Jenny Harrison

Principal Consultant

I am a Principal Consultant at byrne·dean and have been part of the facilitation team since 2010. I design and deliver training, facilitation and culture transformation programmes that help organisations reduce people risk while strengthening employee engagement and performance.

My work focuses on workplace behaviour and leadership capability, particularly supporting speak-up and listen-up cultures and helping leaders and teams have proactive, effective conversations. I am especially interested in healthy conflict - addressing issues early and constructively, before they escalate.

Before joining byrne·dean, I spent a decade as an employment solicitor, including as an Associate at Mayer Brown International and in-house at B&Q plc. I bring this legal perspective into my facilitation, alongside coaching skills that support reflection, challenge and clearer decision-making.

I have delivered training and facilitated sessions globally across a wide range of sectors. Clients value my calm, engaging facilitation style and my ability to help leaders gain clarity and confidence when navigating complex people issues.

2010 – date: Associate at byrne·dean

2007 – 2010: In-house Employment Solicitor, B&Q Plc, Southampton

2005 – 2006: Business and Legal English language trainer, Spain

2002 – 2005: Assistant Solicitor, Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw, London

2000 – 2002: Trainee Solicitor, Addleshaw Booth & Co, Manchester & London

LLB (Hons) English Law, University of Manchester

Certificate in French Law, University of Burgundy, France

Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School

Blogs & Articles by

Jenny Harrison

Gender balance is everyone's responsibility #BalanceforBetter #IWD2019

Last week I was delivering a session on leadership conduct at a global investment bank.  There were 20 people in the room, and only two of them were wom...

Why do so many incompetent men become leaders?

Okay, so I realise this is a "click bait" type of question!  And it's not actually a question I've posed myself, but is the subject of a Harvard Busines...

Event summary: Helping partners to show that people matter

We had a great turnout at our law firm event last week, Helping partners to show that people matter, in collaboration with Fides Search. There were many...

Is becoming a parent a bad career move?

Deliberately stalled careers, turned down promotions, not saying goodnight to children, an increase in family arguments, eating less healthily...these a...
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