Jennifer Beth Blake Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Change Partnership Limited I work in partnership with my clients to resolve their problems and challenges created by gaps in:- Leadership capacity - Leadership capability - Leadership Confidence I do this via:- Interim Change Management - Management Consultancy - Leadership Development Initiatives- Culture and Performance Improvement approaches I work in the UK and internationally for a wide range of clients and I especially love to work with:Public sector managers and leadersYoung and emerging leaders Women leaders and business owners Leaders in emerging world marketsLeading edge Inclusivity and equality initiatives The outcome of the partnership for my clients is transformational, transactional and developmental change - for individuals, teams, projects, programmes and organisations. I specialise in implementing new ways of working (agile) through impactful engagement, story telling, imagining future possibility, having those difficult conversations which challenge outdated work practises. My Leadership development workshops:Influence Others - the essence of leadership Share Feedback - what you think matters to people Be a Resilient Leader - for yourself and for others Guide Change- disrupt outdated thinking and workingSpeak up - but it's not just what you sayStep Up - what next for you as a leaderLead Through Diversity - navigate your way through Be a confident and assertive leader - build self belief and others will believeNew ways of working. New ways of leading. New ways of showing up.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Birmingham, United Kingdom

The Strand

Supported the reboot of the Council's Digital Transformation Programme though a range of impactful leadership activities including: Sucessful onboarding seconded directorate digital leaders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) - a critical success criteria given the approach taken for the rebooted programme. Standing up a team of expert Business Analysts; creating a positive platform for knowledge sharing, cross council working and evidence based decision making.Establishing a collaborative, motivated and performance ready programme team culture.

City of Wolverhampton Council - FutureSpace Programme Through interim leadership and more recently via management consultancy, I supported the programme team and board on all things change management and behavioural transformation for a multi-million pound transformation programme. The outcomes of the programme will continue to contribute to the organisation making significant financial savings whilst, at the same time, enabling improvements to service delivery to customers and benefits to employees. I focused on working with leaders to implement an exciting change campaign, stakeholder engagement, outcomes delivery and benefits realisation for this once in a lifetime programme for the city of Wolverhampton.

Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall

The lead for business change activity of a large scale change and transformation programme which focuses on the rationalisation of the property portfolio, investment in state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure and the modernisation of the retained office accomodation into a modern fit for purpose environment.. The outcomes of the programme is contributing to the organisation making significant financial savings whilst, at the same time, enabling improvements to service delivery and business operations for the benefit of customers.The role of Business Change Manager focused on ensuring that the benefits of the programme were realised through successful leadership and ensuring alignment with the key elements of the programme. The role was essential for the implementation of cultural change, effective stakeholder engagement, communication, user buy-in and other activities which ensured that the organisation made an effective transition to new ways of working.

Civic Centre, Walsall

Lead for the organisation's HRD, Training, Learning and Organisational Development Strategy and activities.and a team of learning and development specialists . The role was responsible for a portfolio of general learning and development intervention as well as the specialist Adult Social Care Worforce Development, Children's Workforce Development and the elected member development provision.

Civic Centre, Walsall

Specialising in management and leadership learning and development intervention - incresing the capability of supervisory,, managerial and leadership skills within the organisation. Sucessfully led the development and implementation of the Management Competency Framework.

Walall

Senior training, learning and development practitioner for leadership and management development within an Adult Social Care and Children's Services environment.

Walsall, United Kingdom

Lead for learning programme aimed at NEET (not in employment, education or training) young people aged 14 - 19 (included those excluded from compulsory education. The programme supported 150+ young people on a supported academic, vocational and work based learning programme of activities to meet their needs.

Various

Providing a range of training, learning and delivery specialising in creating innovative and bespoke intervention to a rang. of sectors,

Walsall, United Kingdom

Providing leadership, inspiration and advocacy for staff and client groups for all aspects of the community/voluntary organisation's project, service and business plan.

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Providing a very wide range of learning and development intervention and packages to Council staff. Focused specifically on developing innovative and challenging learning intervention,.

Walsall, United Kingdom

Working as part of a team to develop and deliver a range of learning packages and providing administrative support.

Master, Managing Performance And Change

Education Degree - Pce, Specialising In Both Pre And Post Compulsory Education