Simon Ford Email & Phone Number

Blindley Heath, Gb

United Kingdom

Positive Change Partners provide workshops, coaching and strategic planning in leadership, sales, engagement and performance. We work with blue chip organisations and growing businesses internationally to develop and embed the positive behaviours that impact the bottom line. If you’re a director or leader who wants to embed the profit-related behaviours and skills of your teams to meet your strategic objectives and improve the bottom-line, please contact us to arrange a… Show more Positive Change Partners provide workshops, coaching and strategic planning in leadership, sales, engagement and performance. We work with blue chip organisations and growing businesses internationally to develop and embed the positive behaviours that impact the bottom line. If you’re a director or leader who wants to embed the profit-related behaviours and skills of your teams to meet your strategic objectives and improve the bottom-line, please contact us to arrange a call.info@positivechangepartners.com +44 (0)1342 837660 Show less

Surrey And London

Zingela works with small-medium sized businesses as a ‘commercial partner’, working with you, utilising your resources to achieve your objectives. Fast. Effective. Efficient.We sit at the cross-section of business advisory, coaching and mentoring – focused on action and making things happen. We work with you to:• accelerate growth, • minimise risk, • become operationally leaner • maximise value when exiting your business. Ultimately improving your… Show more Zingela works with small-medium sized businesses as a ‘commercial partner’, working with you, utilising your resources to achieve your objectives. Fast. Effective. Efficient.We sit at the cross-section of business advisory, coaching and mentoring – focused on action and making things happen. We work with you to:• accelerate growth, • minimise risk, • become operationally leaner • maximise value when exiting your business. Ultimately improving your organisation's effectiveness, resilience and bottom-line.If you're looking to make changes and progress with your business call +44 (0)1342 837660 or visit www.zingela.co.uk Show less

During this period, I worked with different companies across a range of industries and sectors: turning around businesses facing financial difficulty, facilitating growth of businesses, implementing exit strategies, growing sales and developing teams. ➔ Working with leadership teams to create a vision and establish goals and objectives for their businesses ➔ Obtaining commitment from all stakeholders to achieve a new result➔ Identifying key activities and developing… Show more During this period, I worked with different companies across a range of industries and sectors: turning around businesses facing financial difficulty, facilitating growth of businesses, implementing exit strategies, growing sales and developing teams. ➔ Working with leadership teams to create a vision and establish goals and objectives for their businesses ➔ Obtaining commitment from all stakeholders to achieve a new result➔ Identifying key activities and developing profit-related signature behaviours➔ Uncovering risks and the critical success factors➔ Mentoring the leaders and their teams through a period of change➔ Organisational change (post acquisition) and facilitating IPOs Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

• Build successful businesses with dynamic sales, motivated teams focused on well-formed outcomes and delivering value (including, asset management, tech, retail and B2B)• Preparing businesses for sale• Fund raising (Equity and debt)• Consultant to a wide range of organisations from SME’s to multi nationals including financial services/asset management, pharma, food, tech and manufacturing )Helping businesses to establish a clear ‘Vision and Strategy’ with a plan of execution –… Show more • Build successful businesses with dynamic sales, motivated teams focused on well-formed outcomes and delivering value (including, asset management, tech, retail and B2B)• Preparing businesses for sale• Fund raising (Equity and debt)• Consultant to a wide range of organisations from SME’s to multi nationals including financial services/asset management, pharma, food, tech and manufacturing )Helping businesses to establish a clear ‘Vision and Strategy’ with a plan of execution – • Leadership and Management – embedding profit related behaviours, activities and disciplines that create a high performance climate• Sales direction and management – establishing a strategic sales plan and plan of action to accelerate growth (in asset management, security systems, FM, insurance, pharma). Developing a Trusted Advisor culture• Delivering efficient accountability processes and disciplines to monitor and measure people, team and organisational progress• Implementing communication and presentation skills and management that contribute to team performance • Coaching and mentoring including C-suite directors Show less

As a Director, my aim was to grow this investment business – and the principal way we did this was to establish a team of trusted advisors. The team were extremely effective in generating business and managing client expectations both in the UK and overseas.As a result of our investment in team development, everyone understood how they contributed to offering value to our clients. Our clients valued their experience working with us from both a business and a personal perspective… Show more As a Director, my aim was to grow this investment business – and the principal way we did this was to establish a team of trusted advisors. The team were extremely effective in generating business and managing client expectations both in the UK and overseas.As a result of our investment in team development, everyone understood how they contributed to offering value to our clients. Our clients valued their experience working with us from both a business and a personal perspective. In 1995, we divided the business into two – the UK financial services and investment division became Thomson Lockwood Brooks. In 1999, both Thomson Lockwood Brooks and Thomson Marshall Ford were successfully sold. Show less

➔ Brought in to restructure/re-generate the financial services division➔ Started the process of developing a high- performance team that would later move with me to Thomson Marshall Ford➔ Facilitated a management buyout

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