Meet the team

Paul has  25 years of experience in providing a broad management development portfolio to many client organisations, including numerous Executive Coaching assignments. He is motivated by helping individuals, teams and organisations to achieve their fullest potential, through appropriate levels of support and challenge in coaching and development assignments.Paul ensures that in Executive Coaching his interventions are tailored to support the needs of the Coachee and use a range of results driven coaching processes to ensure the genuine transfer of the coaching to the work place, thus maximising the impact for the individual and return on investment for their organisation.He is keen to share experience and practical tools that he knows will further support the development of those he work with.

Paul  spent the last 18 years as a Management Develoment & Leadership Consultant operating at all levels within organisations and across a wide range of business sectors, including Retail, Scientific Research, Travel & Transport, Sales, Standards and Certification, Customer Research, Oil Expolration, Legal, & Logistics.

Previous experience includes; Store Manager and Training roles with J. Sainsbury plc; Operational Sales and Training with Prudential; Training Manager with Royal & Sun Alliance; Management Development Advisor and then Head of Retail Training at Argos; and Head of Training at Going Places.

• Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institure of Personnel & Development (FCIPD)
• Certificate in Training Practice – Thames Valley University (TVU)
• Diploma in Traing Management (TVU)
• Pyschometric Testing & Assessment Levels A & B – Saville & Holdsworth  (SHL)– licensed user of OPQ, IMC, PMC, PD 360, DDA and others
• Licensed user of Myers Briiggs (MBTi) and FIRO-B – Oxford Psychologist Press (OPP)
• Certified Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programmking (NLP)
• Certified Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)

Phil has over 15 years experience of training & development management, co-ordination and consultancy and has had great results with supporting the development of people from diverse roles and industries.  He has had great  results with people from Managing Directors, Managers, Team Leaders, and Admin Teams to shop floor workers.
 
Phil truly believes in delivering EXCELLENT training experiences that not only teach but inspire people to be the best they possible can be. He is committed to constantly improving his own performance to ensure he can positively influence everyone he meets.  His use of humour alongside his extenxive knowledge and experience is always well received. He effectively delivers theoretical based training with a practical and pragmatic approach as he strongly believes that a whole lot of theory is of no use without a whole lot of action.

Sandra is a highly motivated HRD Consultant (Chartered MCIPD) with over 25 years’ experience gained in rapidly changing organisations. 
Prior to consulting, Sandra worked in 3 NHS Hospitals before moving to First Group (Great Western Trains), and then to Alliance Boots.
 
Sandra is an excellent facilitator able to improve management performance through the effective use of coaching and development programmes.  She is a good communicator and is able to develop effective working relationships to achieve business goals.
 
Sandra is an accredited ILM trainer and has delivered a number of successful ILM programmes for organisations including the University West of England (UWE), Exeter University and Cedar Care Homes… She is on the Board of Directors of an engineering manufacturing company in Birmingham where she provides HR advice and support.
 
Sandra’s approach is based around firstly taking the time to gain a good understanding of the client’s needs before developing interventions that are tailor made. Her programmes are highly participative and practical whilst at the same time stretching for those who are seeking to learn that little bit more.