Keith Nelson has over 20years of experience as an executive coach. As well as being managing director of Your Total Coach – which provides organisational development services, coaching and coaching training – he is founder of coaching qualifications training at Cambridge University. He was formerly director of coaching & development in a FTSE top 100 company.Keith’s experience extends across media, construction, housing, engineering, education, local government, logistics, law, accountancy, retail, manufacturing and food. He has worked with organisations in the private, public and community/voluntary sectors.Highly professional, he has qualifications that include an Advanced Diploma in Coaching and Diplomas in Executive Coaching and Coaching Psychology. He trains coaches to ‘masters’ levels and provides ongoing supervision for practicing coaches to ensure maintenance of their professional qualifications and standards. Unsurprisingly, he also submits himself to regular supervision.He believes in an eclectic approach to coaching, with inputs from psychology, management, leadership and sport. It was his early experience as a sports journalist and publisher, during which he interviewed many leading sportsmen and their coaches, that developed his interest in coaching and how lessons from the world of sport could be applied to executives and organisations. He was then able to apply that learning himself in senior management roles before starting his own coaching and training business.A published author (the first edition of his book ‘Your Total Coach: 50 Ideas for Inspiring Personal and Professional Growth’ was published in 2010) Keith is also a regular speaker at conferences and seminars on management development, coaching and related topics.