Who Are We?

Our passion is supporting people and teams to be the best they can be. And we love nothing more than working with leaders and managers to create successful organisations that are also great places to work.
We don’t believe in over-complicating it. Human relationships lie at the heart of productivity. Effective change and improvement happen through purposeful communication and genuine dialogue between people, rather than imposing grand strategic plans. Day-to-day conversations are what counts. And each of these conversations combined has the power to transform individual relationships, teams and organisations.

Meet the Team

Sarah Harvey

Founder

Founder of Savvy Conversations, Sarah is an author, coach, trainer, facilitator, and workplace mediator with over 30 years’ experience. A former HR leader, she also has non-executive Board level experience and spent 11 years chairing two regional branches of the CIPD. A Masters-level qualified executive coach and leadership mentor, Sarah is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (Chartered FCIPD), Fellow of the Institute of Leadership (FIoL), Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society, having been awarded a BSc (Hons) Psych (Open) in 2023 with First Class Honours.

Ruth Dover

Associate Trainer and Coach

Ruth is an exceptional trainer and facilitator with over 20 years’ freelance experience. A former Training Manager and qualified Social Worker, Ruth creates, implements and delivers tailored learning and development programmes and has extensive experience of training, mentoring and coaching at executive, management and staff levels.

As well as co-delivering numerous Leadership and Management development programmes, Ruth specialises in personal development including Presentation Skills, Communication Skills, Recruitment and Selection, Train the Trainer and Facilitation Skills. She also facilitates Action Learning Sets and trains prospective facilitators. She has helped numerous people improve their confidence and effectiveness and is regularly asked back by clients.

Janet Webb

Associate Trainer and Facilitator

Janet is an excellent learning & organisational development consultant with a down to earth approach. She helps businesses support their staff through various initiatives, particularly in the areas of managing staff, developing highflyers, and delivering compelling presentations. Janet has over 25 years training and OD experience in a variety of industries.

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Professional Affiliations

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Chartered Fellow CIPD

The Institute of Leadership

Fellow IoL

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Graduate Member BPS

Member of the ICF

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