Our Services
At the crossroads of legal expertise and cultural insight, Hawthorn guides businesses through tough workplace challenges.
We empower companies to create environments where people thrive and challenges become stepping stones to lasting change.
We are committed to creating healthier, more resilient workplaces and are here to help you transition from a reactive to a proactive approach to your workplace culture. We are your trusted partner in transforming workplace challenges into opportunities for growth
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Workplace Culture
Guiding businesses toward meaningful culture change
Sometimes you will be aware of discontent within your organisation, perhaps through high attrition or low engagement scores. You may have a team where issues are constantly being flagged but not followed through on.
We can work with you, conducting a culture review that looks under the hood of your organisation, providing you with data and information that will enable you to get to the bottom of the issues brewing and to resolve them before they develop into more formal complaints. We make recommendations to address the underlying issues identified.
By providing clarity and actionable insights, we guide businesses toward lasting change. Our approach helps leaders foster workplaces where employees feel heard, valued and inspired to thrive, reducing conflict and enhancing collaboration.
Investigations
Fairness, transparency and trust in every investigation; outcomes you can rely on
Workplace investigations are sometimes best handled by an impartial, independent third party. Having undertaken hundreds of sensitive, high-profile, and complex workplace investigations across the globe, our experience covers compliance and ethics-related issues, discrimination, geopolitical disputes and grievances. We have a particular expertise in the sensitive areas of bullying and sexual harassment allegations.
Our investigations will be thorough and fair. They will be carried out as expeditiously as possible, while adhering to the principles of fairness and equity for the parties to the investigation. Our expertise in employment law ensures outcomes that will withstand legal scrutiny.
Mediation
Empowering your people; focusing on lasting impact
Increasingly, employers are seeking an alternative to litigation or other adversarial processes. Mediation is a confidential, flexible process in which a neutral mediator assists parties in working towards a negotiated settlement of a dispute.
The mediator brings negotiating, problem-solving and communication skills to the process and assists the parties in moving forward and looking to the future. Mediation is a cost-effective and efficient method of dispute resolution where the parties retain control over the outcome.
As CEDR accredited mediators, we have mediated employment disputes globally and for parties at all levels of seniority.
Training
Building healthier workplaces where people thrive
Through our tailored training, we help businesses cultivate environments where both people and performance flourish. Our interactive and engaging sessions can be targeted towards managers, HR teams or your wider employee population.
We specialise in creating and delivering bespoke training programmes, particularly in the areas of respectful workplace, harassment, bullying and discrimination. We have extensive expertise in training in conflict resolution and employment law. Let us share our knowledge of workplace investigations, providing your team with the tools needed to conduct fair and robust internal processes.