People want to add value
and be valued.
Get that right, and everything else follows.
I've spent twenty plus years inside businesses at their most interesting moments. Fast growth, big change, high stakes. The kind where growth might be outpacing the people holding it together, talent could be quietly heading for the door, and performance isn't matching potential. Nobody can quite put their finger on why.
I work with CEOs and leadership teams who know something's off but can't name it. That's where I start. I find what's actually going on, and we build from there.
No frameworks that gather dust, no workshop theatre. Just honest work from someone who's done this at scale and will tell you what they actually think.
Fix the conditions.
Most businesses don't have a people problem. They have a conditions problem. Get the conditions right, and people do what they were always capable of doing.
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Fractional CPO
A serious people leader, without the full-time hire.
You need a serious people leader but you're not ready to hire one full time. I embed with your leadership team, work alongside your CEO, and do the actual job. Not a report delivered six weeks later. The real thing.
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One-on-One Coaching
For leaders who want honest conversation, not a cheerleader.
I work with leaders at all levels who want straight, practical coaching. I work on what's actually getting in the way, and I'll tell you what I see even when it's uncomfortable.
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Culture & Engagement
Find out what's actually happening. Then act on it.
You can feel something's off. Attrition is creeping, the energy has shifted, or you're growing fast and the culture isn't keeping pace. I find out what's driving it and build a path back to a place where people genuinely want to show up.
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People Strategy
Built for where you're going.
You're at an inflection point. Scaling, restructuring, or realising the way you've operated won't carry you through the next chapter. I help you build the people architecture that will.
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Leadership Development
Built for the way people actually learn.
Managing people is a different skill to doing the job, and most leaders picked it up as they went. I design and run leadership programmes for groups and teams, built around what your business actually needs. Practical, specific, and structured to land beyond the room.
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Hands On
Senior experience, no ego about how it's used.
Sometimes you need someone to just deal with it. A contract, a difficult conversation, a policy that needs writing, a mediation that needs handling, a restructure that's become complicated. I've done all of it at every level. If something people-related needs sorting, that's enough of a brief.
Twenty years in the room.
I'm April Marcot. Twenty years inside businesses that were growing, changing, or figuring out who they were.
I've been CPO of a 4,200-person national organisation. I've scaled businesses that doubled in headcount while lifting engagement from 55% to 80%. I've built people functions from scratch and sat at executive tables where culture was an afterthought, until it wasn't.
I believe one thing: people want to add value and be valued for what they do. Everything else in my work flows from that.
I'll tell you what I think. The goal is always to find what's true, not to be right.
Based in Sydney. I make a decent woodfired pizza. And if our first conversation doesn't include at least one laugh, we're probably not the right fit.
I'm an IECL accredited coach and qualified in LSI, HBDI, and Situational Leadership. These aren't badges. They're tools that work, so that's why I use them. I think commercially, which means the conversation is always about business outcomes, not HR activity. I'm as comfortable with a P&L as I am with a people plan.
In their own words.
April is one of the smartest hires we've made. She got under the hood of the business quickly, and her advice has held up months later. Our exec team trusts her, which is rare.
Honestly, I was sceptical about bringing in another consultant. April is different. She's practical, she's funny, and she doesn't waste your time. I'd have her back in a heartbeat.
We'd been going round in circles trying to work out why people kept leaving. April helped us see what was actually driving it, and gave us a sensible plan we could actually do. Things are noticeably better.
A straight conversation.
If something in your business isn't quite working and you can't put your finger on why, let's talk. No pitch deck. No discovery questionnaire. Just a straight conversation to see if I'm the right person to help.