About me
"Success for me consists of two parts - Was the strategic business objective met? Did everyone in the group feel enabled to contribute at their best?"
When I was managing teams and individuals I soon realised that enabling others to perform at their best energised me and was something quite intuitive. It wasn't long before I was introduced to 'facilitation', and everything started to click. I hugely benefitted from training in Nancy Kline’s 'Time to Think' methodology, which set me on the path to becoming a fully certified facilitator. It holds a core concept that being inclusive centres on the quality of attention we give each other and this remains one of my guiding principles today. Having been facilitating now for over a decade there aren't many work situations I haven't facilitated within and you can see some of my clients listed on the Home page.
As a trainer, I use a collaborative and supportive approach, but one that offers challenge to participant’s on their terms. I create experiences and provide stimuli that encourage participants to find their own answers and understand things in meaningful ways. My interest in designing training grew from my own experiences with various training programs. I was inspired by those that led to behavioural change—when an idea is communicated so powerfully that it sparks transformation. I have delivered numerous Leadership and Management training courses as an associate trainer as well as developing my own courses. Most recently I have designed training on Inclusive Facilitation and various Neuro-inclusive sessions from all staff awareness building training to more intensive sessions on Neuro-inclusive Management. This work has been heavily influenced by the work of Nancy Doyle, a leading figure in the neurodiversity field.
Alongside facilitation and training, I do one-on-one coaching. My approach to coaching has been informed in part by the teachings of Catalyst 14 and their transformational coaching style and underpinned by the EMCC accreditation I hold. I work with clients from a variety of backgrounds—large charities and NGOs and corporate sector organisations. I find coaching incredibly rewarding and humbling, as it allows me to create personalised experience for each coachee, tailored to their needs—whether it’s the amount of challenge they want or how creative or structured they prefer the coaching space to be. As a coach I enable coachees to make progress with their challenges and limiting assumptions they may be holding, and do deep work on their sense of self to achieve meaningful growth.