Jon Horsley
Coach-Mentor Supervisor for Apprenticeships at The OCM Group Ltd.- Claim this Profile
Click to upgrade to our gold package
for the full feature experience.
-
English Native or bilingual proficiency
-
French Full professional proficiency
Topline Score
Bio
Makarand Sahasrabuddhe
Before applying for a role in Jon’s team I tried to find out more about him. As it transpired, he was doing the same and one of our sources was common! That was my first ‘interaction’ with Jon. I subsequently worked with him as his team member for seven years. Most of the time our engagement was remote as I was based in India and he in the UK. We did get many opportunities to work in the same physical space though; in team retreats, workshops, and other meetings. In the seven years that we worked together, there was never an interaction where I did not learn something new from Jon. Never one where I did not laugh aloud. Whether it was about organisational politics, strategies I could adopt, facilitation techniques I could use, or coaching methods that would be helpful for me, Jon always helped. Never by telling me anything but by coaching me to find the right answer. In fact, I don’t think I ever had a classic manager-employee conversation with him. In case you think it was all work, perish the thought. We have had innumerable non-work interactions where we spoke about food, art, politics, development, movies, British humour – everything under the sun really. Jon is a person of infinite patience and a genuine desire to see people he works with grow. He is a fantastic coach, who comes with a lot of lived experience and knowledge of frameworks that he is able to apply to almost any situation. He can stretch, without letting anything break. He is a man who taught me how to convert judgement into curiosity and to convert defensiveness into self-reflection. That I haven’t learnt very well, is not his fault 😊. But I am trying, while I have ‘fun’; another of Jon’s things. How can one not want to work with a manager who puts ‘having fun’ in the team objectives? We no longer work together in the same organisation but it is my fondest desire that we get involved in a project together where we can once again have fun, be emergent with our approaches, and deliver value.
Makarand Sahasrabuddhe
Before applying for a role in Jon’s team I tried to find out more about him. As it transpired, he was doing the same and one of our sources was common! That was my first ‘interaction’ with Jon. I subsequently worked with him as his team member for seven years. Most of the time our engagement was remote as I was based in India and he in the UK. We did get many opportunities to work in the same physical space though; in team retreats, workshops, and other meetings. In the seven years that we worked together, there was never an interaction where I did not learn something new from Jon. Never one where I did not laugh aloud. Whether it was about organisational politics, strategies I could adopt, facilitation techniques I could use, or coaching methods that would be helpful for me, Jon always helped. Never by telling me anything but by coaching me to find the right answer. In fact, I don’t think I ever had a classic manager-employee conversation with him. In case you think it was all work, perish the thought. We have had innumerable non-work interactions where we spoke about food, art, politics, development, movies, British humour – everything under the sun really. Jon is a person of infinite patience and a genuine desire to see people he works with grow. He is a fantastic coach, who comes with a lot of lived experience and knowledge of frameworks that he is able to apply to almost any situation. He can stretch, without letting anything break. He is a man who taught me how to convert judgement into curiosity and to convert defensiveness into self-reflection. That I haven’t learnt very well, is not his fault 😊. But I am trying, while I have ‘fun’; another of Jon’s things. How can one not want to work with a manager who puts ‘having fun’ in the team objectives? We no longer work together in the same organisation but it is my fondest desire that we get involved in a project together where we can once again have fun, be emergent with our approaches, and deliver value.
Makarand Sahasrabuddhe
Before applying for a role in Jon’s team I tried to find out more about him. As it transpired, he was doing the same and one of our sources was common! That was my first ‘interaction’ with Jon. I subsequently worked with him as his team member for seven years. Most of the time our engagement was remote as I was based in India and he in the UK. We did get many opportunities to work in the same physical space though; in team retreats, workshops, and other meetings. In the seven years that we worked together, there was never an interaction where I did not learn something new from Jon. Never one where I did not laugh aloud. Whether it was about organisational politics, strategies I could adopt, facilitation techniques I could use, or coaching methods that would be helpful for me, Jon always helped. Never by telling me anything but by coaching me to find the right answer. In fact, I don’t think I ever had a classic manager-employee conversation with him. In case you think it was all work, perish the thought. We have had innumerable non-work interactions where we spoke about food, art, politics, development, movies, British humour – everything under the sun really. Jon is a person of infinite patience and a genuine desire to see people he works with grow. He is a fantastic coach, who comes with a lot of lived experience and knowledge of frameworks that he is able to apply to almost any situation. He can stretch, without letting anything break. He is a man who taught me how to convert judgement into curiosity and to convert defensiveness into self-reflection. That I haven’t learnt very well, is not his fault 😊. But I am trying, while I have ‘fun’; another of Jon’s things. How can one not want to work with a manager who puts ‘having fun’ in the team objectives? We no longer work together in the same organisation but it is my fondest desire that we get involved in a project together where we can once again have fun, be emergent with our approaches, and deliver value.
Makarand Sahasrabuddhe
Before applying for a role in Jon’s team I tried to find out more about him. As it transpired, he was doing the same and one of our sources was common! That was my first ‘interaction’ with Jon. I subsequently worked with him as his team member for seven years. Most of the time our engagement was remote as I was based in India and he in the UK. We did get many opportunities to work in the same physical space though; in team retreats, workshops, and other meetings. In the seven years that we worked together, there was never an interaction where I did not learn something new from Jon. Never one where I did not laugh aloud. Whether it was about organisational politics, strategies I could adopt, facilitation techniques I could use, or coaching methods that would be helpful for me, Jon always helped. Never by telling me anything but by coaching me to find the right answer. In fact, I don’t think I ever had a classic manager-employee conversation with him. In case you think it was all work, perish the thought. We have had innumerable non-work interactions where we spoke about food, art, politics, development, movies, British humour – everything under the sun really. Jon is a person of infinite patience and a genuine desire to see people he works with grow. He is a fantastic coach, who comes with a lot of lived experience and knowledge of frameworks that he is able to apply to almost any situation. He can stretch, without letting anything break. He is a man who taught me how to convert judgement into curiosity and to convert defensiveness into self-reflection. That I haven’t learnt very well, is not his fault 😊. But I am trying, while I have ‘fun’; another of Jon’s things. How can one not want to work with a manager who puts ‘having fun’ in the team objectives? We no longer work together in the same organisation but it is my fondest desire that we get involved in a project together where we can once again have fun, be emergent with our approaches, and deliver value.
Experience
-
-
Coach-Mentor Supervisor for Apprenticeships
-
Mar 2022 - Present
-
-
Associate Coach-Mentor
-
Nov 2021 - Present
-
-
-
Freelance
-
Egypt
-
Human Resources
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Independent executive and team coach
-
Sep 2021 - Present
Finally focusing on what I love to do - supporting people under pressure to make their own wise choices and to change the systems they live and work in for the better. Finally focusing on what I love to do - supporting people under pressure to make their own wise choices and to change the systems they live and work in for the better.
-
-
-
Oxfam GB
-
Kenya
-
Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
-
1 - 100 Employee
-
Senior Human Resources Business Partner, Learning & Organisational Development
-
Jan 2021 - Aug 2021
-
-
-
Oxfam International
-
Kenya
-
Non-profit Organizations
-
500 - 600 Employee
-
Head of Program Effectiveness
-
May 2017 - Jan 2021
-
-
Head of Program Development
-
Sep 2012 - Apr 2017
-
-
Acting Head of Program Development
-
Jan 2012 - Aug 2012
-
-
Regional Governance Manager
-
Nov 2010 - Dec 2011
-
-
-
-
Fellow
-
Jan 2017 - Jan 2021
-
-
-
-
Regional Programme Policy Manager: Middle East, Eastern Europe, CIS
-
Oct 2005 - Oct 2010
-
-
Education
-
2012 - 2013
NTL Institute for Applied Behavioural Science
Certificate in Organisation Development, Organizational Behavior Studies -
-
University of East Anglia
Development Studies -
-
Dartington Hall
Community
