I am a people-focused mentor and strategist with an open and friendly style and a strong emphasis on interpreting and developing working relationships and business dynamics to drive change and help individuals and teams to achieve their potential. For more than 12 years I have worked as a Chief Executive and, more recently, Chair and non-executive Director at board level in complex and very challenging micro-political environments. As a result, I have high-level strategic planning, interpersonal and negotiating skills. I have extensive experience of successful change management and business and organisational development, especially working alongside boards and senior management teams.Specialties: Mentoring individuals in positions of leadership, developing boards and management teams, helping to create strategic vision, business and service planning, funding bids, restructuring, financial rescue plans, business turnaround, business and service assessments, strategic communications. Specialist experience in sympathetically introducing business-based approaches to not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises.
Listed skills include Change Management, Strategy, Organizational Development, Leadership, and 25 others.