Certified HR Consultant – Skills assessment, coaching & mediation

Ayant eu l'occasion de travailler avec Lydia West , j'ai pu apprécier son sérieux , son engagement et sa détermination . Elle sait faire preuve de pugnacité et d'un sens de l'écoute tout à fait remarquables .

Je ne peux que la recommander .

Je soussignée, Christine S., secrétaire générale, souhaite recommander avec la plus grande conviction Madame Lydia West.

J'ai eu l'occasion de solliciter les services de coaching de Madame Lydia West, et j'ai pu apprécier très directement ses qualités humaines et intellectuelles. Madame Lydia West se distingue par une combinaison rare de rigueur, d'intelligence et de bienveillance.

Il est relativement rare de rencontrer, parmi les coachs en entreprise et les professionnels des ressources humaines, une telle implication et une telle efficacité ; en ce qui la concerne, cela constitue manifestement une véritable vocation, soutenue par une réelle capacité d'analyse. Madame Lydia West dispose en outre d'une excellente maîtrise de la langue anglaise.

Pour toutes ces raisons, j'estime que la candidature de Madame Lydia West mérite la plus grande attention, et je la recommande vivement.

Mme Autran est une experte, humaine et professionnelle, à qui je peux sans hésitation confier les recrutements de poste à haut niveau de compétences.

Elle maîtrise des outils pertinents pour réussir ce challenge et mettre en phase les besoins de l'entreprise et la réalisation du candidat dans sa future activité .

J'ai eu la chance d'être accompagnée par Lydia dans le cadre d'un coaching basé sur le MBTI, et cette expérience a été extrêmement enrichissante.

Grâce à son écoute attentive, sa bienveillance et sa double expertise de professionnelle des Ressources Humaines et de Coach, Lydia m'a permis d'aller bien au-delà de la découverte de mon profil MBTI.

Elle m'a aidée à mieux me comprendre, à identifier mes forces, mes modes de fonctionnement et mes axes de développement.

Son accompagnement m'a également permis de mieux appréhender les personnalités et les fonctionnements de mon équipe. Cette compréhension a considérablement amélioré ma communication, mes interactions et ma collaboration au quotidien.

Grâce à Lydia, j'ai pu évoluer tant sur le plan professionnel que personnel, gagner en confiance et m'épanouir davantage dans mes différentes responsabilités.

Je la remercie sincèrement pour la qualité de son accompagnement et recommande chaleureusement ses services à toute personne souhaitant mieux se connaître, développer son leadership et améliorer ses relations professionnelles.

Merci Lydia

I worked together with Lydia, and I got to know her as a very dedicated HR Manager who works as intermediary between the staff and Management / head office. She strives to understand and apply the local rules and to report correctly towards management. As a seasoned HR Manager Lydia is very concerned with the wellbeing and development of the staff. As such she focusses a lot on coaching and training of the staff in order to progress them.

Même si je n'ai pas bénéficié d'un accompagnement professionnel dans le cadre des activités de Lydia, nos échanges m'ont permis d'apprécier la qualité de son écoute, la pertinence de ses conseils et sa grande expertise en ressources humaines.

Lors de ma recherche d'emploi, elle a toujours pris le temps de m'écouter, de comprendre ma situation et de me partager des conseils avisés, avec beaucoup de bienveillance et de justesse. Son expérience internationale lui apporte une vision à la fois stratégique et humaine des parcours professionnels.

Je suis convaincue que les personnes et les entreprises qu'elle accompagnera bénéficieront de son professionnalisme, de son sens de l'analyse et de son réel engagement auprès des autres.

Lydia’s natural curiosity and openness to understanding the workings of the human mind and human interaction, combined with her deep empathy, kindness, dedication, and extensive experience handling high-profile, sensitive HR projects at an international level, make her a superb ally in navigating the challenges of a constantly evolving and often dehumanised corporate world.

With someone like Lydia in your corner, you can gain the clarity and confidence to find the right path for you and ultimately achieve your goals.

It is a pleasure to write this letter of recommendation for Lydia West. Having worked closely alongside Lydia on the massive Abu Qir Port Development Project in Egypt and several other projects in the Middle-East in the past like Al Raha Beach Development, Ruwais Refinery Project, Ras Al Khaimah and Musandam, I can confidently attest to her exceptional leadership, strategic mindset, and mastery of human resources in complex, large-scale international environments.

The Abu Qir Port Development Project was a monumental undertaking, involving the dredging of 196 million cubic meters of material and reclaiming 1,000 hectares of land to build a major Mediterranean logistics hub. Operating in this fast-paced, high-stakes environment, Lydia was brought in to build the site’s HR function and organizational structure completely from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Project Director, she managed this immense responsibility with a high degree of autonomy and flawlessly adapted to rapidly changing workforce requirements.

Lydia managed the full lifecycle of employment for a diverse, international workforce.

Her scope of responsibility was vast, covering the recruitment, onboarding, and management of office staff, site employees, and vessel crews. She effectively led a local HR administration team and oversaw critical operational areas, including local compensation and benefits, contract management, payroll administration, workforce planning, and complex personnel mobilization.

Beyond managing daily operations, Lydia’s true impact lay in her ability to professionalize the entire HR department. She introduced structured policies, streamlined processes, and rigorous procedures that brought consistency and accountability to a complex project environment. She ensured strict compliance with local labor and immigration regulations, organized vital employee training initiatives, and successfully managed both internal and external HR audits. Her strategic insights quickly made her a trusted advisor to senior management and a highly valued anchor for the project team.

Lydia is a dedicated, meticulous professional with a natural talent for bringing order to complex situations. As a leader, she instills a strong sense of responsibility within her team and fosters a collaborative, high-performance culture.

Lydia would be a tremendous asset to any organization, particularly those managing large-scale, international, or project-based operations. I highly recommend her for any senior Human Resources role and have no doubt that she will excel and bring immediate value to your organization.

I reached out to Lydia during a challenging period in my professional and personal journey, hoping to gain a clearer sense of self and direction. While I initially expected access to credible assessment tools, what Lydia provided went far beyond that.

Throughout the entire process, she brought unmatched genuine passion, energy, and a deep, philosophically enriched understanding of personality dynamics and behavioral root causes, which greatly complimented the assessment during the debriefing.

In combining the Strong Interest Inventory and TD12 with her insightful interview approach, she gave me a comprehensive 360-degree understanding of why I operate the way I do—and how to navigate my internal struggles constructively.

The turning point was her debriefing session. Lydia essentially acted as a 'translator' for my profile, shifting my perspective and outlining actionable steps forward. I walked away with profound self-acceptance, tools to navigate personal challenges, and an inspiring set of new directions to pursue.

I am writing to share my highest endorsement for Lydia West, a colleague I have had the distinct privilege of knowing and collaborating with for nearly twenty years.

Our professional history spans back to 2008 during the Qatar-Bahrain Causeway Project, and most recently, on the mega-scale Abu Qir Port Development Project in Egypt. As a manager of a separate department, I have interacted with Lydia daily and observed her unique talent for bridging the gap between corporate strategy and genuine human connection.

What truly sets Lydia apart in the field of Human Resources is her exceptional emotional intelligence and innate warmth. In the high-pressure, fast-moving world of international infrastructure projects, environments can easily become stressful and fragmented. Lydia acts as the cultural anchor for the team. She is an active, empathetic listener who serves as an outstanding confidential advisor for personnel at all levels. Because she approaches sensitive matters with absolute discretion, integrity, and care, employees know they can trust her implicitly. Her natural ability to connect with everyone—whether corporate executives, site engineers, or maritime crews—builds deep psychological safety across the entire organizational chart. She is quite simply a person everyone loves working with.

This strong human element does not detract from her operational brilliance; rather, it is what makes her so effective at it. At Abu Qir, she was handed a blank canvas to build a complex HR department completely from scratch. Where others would see chaos, Lydia brought seamless order. Because she leads with empathy and clarity rather than rigid bureaucracy, she successfully established structured policies, compliance frameworks, and audit-ready procedures that the entire project workforce actually embraced. She transformed a massive, cross-border staffing operation into a cohesive, high-performing community.

Lydia is a rare find in senior leadership. She combines a meticulous eye for organizational structure with a trustworthy, warm heart that elevates the morale of an entire company. She creates workplace environments where people feel secure, valued, and motivated to do their best work.

Any organization looking for a senior HR leader who can build strong cultures, serve as a trusted sounding board for the team, and lead with authentic kindness would be incredibly fortunate to have her. I recommend her without reservation.

I am pleased to write this letter of recommendation for Ms. Lydia West, who has been employed on the Abu Qir Port Development Project in Egypt since January 2021.

The Abu Qir Port Development Project, located near Alexandria, Egypt, is a large-scale dredging and land reclamation project aimed at expanding the Port of Abu Qir. The project involved dredging more than 150 million cubic meters of material, reclaiming approximately 1,000 hectares of land, deepening the access channel to 23 meters, constructing a 22-meter-deep turning basin, and developing new port infrastructure, including quay walls and breakwaters. This strategic project supports the creation of a major logistics and economic hub on the Mediterranean coast.

Lydia played a key role in the establishment and development of the Abu Qir Project, helping to build the site’s HR function and organizational structure from the ground up. Reporting directly to the Project Director, she was entrusted with a high degree of autonomy and successfully applied her extensive experience in international project environments to support the project’s rapidly evolving workforce requirements.

Throughout her assignment, Lydia was responsible for the recruitment, onboarding and employment management of both local and international personnel, covering office staff, site employees and vessel crews. In addition to leading a local HR administration team, she oversaw local compensation and benefits programs, contract management, payroll administration and workforce planning.

Beyond the operational aspects of Human Resources, Lydia made a significant contribution to the professionalization of the local HR organization. She introduced structured HR policies, processes and procedures, ensured compliance with local labor and immigration regulations, coordinated personnel mobilization and crew changes, organized employee training initiatives, and successfully managed both internal and external HR audits. Her ability to bring structure, consistency and accountability to a complex international project environment made her a trusted advisor to management and a highly valued member of the project team.

Lydia consistently demonstrated exceptional dedication, professionalism, and attention to detail. She has a natural ability to bring structure to complex environments and understands the importance of accountability and responsibility at every level of a project organization. Through her leadership, she successfully instilled these principles within her team and ensured they were reflected throughout the wider project organization.

We highly value Lydia’s contributions and professionalism and would not hesitate to recommend her for any senior Human Resources role, particularly within international project-based environments. She will undoubtedly be a valuable asset to any organization fortunate enough to engage her services.

We sincerely wish Lydia every success in her future career and are confident that she will excel in any new and challenging people-focused role she chooses to pursue.

Over the past 2 years I have been working with Lydia West on the Abu Qir 2 dredging and land reclamation project in Egypt. Lydia was my first contact person before my arrival on the project as a junior site superintendent and immediately from the start gave me a warm welcome, with clear instructions of what was expected of me.

Her holistic and empathic approach to HR matters, is what makes her stand out in her position. As HR manager, she continuously flagged potential problems related to the work force and diligently worked behind the scenes to solve them. Her vision is based on the overall well-being of the company and keeping in mind the reputation of the company in the project country.

I recommend Mrs. Lydia West for the position of Human Resources Manager.

I occupy the position of Project Director for large marine infrastructure projects and worked with Mrs Lydia West since 2011 on various projects in the Middle East.

She has set-up and implemented, in line with the company policies, performant project HR managements entailing recruitment, trainings, development, planning and payroll administration in full compliancy with the labour regulations.

The statutory external Accreditation Audit on the Abu Qir project endorsed full satisfaction.

She possesses a collaborative and problem-solving mindset with high work ethics and morals. Her work output is remarkably high and matches deadlines.

Finally, her empathy and openness make of her a trusted and valuable colleague.