• CAREER COACHING: for individuals who are looking for a change or greater fulfilment in their working life. I help them to: define what they really want, generate fresh possibilities, make decisions and create a plan to make it happen. Clients have often been successful in their career so far but now feel stuck or at a crossroads. Some are facing restructure/redundancy/returning to work, others are longing for more meaning or greater balance and some have a dream and need help turning it… Show more • CAREER COACHING: for individuals who are looking for a change or greater fulfilment in their working life. I help them to: define what they really want, generate fresh possibilities, make decisions and create a plan to make it happen. Clients have often been successful in their career so far but now feel stuck or at a crossroads. Some are facing restructure/redundancy/returning to work, others are longing for more meaning or greater balance and some have a dream and need help turning it into a realistic plan.• DEVELOPMENT/PERFORMANCE COACHING: working in partnership with leaders and individuals in organisations who want to develop and achieve their goals. By helping to stimulate thinking and supporting their learning, I enable people to define their vision, develop new insights/options, plan next steps and review outcomes. Topics are far reaching and may include Emotional Intelligence and managing/interacting with different styles, leadership/management and enhancing self-awareness and confidence etc.• WRITING LEARNING MATERIALS: consulting with clients and material producers to define learning outcomes and designing/writing training courses, case studies and exercises to align with these. Show less

Included:- researching & creating a Learning Strategy to drive change in the business- leading a team of L&D specialists- responsibility for building a new management development programme- facilitating learning events- 1:1 coaching as part of an internal coaching pool

Included:- managing and coaching a team; enabling them to achieve personal, team and business goals- supporting the implementation of the UK leadership development programme (facilitating workshops, Action Learning Groups and providing learning resources)- designing and managing the development strategy for the HR Function- organising the HR conference- internal consulting to identify development needs and provide/facilitate learning solutions

Included: - managing & facilitating Leadership Development Centres as part of the talent strategy- designing & delivering workshops e.g. on leadership, coaching, team development, managing change, career development and creative thinking.

Roles within the Warehouse & Distribution Centre and Head Office included:- responsibility for the branch training team- facilitation of residential leadership development programmes- responsibility for the Section Management Development Programme- business learning projects including appraisal skills development- opening & managing a branch Open Learning Centre- workshop design, delivery and coaching

Various departments, roles included:- team leadership, development & coaching- customer service- merchandising, stock management & financial reporting- project management