Add some S.P.I.C.E. to your HR career
and become a strategic thinker in your organisation
You’re not new to HR and you’re definitely not inexperienced. You've done the professional qualifications and yet something still isn't quite going as planned. The same frustrations keep coming up.
* You're left out of the big conversations
* You're told to “be more strategic” with no clear definition of what that actually means
* You're delivering great work that no one seems to notice, while others shape the business around you
* You feel like no one really understands what your role is or what you're there to do
* You're constantly firefighting with little or no time to focus on the future
If any of this sounds familiar, you’re not alone and you’re not doing anything wrong.
But you are being held back.
Chances are, it comes down to five critical barriers that stop even the best HR professionals from making the strategic impact they’re capable of:
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Strategy
You’re told to think more strategically, but the strategy isn’t shared and you’ve never been shown how to connect the dots from HR to business growth
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Perception
You’re seen as operational support, not a business partner, which means you’re left out of decisions you should be shaping
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Impact
You’re doing the work, but it’s not being felt where it counts; in influence, visibility, or change
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Commerciality
You don’t always have the language, understanding or confidence to challenge the business and that keeps you playing small
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Empowerment
You second-guess yourself, even when you’re right. You’re in the room, but not quite taking up the space you should be
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Programme Outcomes
Mastering Strategy
- Understand the essence of strategy and how to integrate it into your HR role
- Learn how to establish clarity around your organisation's strategy
- Develop HR interventions and initiatives that support and achieve organisational goals
- Critically review your work split between operational and strategic HR and develop techniques for better balance
Reshaping Perceptions
- Uncover the various perceptions of HR held by key stakeholders within your organisation
- Gain clarity for you and others about your role, responsibilities and remit
- Learn to change perceptions through both your words and actions
- Learn to effectively communicate the strategic importance of your role and contributions
Increasing Your Impact
- Learn to step up as a leader in your organisation and expand your input beyond HR
- Increase your visibility and influence at the decision-making level
- Assert yourself as a key player in your organisation's success
Commerciality
- Learn about your business from different perspectives and through a non-HR lens
- Build extensive knowledge of the business, how the organisation operates and how it's performing
- Learn to focus on output and the impact of your interventions across the business as a whole
- Develop a basic understanding of financial terminology, revenue and how your business is performing financially
Empowerment
- Discover what is holding you back from reaching your full potential
- Confidently step back into your role with a new perspective and approach
- Cast off self doubt and build unshakeable confidence
- Navigate difficult situations and conversations without trepidation
- Cultivate resilience and better handle the challenges in HR
The S.P.I.C.E. programme can be undertaken as a self-study programme, using our learning portal. For Group Programme participants, we work through the modules one week at a time, releasing content in advance of each module, but for self-study only participants, all content is available as soon as you sign up. The S.P.I.C.E Programme can also be delivered as 121 coaching sessions or to HR teams in person across 2-3 days.
Content is delivered via bite size videos, information sheets and reference materials. There are reflective exercises, questionnaires, case studies and other tasks that make up the assessment element for each module. The Group Programme contains additional exercises and case studies to help put the learning into practice.
A brief overview of the five S.P.I.C.E. modules
Strategy
What is strategy and what does it really mean to be strategic in an HR context?
How strategic is your organisation and how can you add more value?
Perception
Uncover the pre-existing perceptions of HR in your organisation and learn techniques to help change them, so that others understand the value of your role and the HR function
Impact
Making an impact as a business leader goes beyond HR and extends to the business as a whole. We cover the ways HR can make an impact (both good and bad) , show you how to increase your visibility as a decision maker within your organisation and learn to take a more proactive approach to where you spend your time and effort for the greatest impact.
Commerciality
You'll learn how to get under the hood of your organisation from different angles, to truly understand what it is trying to achieve and how. How do you change your conversations so that you're more focused on the business as a whole and not just HR? Uncover the gaps in your knowledge around the numbers and some finance essentials and learn to take a broader business outlook.
Empowerment
Discover the personal obstacles holding you back and develop tools and techniques to overcome them; whether it be confidence, self belief, resilience, imposter syndrome or a bit of each. You'll learn to identify the kinds of situaitons where they show up the most for you and develop techniques and approaches to say goodbye to self-doubt and reach your full potential.
Payment plans are available for the group programme for those who are self-funding
The Group Programme consists of 7 weekly calls with a small group of participants.
Each group programme is available with or without additional 121 coaching sessions with Kirsty.
2026 Group Programmes
Spring 2026
All calls take place at 2pm UK / 9am ET
Introduction: Tuesday 17th March
Strategy: Tuesday 24th March
Perception: Tuesday 31st March
Impact: Wednesday 8th April
Commerciality: Tuesday 14th April
Empowerment Part 1: Tuesday 21st April
Empowerment Part 2: Tuesday 28th April
Summer 2026
All calls take place at 4pm UK / 11am ET
Introduction: Thursday 21st May
Strategy: Thursday 28th May
Perception: Thursday 4th June
Impact: Thursday 11th June
Commerciality: Thursday 18th June
Empowerment Part 1: Wednesday 24th June
Empowerment Part 2: Thursday 2nd July
Autumn 2026
All calls take place at 2pm UK / 9am ET
Introduction: Tuesday 8th September
Strategy: Tuesday 15th September
Perception: Tuesday 22nd September
Impact: Tuesday 29th September
Commerciality: Tuesday 6th October
Empowerment Part 1: Tuesday 13th October
Empowerment Part 2: Tuesday 20th October
The self-study option can be started at any time with no deadline for completion. Work at your own pace via our learning portal and complete the exercises at your leisure. Optional sessions with Kirsty are available if you ened additional assistance or support.
What have previous students said about S.P.I.C.E.?
Your programme is everything I needed. Impact? It's literally changed my career overnight! I'd given up last year, but I'm determined to reach all the highs now. I felt seen and heard for the first time. Thank you so much, your input has been pivotal
Jan Penny MCIPD
HR Manager, BCS
The programme really gets you thinking - it gives you the tools to continue your professional journey feeling secure in your knowledge and approach. It's myth-busting and allows you to turn up the amp in your own HR gig to evidence the value you can add!
Sinead Dartnell MCIPD
HR Consultant, Fiantra
Fresh out of CIPD Level 5, I thought strategic HR was a ‘big scary thing’ that I’d really have to work to grasp. S.P.I.C.E. helped me realise I just needed tools & insights. It’s given me a boost in confidence and has shifted how I see myself and the business I support
Chelsea Rowe Assoc CIPD
People Support Manager, Mission Mars
If you are wondering whether to take up this course, you should, whether it's for new learning, re-framing some of what you know or just serving as a confidence boost. The content and the take aways are invaluable
Michelle Huskisson
Group HR Director, Flavour Warehouse
As someone working in a standalone role, the programme helped me feel more confident personally and professionally (from creating a people strategy to understanding my strengths). Kirsty was great, very good content and support from her.
Amanda Wandsworth
Head of People, Isle of Man Meats
The content was practical and easy to digest, with modules that fit perfectly around a busy workload. It didn't feel overwhelming or scary, but it was a great opportunity to think about bringing it all together and put everything into perspective.
Katrina A
HR Business Partner
Contact Kirsty
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+44 7460 023809
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Book a Call to chat about how S.P.I.C.E. can help you/which version is best for you
About Kirsty Baggs-Morgan
I created S.P.I.C.E. to address the gaps and obstacles I faced in my own HR career and that I also witnessed in other HR professionals through my coaching and other work. I'm pretty uniquely placed to deliver this programme, because I have worked extensively on both sides of the table.
After a successful 25 year career in international HR leadership roles plus a few years of HR Consultancy and Executive Coaching, I currently perform a number of roles which have added invaluable and unique knowledge and expertise to my HR background:
* I work as a Strategy Coach & Consultant to HR professionals, business leaders and business owners
* I conduct management due diligence projects on behalf of private equity firms in which I interview and analyse leadership teams and business strategies and advise on the changes required for growth and scale
* I'm a Non-Executive Director for a tech startup
In all areas of my work, I combine my extensive HR and business knowledge to advise on strategy, leadership and strategic planning across multiple industries.
Since leaving in-house HR, I have devoted myself to supporting others in the HR profession through this S.P.I.C.E. programme, through my coaching and also through Evolving HR; a thriving platform and community for HR professionals and HR related business owners.
Outside of my work, I live in Southern Spain with my husband and our adopted Texan cat, who has now lived in four countries with us.