Neil Grant Email & Phone Number

Wauconda, Il, Us

Dublin 2, Ie

Senior Executive Coach to C-Suite and other senior leaders - delivering breakthrough coaching interventions to raise executive impact and influence.Senior leadership assessment for selection, succession, and development - in-dept psychometrics, interview, benchmarking, report writing, and developmental feedback.Team effectiveness - facilitating senior team effectiveness.

London, England, Gb

Senior Executive Coach to C-Suite and other senior leaders - delivering breakthrough coaching interventions to raise executive impact and influence.Senior leadership assessment for selection, succession, and development - in-dept psychometrics, interview, benchmarking, report writing, and developmental feedback.Team effectiveness - facilitating senior team effectiveness.

Senior Executive Coach specializing in relational coaching for senior leaders and executives. “My objectives as a coach are to listen to your challenges, provoke you to explore shifts in mindset, and coach you to be a better leader yourself and for others. I believe that leaders can develop adaptive and new behaviors to meet any challenge in front of them. My approach to coaching is to build a trusting relationship, inquire curiously, share insightful feedback, be a candid advocate, provoke deep reflection, and champion breakthrough change. My experience is built on 30 years as a senior leader, consultant, and interim executive in global organizations.”

Paris, Fr

Delivered business-focused talent pipeline by leading strategic vision, management, and expansion of Generation Ipsos Analyst Development Program (GI ADP) with $14M annual budget for Ipsos US (2K employees). Drove all facets of GI ADP (~200 graduates) to achieve KPI’s, including talent acquisition, learning and development (L&D), assessments, rotations, talent strategy, compensation, and employee engagement/morale. Engaged senior leadership through active collaboration and delivered program value through measurement, strategic planning, and overall analyst performance management. Led team of seven, facilitated analyst advisory board, led town hall meetings, and negotiated vendor contracts.

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Actively developed accounts and partnered with clients to lead the design and delivery of leadership development programs for ~20 clients annually. Delivered successful multimodal learning journeys, including design and facilitation. Provided breakthrough interventions for senior leaders through executive coaching for ~40 senior leaders simultaneously. Senior level facilitator (in-person and remote) delivering performance and behavior change. Researched and built framework for developing change leaders - intellectual property sold to clients. Motivated, mentored, and led team of six consultants across organization with 6K employees.

Led organizational transformation projects for clients across multibillion-dollar enterprises to define strategy, create/implement solutions, and provide thought leadership. Embedded full-time in organizations, leading teams, providing subject matter expertise, designing processes, and coaching senior leaders through change. Clients included: Grant Thornton (2.5-year assignment - $3M annual budget) Headed design and implementation of 3-year partner academy for 7K employee organization, delivering experiential journey for ninety participants each year enabling active partner pipeline and differentiating potential. Spectra Energy (1.5-year assignment) Created and implemented field leader development program for 6K employees across N. America, enhancing capability and stimulating organizational development. Built bench of external coaches to partner executives in raising performance and delivering business impact American Hospital Association (6-month assignment) Designed future-oriented education strategy, learning curriculum, and roadmaps to maximize capability of 6K risk management professionals. Engineered change program to launch strategy, communication tactics, and stakeholder management.

Led organizational transformation projects while engaged as a senior leader/independent consultant to develop strategy, implement solutions, and drive performance. Provided onsite guidance over several years, leading teams, serving as SME, designing processes, and coaching executives through change. Clients included: British Aerospace (1.5-year assignment) Led team to completely redesign strategy / operational approaches to leadership, talent, and learning disciplines for an organization of 5,000 employees. Designed a strategic capability development framework and new talent program for Saudi nationals to accelerate leadership growth in organization with an annual budget of $5m. British Gas (1.5-year assignment - ₤22M annual budget) Realigned and built strategic capability of British Gas Engineering Academy with 150 employees and accountability for training and upskilling 10K engineers to ensure future-fit and deliver industry best-in-class professionals. Redesigned Academy’s structure, leadership team, and approach to developing engineering proficiency across gas and renewable skill set – transformed legacy approach into an agile and innovative new strategy. BG Group - now Shell (9-month assignment) Coached senior leaders based in India, Singapore, Thailand, and Kazakhstan to build succession/talent management pipeline for top one hundred business-critical positions and successors across 1.5K employee Asia-Pacific Region. Marconi Corporation (2-year assignment) Built corporate leadership assessment/development program for top two hundred leaders in 10K employee organization, ensuring leadership bench strength and meeting the future needs of the business. Delivered industry-leading e-learning strategy with lower budget and maximum functionality.

Paris, Fr, Fr

 Designed comprehensive succession planning process for top two hundred leaders in 5K employee UK organization to ensure robust executive pipeline and focused development to improve succession coverage. Built and led high-potential leadership program incorporating assessment, training modules, business projects, coaching activities, action learning projects, and facilitation of learning reviews – provided a successful pipeline of senior leaders for the organization. Led organizational development program to change culture and implement process change in 600 employee IT division, including organization design, performance management system, internal communication strategy, and HR initiatives.

Post Graduate Diploma; Pg Dip, Coaching & Mentoring Practice

Ma, Management Development: Human Resource Management

Mcipd, Human Resources