Phil has over twenty five years' experience in highly successful Leadership Development, Professional Customer Care; Team galvanising, Business Coaching and Commercial skills training His career started with Harper Collins in a production editorial role, which progressed to a position in the sales and marketing operation, receiving Salesperson of the Year Award. This involved orchestrating media promotional activities for authors on radio and TV.. He lead many innovative marketing, strategic sales operational initiatives.Phil became a Director of Associated Training in 1989 and grew the business from a small team delivering to local clients in Yorkshire to a multimillion-pound operation (BLF) based in Nottingham, delivering to global clients in every industry sector.A key designer of innovative Management, Leadership and Team Development programmes, Phil frequently underpins strategic solutions with in-depth research & interactive blended learning techniques which reflect the core objectives and commercial imperatives .Phil continues to deliver commercially strategic programmes to national and international clients such as Skanska, Unilever, Allianz, Airbus, BOC, the NHS and Thincats. Phil is also a licensed Paradigm psychometric profiler practitioner.In May 2018 he bought out his co-Director and rebranded the business - Dickson Training Ltd and moved it to Leeds.He is married and their daughter, Julia Belle, is the BBC News presenter, BBC 5 Live Radio Broadcaster, TED Talk presenter & Bare Naked Politics podcaster.. He reads history and enjoys composing music for the piano.His debut album of original piano compositions, 'Archipelago' was released in May 2022 with all the proceeds going to the Ukraine Refugees appeal via the DEC - https://www.dicksontraining.com/archipelago-album.php His 2nd Album of piano compositions, 'La Belle Epoque', was released in August 2024.Specialties: All levels of Management/Leadership (ILM) Development in most industry and government sectors. Also specialising in bespoke Leadership & Management Development, Professional Customer Care, Train the Trainer & Team galvanising programmes.
Listed skills include Coaching, Leadership Development, Experiential Learning, Executive Coaching, and 34 others.