A practical session to help HR and People professionals launch and grow a successful consultancy in 2027.

About this event

A practical session to help HR and People professionals launch and grow a successful consultancy in 2027.

Are you an HR or People professional considering a move into independent

consulting?


Whether you are facing redundancy, returning from maternity or paternity

leave, looking for greater flexibility, or simply ready for a new career

direction, this practical webinar will help you explore whether HR

consulting could be right for you.


Join Sarah Hamilton-Gill Chartered FCIPD, author of the Amazon No.1 bestseller Leap

into HR Consulting® and an experienced mentor to start-up HR consultants.


During this live session, Sarah will explore:

  • The current HR consulting marketplace
  • The opportunities available for independent HR and People professionals
  • What you need to consider before launching your consultancy
  • Sarah’s proven 5C’s Model for building a successful consulting business
  • Practical lessons from more than 30 years in HR consulting


There will also be a live Q&A, giving you the opportunity to ask questions

about making the transition from an employed HR role into consultancy.


About your event speaker

Sarah Hamilton-Gill Chartered FCIPD brings more than 30 years of practical experience in HR consulting. She launched her first consultancy in 1994 and has since built one seven-figure and two six-figure businesses.

During this session, Sarah will share honest insights from her own journey and her work supporting more than 300 HR and People professionals to move into independent consulting.

Her focus will be on helping CIPD members understand the opportunities, challenges and practical considerations involved, so they can make an informed decision about whether consulting is right for them.

Sarah’s experience spans organisations of all sizes, from SMEs to global brands including BT, Vodafone, Santander and The Football Association. Her advice combines commercial experience with a realistic understanding of what it takes to build a flexible, sustainable consultancy.

She is the founder of Leap into HR Consulting® and The HR Consultancy Academy®, and author of the Amazon No.1 bestselling book Leap into HR Consulting: How to Move Successfully from Corporate to Consulting. The book was a finalist in the 2021 Business Book Awards, with an expanded second edition published in 2025.

Sarah was named one of HR Magazine’s Top 30 Most Influential HR Thinkers in 2024 and one of HR.com’s Top Women Founders in HR in 2026.

Members can connect with Sarah on LinkedIn or find Leap into HR Consulting through Amazon and other leading book retailers.

Sarah is also the Subject Expert for the upcoming CIPD Career Toolkit – How

to Become an Independent Consultant – launching in September 2026.



Please note:

  • Participants will receive their joining details 24 hours before the webinar, along with a reminder one hour before the session begins.
  • The session may be recorded and shared afterwards.
  • The chat function will be used to engage with participants.
  • If there is an external speaker, their views will be their own and may not necessarily reflect those of the CIPD.
  • If any reasonable adjustments are required, participants are encouraged to make this known and assistance will be provided.


Kindest regards,
The CIPD Branch in Mid and North Anglia