Helen Stephens (She/Her).

Partner

e. helen@unifypartnership.com

With over 30 years of experience across HR, Organisational Development, Communications, and Coaching, Helen is dedicated to helping people and organisations reach their full potential. She brings warmth, insight, and deep practical experience to every engagement — whether she’s facilitating learning, coaching leaders, or guiding teams through complex change.

Helen’s career spans senior roles in local government, consulting, and leadership development. As a Partner at Unify, she supports organisations to align people strategies with business goals, delivering tailored development programmes that foster trust, collaboration, and growth.

She has designed and facilitated countless workshops and leadership initiatives, empowering individuals at every level to build confidence, strengthen relationships, and drive meaningful change.

Her extensive background includes work with the Welsh Local Government Association, where she collaborated with senior leaders and ministers across Wales and the Commonwealth to share best practice and develop leadership capability.

 At the City & County of Swansea, Helen led corporate learning and development, supporting over 14,000 staff through organisational change and transformation.

A natural communicator, Helen thrives in environments where collaboration and connection matter most. She is an experienced coach and facilitator, a qualified assessor and verifier, and a practitioner of multiple psychometric and behavioural tools including Insights Discovery, MBTI, and Firo-B.

A Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management and the British Psychological Society, Helen brings both credibility and compassion to her work. Her approach blends professionalism with humanity — grounded in empathy, curiosity, and a genuine belief in people’s potential.

Whether supporting senior executives, developing emerging leaders, or designing large-scale learning initiatives, Helen’s focus is always the same: to create positive, lasting change that helps people and organisations thrive.

Testimonial.

Helen was an exceptional facilitator, very knowledgeable, approachable and friendly. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and am still astounded by how accurate my Insights personal profile is.  The course is an excellent way to understand your team's working style and gain a better understanding of your colleagues and yourself.  Highly recommend the course, thank you.

T. Cooke - Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service.