Chris is a highly experienced, and valued, change facilitator and trainer with over 20 years success in designing and delivering short courses for wide range of clients in UK, Europe, USA and Africa. He effectively combines his experience as a management consultant with a participative style to create truly productive interventions – in both training and advisory settings. He specialises in gently opening clients’ eyes to enable self-directed change. He is particularly interested in the management and leadership of dispersed collaborative teams.Previous roles, before moving into full-time consultancy and training, included nearly 20 years executive experience in technical product development, marketing and general management positions. This enables him to bring to his clients a combination of pragmatic, real-world experience and high quality communication of ideas and concepts.He is an enthusiastic advocate for the intelligent or agile enterprise as the only viable model for future success in an unstable economic environment. MAIN AREAS OF EXPERTISE:• Management & Communications Skills Training• Cross-Cultural Management • People Development Systems • Strategic Business Planning • New Product Strategy Development• Market Surveys & Focus Groups• Competitor Analysis KEY SECTOR EXPERIENCE:• IT systems & Services Suppliers• Telecommunications & Electronics• Government (Defence) Agencies• International Agencies (eg UN, OPEC, NATO)• Business to Business Service Companies• Manufacturing• SME (Small & Medium sized Enterprises) MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT TOPICS include: • Appraisals• Business Planning• Creativity & Problem solving• Coaching• Communication Skills• Customer Care• Effective Management Skills• High Impact Presentations • Influencing People• Leadership Excellence• Managing and Working across International Cultures• Resolving Conflict• Leading Remote & Virtual Teams• Team Building• Thinking Styles (HBDI) & Team Roles