Mark Crabtree Email & Phone Number

North East England

Making excellent performance infectious and helping people to be the best they can be.I am an independent Organisation and Leadership Development Consultant who is results orientated and experienced in working closely with key stakeholders in complex and diverse organisations. My aim is to empower organisations, leaders, teams and individuals to reach their full potential and to aspire them to go beyond. I believe that people who are engaged and connected to the organisation provide the only true competitive edge. By celebrating and harnessing the diversity of people we can build sustainable organisations that make a positive difference to the world.I am also an accredited supplier to Bloom. Delivering the NEPRO neutral vendor solution. Bloom specialises in bringing together a community of buyers and suppliers to help the public sector buy professional services better.

An experienced and engaging facilitator, coach, mediator, and author with over 35 years of experience, a driving force in fostering transformative change, personal development and growth, dedicated to empowering organisations, leaders, teams, and individuals to reach their full potential. With a background in social psychology and sociology, backed by a master’s level qualification in human resource management alongside coaching and mediation qualifications. Areas of expertise span leadership development, organisation development, coaching, psychometrics, facilitation, performance management, transformational change and mediation. Demonstrates a people-centric approach, helping leaders to develop their impact and drive lasting change. Notable achievements include leading prestigious and award-winning programmes in the private and Higher Education sectors, as well as leading a leadership development programme for University leaders in India.

As a Senior Consultant at Oakridge, I support organisations with leadership development and organisation development, coaching, psychometrics, facilitation, performance management, managing change, and conflict resolution and mediation. I have over 15 years of experience in the Higher Education Sector having held senior HR and Learning and Development roles in a top Russell Group University. I also held senior L & D roles in local government and the private sector.

Durham, United Kingdom

Led the design and delivery of leadership, management and organisation development initiatives and skills training across the University's staff community;Developed and initiated a range of leadership development events for senior managers and Heads of Academic Departments;Led a programme for developing leaders that won a Times Higher Education award (2011) for innovation in leadership development;Developed a leadership programme for early career researchers which was shortlisted for a Times Higher Award in 2014;Led a small team of motivated learning and development specialists;Qualified coach;Qualified work-place mediator;Provided psychometric assessments (MBTI Step 2; 16PF; Hogan) for recruiting, coaching and training purposes;Experienced in assessment/development centre design; Designed the induction and appraisal websites and reformatted the university’s approach to induction;Successfully managed a budget of approximately £150 to £200k for over 16 years;Member of Human Resources Senior Management Team;Co-chair of Durham Technical Manager Network; Co-director of the University’s Mediation Service.

Durham, United Kingdom

Responsible for the project management, design and delivery of leadership, management and "soft skills" development across the university;Led a team of highly skilled and motivated learning and development specialists;Introduced leadership programmes for Heads of Academic Departments;Introduced development programmes for professional services staff.

I was a regional judge for the National Training Awards for 13 years. The role involved assessing entries for the award and conducting validation visits. The aim of the NTA was to celebrate excellence in training and development and to award exemplars. My role as a judge invoved working collaboratively with fellow judges and visiting organisations from both private and public sectors, large and small in order to find ambassadors for excellence in training for the North East.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Led the design and facilitation of training and development events; Developed and introduced a competency/behavioural framework;Designed, facilitated the trainee sales executive programme; Coordinated the groups apprenticeship programme;Over-sight of health and safety;Led a small team of HR professionals;Won Automotive Management QSI Silver Award for Training and Development 1997;Gained Investor in People Status in 1999 (Largest UK dealer group to achieve IIP status);Established the Group as Registered Centre to run ILM Management Programmes;Won Automotive Management QSI Gold Award, Large Dealer Category 1999 for training and development;Led work on establishing Benfield Group values and behaviours;Introduced, arranged and facilitated Management Conferences in 2000 & 2001.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Responsible for the design and delivery of a range of leadership and management development initiatives.Successfully introduced a competency framework for treasury staff.Responsible for the project management of a wide range of training and development initiatives for council employees and school governors.Advising Council Chief Officers on people development matters.Adviser regarding Investors in People. I advised the first school in the UK to gain IiP status.

North East England And Scotand

YTS training Officer with Burton Menswear between November 1985 to January 1987 which involved the management of the Burton YTS scheme in the North of England and Scotland.Regional Training Manager (Top Man January 1987 to May 1988; Top Shop May 1988 to September 1989), responsible for the design and delivery of a wide range on management development and customer care training initiatives in Northern England, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Ba (Hons), Social Science (Social Psychology, Sociology And Statistics), 2:2

Activities and Societies: Member of Social Sciences SocietyAlso studies Mathemetics and Computer Science for 1 year

Professional Qualification, Chartered Institute Of Personnel And Development, Distinction

The programme included the following: Employment Law, Employee Relations, Recruitment and Selection, Training and Development; and was.