Two professionals in a calm office conversation

HR support · Outplacement · Career transition · UK & Ireland

People deserve more than a template when their work changes

Re-Launch is a small specialist practice offering HR support and outplacement done properly, slow enough to listen, rigorous enough to make a difference.

Our approach

An honest alternative to the high-volume outplacement industry

Most outplacement is transactional. A login, a CV template, a webinar library. People leave feeling like a CV to be reformatted, not a person in transition. We built Re-Launch because the moment between roles is too important, and too human, for that.

We work in small cohorts with credentialled coaches, real wellbeing support, and a long view on what comes next. People leave with a network they can lean on, not just a new CV. The outcome we care about isn't a faster placement. It's the right one.

What we offer

Two practices, designed to sit alongside each other when an organisation needs both.

01Service

HR Support

Pragmatic, senior HR partnership for organisations navigating change, restructures, redundancy programmes, performance and culture work. Done with care for the people on every side of the table.

  • •Restructure & redundancy planning
  • •Settlement & exit support
  • •Manager coaching & people strategy
02Service

Outplacement

A premium career transition programme combining group learning, 1:1 coaching from qualified and accredited coaches, mental health and wellbeing provision, and an ongoing alumni community built on networking and lifelong connections.

  • •Cohort-based learning
  • •Bi-weekly executive coaching
  • •Wellbeing & resilience strand
03Service

HR Team Well-being

The team delivering the difficult news rarely gets looked after. We offer a dedicated debrief, mindfulness resources and signposting for the HR teams who commission the work.

  • •Post-programme debrief
  • •Stress & resilience tools
  • •Professional signposting

The programme

Real support that continues outside of the sessions

Re-Launch runs structured group sessions led by qualified and accredited facilitators, followed by 1:1 coaching and peer circles, with support that continues long after the sessions end.

15
People per cohort
Ongoing
Support beyond the sessions
Expert
Qualified and accredited coaches
Multicultural professionals of different ages in a thoughtful morning coaching conversation
A quiet morning between sessions.

Programme journey

Support that continues long after the sessions

  1. 01Getting started

    Orientation & confidence

    Group sessions, individual diagnostic, wellbeing baseline and a clear plan for what comes next.

  2. 02Building momentum

    Market navigation

    AI literacy, modern search strategy, honest coaching on the macro market and personal positioning.

  3. 03Going deeper

    1:1 Executive coaching

    With your dedicated qualified and accredited coach. Tactical, emotional and strategic.

  4. 04Staying connected

    Peer circles & alumni

    Small evidence-based peer circles and an alumni community for ongoing networking, support and lifelong connections.

Open dates

Upcoming open sessions

Alongside our in-house programmes, we run remote open sessions that individuals can join directly. Every session is the start of something longer, with follow-up catch-ups and a dedicated 1:1 mentor session as standard.

Three dayRemote · Online

Tuesday 17 to Thursday 19 November 2026

Designed for mid-level and senior staff who need deeper, more personalised support.

Includes follow-up catch-ups & a 1:1 mentor session

Single dayRemote · Online

Wednesday 9 December 2026

Ideal for staff facing redundancy for the first time, or those earlier in their careers.

Includes follow-up catch-ups & a 1:1 mentor session

Companies are very welcome to get in touch to talk through the options and which sessions would suit their staff best, and individuals are equally welcome to enquire directly. We're small enough to be agile around your needs, and experienced enough to work comfortably with large groups.

For finance & HR

The founders

A small team, on purpose

Portrait of Alice Hayes

Alice Hayes

Co-founder · People & Transitions

Twenty-plus years as a senior HR practitioner and an accredited executive coach, with an MSc in Personal and Management Coaching from University College Cork. Alice has worked at the sharp end of global technology businesses, from a 19-country collaboration software company to a private equity-backed spin-off, where people decisions and commercial decisions are the same conversation. She has led people strategy and difficult transitions across technology, financial services and professional services, and has supported consulting teams delivering technology programmes for public sector clients. She built Re-Launch around one belief that the way someone is supported through a transition shapes the leader they become next.

Portrait of Remi Abayomi

Remi Abayomi

Co-founder · Commercial & Operations

Twenty-five years as a senior operations leader, with an ILM Level 7 Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring. Remi has run operations at the top of international broadcasting, as a VP at Viacom International Media Networks and Senior Director at A+E Networks UK, managing budgets of up to £35m and teams of more than 100 across multiple markets. Since 2016 he has worked as a strategic advisor and fractional COO to organisations from PwC to early-stage ventures and built businesses of his own. He has been on both sides of redundancy, making the difficult calls as a leader and later rebuilding his own working life on new terms. He brings the commercial, governance and risk lens to Re-Launch, making sure every programme stands up to the scrutiny of the CFO and General Counsel, not just the heart.

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Let's talk

Whether you're planning a difficult change in your organisation, looking for a more human outplacement partner, or navigating a transition of your own, we'd like to hear from you. Initial conversations are always with one of the founders.

Email · Ireland
hello@re-launch.ie
Working across
UK · Ireland · Remote & hybrid
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