"Great vision without great people is irrelevant."
— Jim Collins
Recruitment
Building Your Leadership Team, Without Agency Fees
A global coffee franchise needed urgent leadership hires across the US, including a Head of Finance, which we found and closed within 2 weeks without charging agency fees. They needed talent, fast, to drive expansion but lacked recruitment infrastructure to find leaders.
Solution and Impact:
CareerVive handled the full hiring journey, writing specs, advertising, screening, and delivering a video shortlist within one weeks. Our ROC (Recruit, Onboard, Coach) model ensured the new hire embedded smoothly and is now under our coaching programme to grow and develop:
- Fast hires: Delivered a Head of Finance hire within 2 weeks
- No agency fees: Recruitment handled end-to-end under ROC model
- Seamless onboarding: Immediate impact in leadership role
- Culture fit: Hired for mission alignment, not just skills
- Scalable model: Recruitment process built to support future hires
Operations & Technology
Unifying Global Teams with One Process
Seven teams across four countries were operating fragmented versions of core processes, creating inefficiency, delays, and confusion.
Solution and Impact:
CareerVive mapped all processes, created a unified Target Operating Model, and implemented a single streamlined workflow in Monday.com. Operations became faster, more consistent, and fully visible across all regions.
- Unified workflows: One global process for all teams
- Time savings: 30% reduction in processing time
- Real-time visibility: Clear dashboards for leadership
- Automation: Reduced manual tasks with smart workflows
- Scalability: System ready to scale without chaos
"The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why."
"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
— Phil Jackson
HR Strategy & Performance Management
Global Realignment
After major growth, the company’s teams had overlapping roles, unclear responsibilities, and inconsistent performance management. We call this process and culture drift, where processes and how people work drifts over time and our job was to realign the entire business so that every office felt like you walked into the same company.
Solution and Impact:
CareerVive designed a new Roles & Responsibilities framework based on a "Sell, Grow, Deliver" model, alongside a new appraisal and KPI system. The result: improved clarity, accountability, and performance across all departments.
- Clear R&R model: Sell, Grow, Deliver framework implemented
- Accountability: KPI targets tied to business goals
- Team alignment: Reduced internal conflict and duplication
- Quarterly reviews: Real-time feedback loops installed
- Leadership visibility: Scorecards highlight development needs
Leadership Coaching
Aligning Vision in a Scale Up
Newly promoted managers lacked leadership experience, causing inconsistency across teams and impacting morale and delivery. It is key that each leader in your business is able to mirror the same messaging, ensuring that the vision waterfalls from top to bottom.
Solution and Impact:
CareerVive delivered tailored 1-2-1 coaching across 8 leaders, focusing on situational leadership, team development, and aligning personal leadership styles to business vision. Team productivity and engagement improved dramatically.
- Leadership growth: Tailored coaching to each leader
- Situational leadership: Teaching flex for different team styles
- Vision alignment: Leaders reinforced company mission daily
- Personal development plans: Targeted improvement areas set
- Retention boost: Greater leader engagement and loyalty
"Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others."
— Jack Welch
"Culture is not part of the game. It is the game."
— Louis Gerstner
Operations, Recruitment and Culture
Investment Bank Offshore Setup
An investment bank needed to relocate a department offshore, hire 30 people quickly, and create a working culture that matched their London office within three months.
Solution and Impact:
CareerVive set up the office infrastructure, hired the team, and built a training programme across systems, products, and processes. In just 12 weeks, the offshore team operated independently and was fully integrated culturally and operationally.
- Full office setup: Offshore location operational within 3 months
- Talent pipeline: 30 hires made with seamless onboarding
- Bespoke training: Built on real systems, products, and compliance
- Culture alignment: Maintained London HQ culture offshore
- Team independence: Full team self-sufficient post-launch
Recruitment, Onboarding & Coaching
People Strategy in a Creative Agency
A creative agency needed a smarter recruitment model to build leaders internally and grow fast, without relying on expensive external hires.
Solution and Impact:
CareerVive embedded a development-first approach to recruitment, onboarding, and training. We designed pathways that accelerated entry-level talent into leadership roles, creating a self-sustaining growth engine inside the business.
- Internal career pathways: Structured progression built from day one
- ROC integration: Recruitment, onboarding, and coaching linked
- No external agency costs: Fee-free talent pipeline
- Talent retention: Increased loyalty and long-term engagement
- Future-proofing: Culture of growth embedded at every level
"Hire for attitude, train for skill."
— Herb Kelleher