Oxygen Conservation was founded to Scale Conservation. We acquire land at scale, delivering positive environmental and social impact, growing natural capital and generating a financial return as a result not as the purpose.We prioritise working with local communities and forming strategic partnerships to implement conservation programmes, regenerative agriculture, restoring natural processes and delivering sustainable development.

I helped people increase their effectiveness, efficiency, and enjoyment at work by developing high-performing teams, supporting leadership development, and leading improvement. High Performing Teams More and more, we need to work within and across teams to achieve our goals. However, that’s challenging and complex. Instead of teams, we’re often part of groups of individuals lacking trust, commitment and alignment of goals and behaviour. I help build high performing teams by making… Show more I helped people increase their effectiveness, efficiency, and enjoyment at work by developing high-performing teams, supporting leadership development, and leading improvement. High Performing Teams More and more, we need to work within and across teams to achieve our goals. However, that’s challenging and complex. Instead of teams, we’re often part of groups of individuals lacking trust, commitment and alignment of goals and behaviour. I help build high performing teams by making the complex simple. Leadership Coaching We do not put the necessary support system around leaders. High level athletes have a litany of specialist support services (psychologist, physiotherapist, personal trainer, nutritionist, etc.). I help leaders unlock untapped potential by offering one of these missing support services. I accelerate personal and professional development by addressing cognitions, emotions and behaviours. For example, making difficult decisions, increasing emotional intelligence, setting and achieving realistic goals, and conducting failure analysis. All is done in a way that reduces negative emotions and motivates individuals to achieve more in the future. Leading Improvement Greatest client value is realised when we focus on transformation over intervention. We want to help you embed improvement skills and practices leaving a legacy of continuous improvement, rather than quick wins that create a dependency on our services. While working towards transformation, we help you break down barriers between departments through the development of collaborative working practices, including the Collaborative Production System. We also work to minimise total cost for the delivering quality outcomes demanded by your customers. Show less

While working for WSP, I was embedded with the SMP Alliance as their Collaboration Lead. The SMP Alliance is an industry-leading programme that brings together 1,500 people across 7 Partners to transform the delivery of our motorway network. Key elements of my role are:• Collaborative Culture – Created and embedded the strategy, model, and processes that facilitated better trust, interpersonal connection, and performance across a complex organisation.• High-performing teams – embedded… Show more While working for WSP, I was embedded with the SMP Alliance as their Collaboration Lead. The SMP Alliance is an industry-leading programme that brings together 1,500 people across 7 Partners to transform the delivery of our motorway network. Key elements of my role are:• Collaborative Culture – Created and embedded the strategy, model, and processes that facilitated better trust, interpersonal connection, and performance across a complex organisation.• High-performing teams – embedded high-performance principles with 15 integrated teams across 5 programmes to help them achieve exceptional performance. For example, helped the Stopped Vehicle Detection team beat their budget by 20%, increased their productivity by 300%, and 0 lost time incidents across the project lifecycle in an industry that is traditionally over budget and programme.• Strategy – As lead for the Inspiring Workplace outcome, I am helping transform the organisation and industry by bringing to life innovative initiatives that will have a massive positive impact on people’s engagement, performance, retention, and sense of belonging. Show less

I help people achieve their goals and make their jobs easier, better, faster and cheaper by: confidently delivering excellent workshops; embedding continuous improvement knowledge and practice through mentoring; and using various business excellence models and tools to lead multiple strategic and tactical improvement projects in a large (~20,000 people) and complex organisation.I utilised excellent communication and facilitation skills to help Executive Directors and Directors reach… Show more I help people achieve their goals and make their jobs easier, better, faster and cheaper by: confidently delivering excellent workshops; embedding continuous improvement knowledge and practice through mentoring; and using various business excellence models and tools to lead multiple strategic and tactical improvement projects in a large (~20,000 people) and complex organisation.I utilised excellent communication and facilitation skills to help Executive Directors and Directors reach agreement on a particularly contentious issue, which had a large positive impact on two functions and helped staff do more for people and the environment.My one to one coaching accelerates personal and professional development by conducting failure analysis in a manner that reduces negative emotions and motivates them to achieve more in the future, increasing their emotional intelligence, setting and achieving realistic goals and making difficult decisions.Monitoring Manager - I increased intrinsic motivation, wellbeing and performance by: collaboratively creating an engaging vision; agreeing benefits, performance measures, analytics and targets; created processes and leveraged technology to greatly increase available data while reducing data processing burden on staff; analysed team demand and provided project progress feedback.Legal processes - Influenced customers by understanding their needs and concerns, passionately presenting information at the right time and format, utilising sponsorship support and convincing them to speak to their customers. This resulted in reduced waste, improved SOP and buy-in and will lead to better performance.Identified & mapped 199 processes held in 8 teams across 4 organisations then created a one-page Ribbon Diagram that highlighted and reduced duplication and number of processes and visualised information flow through the system. This will inform future organisational design work for HR across Defra. Show less

Building on my passion for leading and developing others and my commitment to personal development I pursued the opportunity to lead high profile team within Flood & Coastal Risk Management. I improved wellbeing and performance by: creating a vision and strategy; changing structure and populated team with exceptionally talented people who fit the culture; raising the standard of performance by improving the monitoring, evaluation and oversight of performance; and creating a culture that… Show more Building on my passion for leading and developing others and my commitment to personal development I pursued the opportunity to lead high profile team within Flood & Coastal Risk Management. I improved wellbeing and performance by: creating a vision and strategy; changing structure and populated team with exceptionally talented people who fit the culture; raising the standard of performance by improving the monitoring, evaluation and oversight of performance; and creating a culture that maximised motivation and greatly increased morale.Responsible for projects in the c£20 million Flood and Coastal Risk Management Six Year Programme in the West Midlands. My strategic leaderships spans c.150 projects and will reduce the risk from flooding to 3,000 homes and in the process, significantly improve the lives and livelihood of many more people across the West Midlands. Lead budget management of c£1.5 million for the Flood and Coastal Risk Management departmentProvide leadership across the Area by chairing ‘Development Discussions’ teaching colleagues at all levels of the organisation about leadership and improving personal effectivenessLed the first ever Environment Agency Development Day, a conference style event involving 40 speakers leading 34 sessions. I created and implemented a strategy and lead on all logistical elements. The day received huge amounts of positive feedback and inspired people to invest in their own learning and development. I was asked to extend this event to our national office with other government departments and lead another Development Day in the West MidlandsThis role also has significant external responsibilities. I lead on key relationships with English Severn and Wye Regional Flood and Coastal Committee Members and other partners (e.g. LLFA, IDBs, water companies and communities) to reduce flood risk to people and their properties and achieve environmental improvements. Show less

Ensured team members are happy and motivated by creating a positive and supportive team culture. One to ones, feedback, coaching, goal setting and delegation are tools I used to develop team members. Advised and supported technical specialists who developed a prioritisation tool, which enabled targeted investments over 6 years to achieve the greatest return on investment and maximum environmental benefit. Analysed relevant policies and directives to ensure our approach was… Show more Ensured team members are happy and motivated by creating a positive and supportive team culture. One to ones, feedback, coaching, goal setting and delegation are tools I used to develop team members. Advised and supported technical specialists who developed a prioritisation tool, which enabled targeted investments over 6 years to achieve the greatest return on investment and maximum environmental benefit. Analysed relevant policies and directives to ensure our approach was consistent with statutory frameworks and mandatory data returns were completed on time and to high quality. Worked closely with colleagues across the business to understand their environment planning priorities and then work with team members to ensure that high quality outputs are delivered on time, on budget and to scope. Show less

Led political engagement following the 2015 General Election, enhanced the Environment Agency’s reputation by creating nationally acclaimed briefing materials that convey complex information in a visually striking and engaging format. Received praise directly from MP about the quality of briefing materials.I coordinated correspondence with MPs, which further developed my already excellent written communication skills. I have learned how to clearly articulate contentious environmental… Show more Led political engagement following the 2015 General Election, enhanced the Environment Agency’s reputation by creating nationally acclaimed briefing materials that convey complex information in a visually striking and engaging format. Received praise directly from MP about the quality of briefing materials.I coordinated correspondence with MPs, which further developed my already excellent written communication skills. I have learned how to clearly articulate contentious environmental issues to prestigious internal and external customers in such a manner that encourages action and improves the Environment Agency’s reputation.Improved processes and ways of working in the Area Manager’s office. Gathered data and codified existing processes, ensured robust processes are followed and coached Personal Assistant. Show less

As an award winning leader at The Challenge, I transformed the organisation’s approach to goal setting during a company-wide change programme. Using expert knowledge in motivation and performance (PhD, psychology) I developed performance metrics that built upon and enhanced the organisation’s culture. Using this methodology my teams achieved their highest ever recorded performance. I loved working at The Challenge because every day I worked towards improving equality and diversity and made a… Show more As an award winning leader at The Challenge, I transformed the organisation’s approach to goal setting during a company-wide change programme. Using expert knowledge in motivation and performance (PhD, psychology) I developed performance metrics that built upon and enhanced the organisation’s culture. Using this methodology my teams achieved their highest ever recorded performance. I loved working at The Challenge because every day I worked towards improving equality and diversity and made a real difference to the lives of individuals and communities. Led performance management in the West Midlands. Developed reports and dashboards for each stage of the annual cycle to clarify progress towards our KPIs and future business activities. This work supported regional benchmarking and comparative performance analysis. Created a performance reporting tool that took information from thousands of customers, filtered and displayed information to team members in a clear and easy to interpret format that allowed them to maximise effectiveness and efficiency. These tools ensured effective, efficient and ethical information analysis, while also maximising performance.I liaised with external customers, particularly those from Birmingham City Council, to engage hard to reach young people. During a presentation to senior Council employees, I clearly explained National Citizen Service, emphasised the benefits, addressed customer concerns, created opportunities for collaboration and suggested future actions. Following this meeting I built strong relationships by establishing a method of working that suited all parties, overcame challenges faced by customers, communicated accurately and transparently and actioned tasks quickly. These relationships resulted in better engagement with schools and more young people taking part in the programme, both of which are key performance indicators at The Challenge. Show less

I taught and assessed six undergraduate courses and two postgraduate courses. The majority of these courses were outside my main discipline meaning I often had to learn theory behind lecture content a week before I delivered this to students. Student feedback provides evidence that I delivered high quality teaching. Specifically, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), students indicated whether I inspired them to learn (mean = 4.4), was able to communicate clearly (mean =… Show more I taught and assessed six undergraduate courses and two postgraduate courses. The majority of these courses were outside my main discipline meaning I often had to learn theory behind lecture content a week before I delivered this to students. Student feedback provides evidence that I delivered high quality teaching. Specifically, on a scale of 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), students indicated whether I inspired them to learn (mean = 4.4), was able to communicate clearly (mean = 4.7) and was approachable (mean = 4.7). As a result of my time in this post I am confident learning large amounts of information in a short period of time, organising the material into a structure that is logical and easy to follow, creating presentations using PowerPoint and delivering content in a clear and engaging manner. Show less

While working in this part-time post I recruited, and conducted semi-structured interviews with, 64 gym users in order to gain a deeper understanding of their motivations and thought processes. Recruiting these individuals involved finding suitable gyms in all of the nine regions of England, developing gym owners’ buy in, explaining study purpose and benefits to potential participants and persuading gym users to take part. Conducting interviews involved meeting a new contact and building enough… Show more While working in this part-time post I recruited, and conducted semi-structured interviews with, 64 gym users in order to gain a deeper understanding of their motivations and thought processes. Recruiting these individuals involved finding suitable gyms in all of the nine regions of England, developing gym owners’ buy in, explaining study purpose and benefits to potential participants and persuading gym users to take part. Conducting interviews involved meeting a new contact and building enough trust and rapport within the first 10 minutes of a conversation that he/she felt comfortable revealing personal information. I also produced verbatim transcripts of interviews which were used for qualitative data analysis and sense checked this analysis. This research project, together with other research I’ve conducted, has given me experience building rapport with individuals from many different backgrounds. Show less