The people side of your business, without the guesswork.
Progressing People is founded by Ana Hay — a People & HR leader who has spent 15+ years building people functions for founders and CEOs, and now brings that thinking to businesses that can't justify a full HR team.
linkedin.com/in/anahay- MBA, London Business School
- 15+ years global HR leadership
- Fractional People Director
Ana's story
Fifteen years in the room where people decisions get made
Ana has spent 15+ years leading HR for multi-country organisations, partnering directly with founders, CEOs and COOs to build people functions that actually work — culture, talent and the difficult calls in between.
An MBA from London Business School and years as a fractional People Director across very different businesses taught her the same lesson over and over: most work problems aren't really about the work. They're about people not feeling heard, and no one being honest about what's going on.
She started Progressingpeople.com for the owners and leaders who face those calls without an HR department behind them — the first hire, the difficult conversation, the good person who resigned out of nowhere. If you're running a business and the people side is the part that keeps you up at night, this is where you find out what to do about it.
In the room
Sharing what actually drives growth
Ana speaks on industry panels on how businesses grow through their people — most recently on the "Driving Growth with HiBob" partner panel, alongside fellow HR leaders.
What we stand for
A place for honest answers about work
Progressingpeople.com exists to answer the common work-life questions and problems faced by all of us — clearly, and without the corporate polish.
Honest, jargon-free
No corporate HR speak and no generic advice — just straight answers that treat you like an adult.
Senior HR, without the headcount
The thinking a multi-country HR director brings, applied to a business of five, fifty or five hundred — without putting one on the payroll.
Practical, not theoretical
Real scripts and clear next steps for the conversations most owners dread having — the ones there’s no playbook for.
For owners and leaders
Better people decisions, every week.
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