James Abbatt Email & Phone Number

Stoke-On-Trent, Gb

United Kingdom

Optimising the mobilisation of the Railway Systems directorate. Specifically supporting the M&E teams/Partners.

London, England, United Kingdom

Providing deeper cross-organisational networks, ‘on the job’ development of cohort delegates, championing ‘Our Way’ behaviours and supporting the continuous drive to work ever more efficiently and effectively within the Euston Integrated Project Team.

United Kingdom

We passionately believe that the greatest asset of any business is its people. Our purpose is to enable that untapped talent to fulfil its potential, contributing to the success of their organisation and feeling valued in that effort – and our track record shows the value of this approach.At Coaching for Performance Worldwide, our team deploy continuous improvement and Visual Management techniques that keep multi-million-pound programmes on track. We create bespoke training and development programmes to reinvigorate teams and embed sustainable skills. Our team have an excellent record of: • Saving millions from operational budgets.• Helping projects to avoid late penalties.• Demonstrably changing company culture and engagement to the core business.• Making a sustainable difference to teams.• Generating a demonstrable return on investment of 5:1 (and often much more).We apply the best techniques from Process efficiency, Engaging presentations, Lean methodology, Psychology and Leadership, backed up by scientifically validated insight, to understand where you are and where you want to be.

London, United Kingdom

A2B Excellence delivers bespoke improvement programmes which put major projects, teams and businesses back on time and on budget. We have saved thousands of man-days and millions of pounds; we have uncovered improvements in hundreds of processes and made staff happier in the process. My work has seen me nominated for the CIPD’s prestigious L&D Professional of the Year 2014 award; and our work has scooped two consecutive Employee Engagement Awards (2014-15, 2015-16) and a UK Rail Industry nomination for 2016.My team and I work directly as a trusted counsel with business leaders, or applied to underperforming teams and to challenging projects. Among our in-house skill-sets are: Lean Transformation, Process Improvement / Mapping, Leadership development, Problem Solving, Change Management, Project Management, Train the Trainer, Supplier / Stakeholder Relationship Management, Collaborative Planning, Team integration.

London, United Kingdom

Lean Sustainability Architect with extensive experience of organisational Transformation and Culture change initiatives, from inception through full development, deployment and benefits realisation. Publicly verified and acknowledged expert in realising latent staff potential, (empirically proven), and improving business processes, (forensically documented), all with a spirit of staff enablement and engagement.

London, United Kingdom

Created, developed and personally delivered a bespoke training and process improvement programme for the Capital projects directorate, London Underground. This programme qualified over 250 Lean Champions and identified in excess of £20M of process waste and disruption with over £10M delivered back to the business, during the initial 24 months, through capacity improvements and reduced project delay.

• Led, trained and motivated transnational cross functional teams by example to successfully deliver projects• Consulted with engineering, manufacturing, logistics & support teams on successful cost reduction projects• Handpicked as the Lean training developer on business critical Airbus projects in France, Germany, Spain and the UK• Personally delivered Lean training courses at all levels from shop floor operators to senior management• Successfully advised on 5S/Kaizen events, value stream mapping, visual management workshops

• T.P.S & Process Expert with 10 Years Training and application of the Toyota Production System.• Proved a highly effective consultant in Japan, advising vendors & clients and improving return on investment• Won the 2008 Toyota Deeside Quality Circles award for efficiency and process improvements• Lead Trainer for ZR Block Line Setup and Project from inception to full Production

Executive Coach, Leadership Behaviours, Executive Coaching

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