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Laxmi Chaudhry

Laxmi is a seasoned Human Resources and Cross Cultural Training professional, with 27 years' experience in both strategic and operational HR.

Following a successful international corporate career, Laxmi now runs her own company, ‘1-Stop HR’, which adds value to businesses by providing world best practice in Human Resources services ‘on demand’.

1-Stop also delivers interactive training on effective cross-cultural management, performance management and customer services programmes.

Clients include blue chip companies in the financial services, business-to-business, telecoms, publishing, airline and engineering companies in both UK/Europe and Asia Pacific regions.

Laxmi’s strength includes the setting up of Human Resource departments from scratch, designing and conducting performance management programmes, interactive customer services workshops and coaching senior and middle management on cultural awareness and effective business management.

Her experience of working for both European and American companies in both UK/Europe and Asia Pacific has exposed her to working in a very multicultural environment and she enjoys the challenges of the workplace.

Laxmi is fluent in English, Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Urdu and has extensive international and cultural experience. She coaches management in cultural awareness and effective management in a cross-cultural environment; she also provides real-time interpreting services to the NHS in the UK.

In addition, Laxmi is a trained Mentor, mentoring small and start-up businesses in the technology sector. As a result of her many strengths Laxmi sits on the board of the Hays INclusion Network, working alongside Hays on assignments and advising on cultural diversity.