Case study: An enduring HR partnership with Farar Bamforth

Beanstalk HR are proud to have been supporting Farar Bamforth Architecture Ltd with all things people since our first year of business – our first true HR Partnership.

When they came to us their challenges were managing increasing HR complexity as the business grew and needing proactive, commercial HR guidance that saves time and reduces risk. Their goals were to grow the business sustainably with the right structure and culture, develop leadership, and protect the business while empowering people to perform.

Director Joe says we’ve “provided clear, practical guidance across all areas of HR – from sorting our employee contracts, employee handbook, updating policies to delivering in-house training. Yvette is professional, approachable, and always quick to respond to any queries we have.”.

The company have always prided themselves on going above and beyond for their staff, and MD Tony recognises that Beanstalk HR means they can do so, while complying with legislation – they were one of our first clients to sign up for anti-harassment strategy, including a risk assessment and training for the whole workforce.

After recently taking part in a Clarity4D team workshop, they had this to say about the experience:

“Part of being able to work so well together as a team is about understanding how each of us works and how our personality types shape our approach. We had a really insightful session exploring Clarity4D profiling with our HR adviser, Yvette (who is a member of our extended team) and the colour aspect to it was a bonus to us as designers!

It was such a useful exercise and the fact that Yvette made it flexible enough for one of us to engage in part of it remotely and even involve their 2 year old, is really just a testament to our ethos as a company.

We had several ‘lightbulb moments’ and will definitely continue to explore the ideas going forward.”

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