaborate
Our Values
Passionate
We are passionate about our business and will be passionate about yours.
Imaginative
We offer imaginative fit for purpose solutions, challenging the status quo.
Inquisitive
Our intellectually inquisitive style enables us to understand your organisation and requirements.
Visionary
We see the bigger picture and develop it into workable solutions.
Louisa Scanlan
Time to go beyond transactional
Mum of one very active daughter who swims competitively, Louisa can often be found sitting by a pool. Married to Lee and when not at a swimming pool, the family enjoy holidays in France and a long-walks in the Lancashire countryside.
Her passions include a bit of cooking, some open water swimming and lots of reading.
Louisa Scanlan
Louisa Scanlan, owner and Director of Collaborate Business Solutions brings over 25 years HR and training experience, from FTSE 100 organisations to SME’s. Delivering tailored solutions to a variety of business sectors and organisations of all sizes.
Meet the team
The Associates
Nicola Jones
- Passionate - We have to bring the energy and the joy to inspire and motivate people to do their best at work.
- Imaginative - Doing what we have always done is not going to work in an era of digital transformation. We have to shake things up a bit and figure out how to contribute to creating our own change.
- Inquisitive - Discovery is one of the most enjoyable parts of learning design for me. It’s the time when relationships are established, ideas and aspirations are aired, and we start getting to the heart of the matter.
- Visionary - Horizon-scanning is a crucial part of working life now, and I love it!
For over twenty years Nicola has helped people at different stages of their careers to
embrace learning which transforms their day-to-day working activities. She is an expert in the
design and delivery of experiential learning, e-learning, work-based learning, virtual
classroom and is a qualified and experienced executive coach. Her learning programmes
have earned national and international awards.
Jane Hirst
- Passionate – I love what I do which means that I’m continually learning so that I can bring you the best solutions
- Imaginative – I’m a great believer of ‘if you can see it, you can do it’. I’ll help you to create a vivid picture of what you want so that you have a solution that truly fits your needs
- Inquisitive – having the curiosity to really understand why you do things is a part of who I am, it also helps you to understand why you want the things you do
- Visionary – building the blueprint of what you want to achieve is the first part, then developing the efficacy to make it happen is where the magic starts
Sue Frost
- Passionate – means fully focusing my energy, knowledge and experience on the people and organisations I work with;
- Imaginative – Imaginative means seeing fresh perspectives and, where appropriate, challenging people's perceptions around the way they've always done stuff;
- Inquisitive – Inquisitive means being fascinated about people and situations;
- Visionary – Visionary means setting and working towards transformational goals that add value to people's lives.
Over 14 years’ experience as a qualified consultant, facilitator, organisational development specialist and executive leadership and team coach I work with individuals, teams and organisations to make lasting, sustainable change.
With a career that spans operational leadership, strategic development, business planning, learning and development and project and programme management I understand what it takes to lead successful teams.
Shona Marshall
- Passionate – I genuinely get a kick out of doing what I do and enabling individuals, teams and organisations to be the best version of themselves while being the best version of myself is what keeps me, and my clients, coming back for more
- Imaginative – this is about working more in the transformational rather transactional space and use insights, intelligence and inspiration to create a new reality
- Inquisitive – it's about being constructively challenging, asking lots of ‘what if’ questions and really understanding the cause of their pain points before moving to solutions
- Visionary – being realistically optimistic for clients, how can I de-mystify what clients think might be impossible and make it possible by equipping them with the knowledge and confidence to take the first step
Emma Plachciak
- Passionate – about enhancing strengths and developing cultures to empower employees to be their best!
- Imaginative – with creating solutions that are best for the client's needs and future growth
- Inquisitive – about exploring opportunities to do better and developing ways in which an inquisitive nature can be adopted by all
- Visionary – exploring possibilities, strengths, skills, and opportunities to enable solutions to work
Emma is a HR & OD Professional, Coach, Mentor and Board Trustee, with over 20 years of experience developing and delivering strategic HR across varying sectors.
Emma’s passion is developing cultures and workplaces for future growth and skills evolution. Emma has led digital transformation and organisational design, harnessing individual strengths to develop career pathways, that balance work and life. Emma has developed and delivered learning that enhances the leadership capabilities in HR and across Senior Leadership teams.