Simplifying external workforce management, for TA, HR and Finance Leaders.

External workforce management can feel daunting.  In a traditional business set-up, there is no dedicated function that has the knowledge end-to-end.

With a growing focus from governments across Europe and the UK on how external workers are engaged and paid, there is an urgent need to simplify what action businesses need to take, to stay compliant and to optimise how they work with their flexible workforce.

That’s why we built this site.  Welcome to RedWizard.

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  • Strategy
  • Governance
  • Compliance
  • Operations
  • Supply

Setting the direction for your external workforce.

Your workforce strategy should define why your organisation uses external workers, in what situations, and under what terms.  It is shaped by your business goals and the regulatory and market pressures influencing your sector.

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Bringing structure and accountability to your external workforce.

Governance defines how decisions about your workforce are made, by whom, and on what basis.  This helps to ensure consistent oversight, clear ownership, and the insight needed to manage it effectively across the business.

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Protecting your organisation from external workforce risk.

Compliance defines how your organisation meets its legal, regulatory and contractual obligations when engaging external workers, covering everything from worker classification to right-to-work checks. It reduces exposure to fines, reputational damage and operational disruption.

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Managing your external workforce from engagement to exit.

Operations defines how your organisation attracts, engages, manages and offboards external workers.  The end-to-end processes that determine how well your external workforce functions in practice.

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Accessing the external support your business needs.

Supply defines how your organisation sources external workers, through the channels, markets and supplier relationships available to you. It depends on the skills you’re chasing, the speed you need them at, and how well your supply chain is set up to deliver both.

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Not sure where to start?

The external workforce often has no central owner in a business.  This means no centralised governance, no common process and limited information with which to make decisions.

That’s why we built Concerto®, an AI-powered engagement & assessment tool.

Reach the people across your business involved in engaging external support today.  Understand how they currently operate and build a better picture of your current state, your risks and opportunities for improvement.

Set-up is guided, quick and easy.  Sign up below and one of our Concerto® Consultants will be in touch to get you started.

    The RedWizard Mission

    • “We exist to change how organisations think about and manage their external workforce, turning fragmented operations into coordinated ecosystems that drive commercial advantage.”

      Jools Barrow-Read
      Founder & Director, RedWizard Consulting

    Inspiring, client stories:

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      External workforce visibility is more achievable than you think

      Three functions sat around the same table for five months, all with concerns about the external workforce, none of them able to agree on where to start. This is the story of what was actually getting in the way — and what it took to get things moving.

      Jools Barrow-Read

      Founder

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      Your extended workforce is only as good as its governance

      For three years, competing suppliers collaborated openly inside a carefully built COE. Then a single procurement decision undid almost all of it. Here's what we built, what broke it, and what it means for your programme.

      Jools Barrow-Read

      Founder

    Go deeper on the topics that matter to you, start here:

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      External workforce visibility is more achievable than you think

      Three functions sat around the same table for five months, all with concerns about the external workforce, none of them able to agree on where to start. This is the story of what was actually getting in the way — and what it took to get things moving.

      Jools Barrow-Read

      Founder

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      The integration principles – connecting the dots across your extended workforce

      Your extended workforce doesn't operate in the silos your org chart creates. But most organisations manage it that way — fragmenting data by contract type, optimising budgets department by department, and handling supplier relationships in category silos. These three principles show you where the connections matter and why governance that spans organisational boundaries delivers better outcomes than perfect governance within silos.

      Jools Barrow-Read

      Founder

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