Dr. Sarah Fidment

Dr Sarah Fidment is Associate Professor in Leadership & Management and Subject Group Leader and Principal Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management in the Sheffield Business School.

She teaches in the subjects of leadership and change and strategic people management on UG and PG Apprenticeships and Executive Education and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, holds a MSc in Leadership and Management and a Doctorate of Business Administration in Executive Leadership Development. She was the External academic advisor for the L7 Senior Leader Postgraduate Apprenticeship Standard (SLMDA) Trailblazer Group and the External academic advisor for the L5 Operations/Departmental Manager Apprenticeship Standard. She is an active board member of the International Journal for Human Resource Development and her research interests are in the Embodiment of Leadership.

Having led on over 50+ Leadership Development Interventions working with executive and mid-level leaders across a broad range of sectors she has over 15+ years in programme design, development and delivery. Her clients have included: SIG PLc, Tesco, The Post Office, The Co-operative Group, The NHS, Nestle, Morrison’s, Hovis, the Sheffield City Region and The Department for International Development.

She holds the following professional practice qualifications and accreditations:

• Tutor membership of the Institute of Leadership & Management
• Member of the Chartered Management Institute
• Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning
• Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management
• MSc in Leadership and Management
• Doctorate of Business Administration in Executive Leadership Development
• Insights Personality Profiling Practitioner
• Roche Martin Emotional Capital Practitioner
• Insights Thriving Through Change Qualification
• Mental Health First Aid Champion