Author

Sam Bramhall

Principal Management Consultant

Sam Bramhall is currently the Principal Management Consultant for Esbee. He has 16 years’ experience in HR and management consultancy, including five years in consultancy and private equity advisory. He holds a Masters in Human Resource Management and is CIPD Level 7 qualified. Before founding Esbee, Sam spent over a decade advising at board and executive committee level across technology, professional services, telecoms, and the third sector.

About Sam and Esbee

29 pieces

AI and Workforce

Man On: Why Large Language Models Cannot Decompress What Language Was Always Hiding

24 May 2026 · 11 min read

Advisory

Lagging Ahead: Why Your Leading Indicators Are Trailing the Market

21 May 2026 · 15 min read

Employment Law

TUPE Is Not an HR Process. It's a Commercial Negotiation You're Letting HR Handle Alone.

29 April 2026 · 7 min read

Leadership and Governance

You Don't Need a New HRD. You Need to Understand Why the Last One Failed.

28 April 2026 · 7 min read

Employment Law

The Redundancy Process Most Businesses Run Would Not Survive Fifteen Minutes of Cross-Examination.

25 April 2026 · 8 min read

AI and Workforce

AI Can Work Inside a Box. Marketing Mostly Happens Outside It.

24 April 2026 · 8 min read

Leadership and Governance

That Performance Problem is a Management Problem You're Not Seeing.

22 April 2026 · 7 min read

Private Equity

The Number That Determines Whether Your Acquisition Was Worth Making

21 April 2026 · 7 min read

AI and Workforce

Capability Is Not Strategy: What AI Leaders Cannot Tell You About Your Workforce

19 April 2026 · 9 min read

Employment Law

The Six-Month Qualifying Period Is the Best Thing That Could Happen to Your Business. Here's Why.

16 April 2026 · 8 min read

Employment Law

Your Sick Pay Bill Just Changed. The Absence Problem It Reveals Was Already There.

9 April 2026 · 8 min read

Employment Law

The Employment Rights Act 2025 Is the Excuse You Needed to Finally Run Your Business Properly.

27 March 2026 · 8 min read

Advisory

You're Advertising for Talent the Same Way You Advertise for Customers. It Isn't Working for Either.

25 March 2026 · 7 min read

Advisory

Your Product Roadmap Is a Brilliant Solution to a Problem Your Customers Don't Have

20 March 2026 · 7 min read

Employment Law

What Every Business Needs to Know About Settlement Agreements

12 March 2026 · 2 min read

Employment Law

The ERA 2025 Gave Unions the Keys. Nobody Asked Whether They Know How to Drive.

13 February 2026 · 8 min read

Private Equity

The Exit You're Preparing For Is Already Priced Against You

2 December 2025 · 9 min read

Complex HR

You're Managing Absence. You Should Be Managing What Absence Is Telling You.

12 November 2025 · 7 min read

Private Equity

Your P&L Will Never Show It But the Cost of Efficiency is Value

1 November 2025 · 6 min read

Complex HR

The Grievance You Just Received Is the Best Intelligence Your Business Will Get This Year.

29 September 2025 · 7 min read

Employment Law

Your Contracts Used to Work. They're Now a Liability for the Business You Are.

1 September 2025 · 7 min read

Complex HR

Your Disciplinary Process Isn't Protecting You. It's Building the Case Against You.

15 August 2025 · 8 min read

Private Equity

The People Due Diligence Gap: What the Data Room Will Never Tell You

29 July 2025 · 8 min read

Private Equity

The Market You Exited During the Downturn Is the Market You Cannot Afford to Re-Enter Now

14 July 2025 · 8 min read

Private Equity

Your First Hundred Days Are Already Over. You Just Haven't Realised It Yet.

11 July 2025 · 8 min read

Private Equity

You've Done the Financial Due Diligence. You Have No Idea What You've Bought.

2 July 2025 · 7 min read

Employment Law

The Cost of Getting Redundancy Wrong Just Doubled. Most Businesses Don't Know Why.

7 May 2025 · 7 min read

Employment Law

You're Paying Too Much for Your Settlement Agreements. Here's Why.

2 May 2025 · 8 min read

Advisory

Your Customer Success Team Is Not a Cost Centre. It's Your Entire Business Model.

12 January 2025 · 7 min read