Experience

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  People At Work Consulting Ltd

  • Sheffield, United Kingdom

  • Performance Coach and Business Consultant

    • May 2008 - Present
    • Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Successfully ambitious companies cannot - by definition - afford to be 'ordinary'. They require everyone to be individually operating at the top of their game and to be collectively pulling together in the same direction. This takes effort... constant effort.Most people come to work wanting to do a really good job, and yet so many things can (and do) get in the way. We can call those things 'interferences'. They detract from an individual's / team's potential, and undermine what is achieved ( i.e. the outcome / performance).Every action has a consequence - indeed, even inaction has a consequence. However, systematically pinpointing the interferences enables discussions to happen, and discussions enable deliberate choices or strategies to be adopted to reduce those interferences. Through the implementation of thoughtful strategies, 'ordinary' performance then has the opportunity to become 'extraordinary'.I work with individuals and teams to identify their 'interferences'. I am a freelance business consultant with 20 years consulting experience and expertise in the area of people and performance. My key expertise areas are: creating clarity for performance, shaping company structures for hight performance and growth, employee engagement, talent assessment and development, and performance coaching.

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  Zenobia Consulting Ltd

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

  • Associate Consultant

    • Sep 2008 - May 2014
    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    Executive Assessment; Talent Management; Leadership Development; the research / articulation of what 'outstanding performance'; creating performance clarity.Client Base included: The Co-operative Food; Celesio (parent company of AAH and Lloyds Pharmacy); Ecclesiastical Insurance; Bristan Group.

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  Hay Group

  • Midlands

  • Associate Consultant

    • Mar 2006 - Sep 2009
    • Midlands

    Internal technical expertise and support, as well as some performance-based consultancy services to some of their clients.Client base included: Vodafone PLC; McArthurGlen UK Ltd; Southern Regional College (Republic of Ireland); Wiltshire County Council; Experian.

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  Hay Group

  • London & Manchester

  • Senior Consultant

    • 1997 - 2006
    • London & Manchester

    During my time at Hay Group, I worked through 4 consultant grades to become an internally recognised expert in competencies and competency research / development, assessment, assessment design, and Emotional Intelligence (the ECI©). I also became an experienced practitioner in role profiling, job families, job evaluation and reward.

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  A4e

  • Centre Manager (Rotherham)

    • 1994 - 1996