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• Actions/behaviour - this may involve conscious awareness and decisions to change behaviour and/or skills training
• Thoughts/attitudes - awareness of how people's thoughts and attitudes are affecting their behaviour and emotions is often an important step in achieving change and realisation of potential.  In order to "think outside the box" people need to become aware of their own personal box!
• Emotions - emotional awareness of self and others and the ability to manage emotions can be a key factor in personal development and successful leadership.

My own training enables me to make use of psychological resources such as cognitive-behavioural techniques, personality profiling and Transactional Analysis as well as skills teaching in my work. 

I have degrees in Psychology and English and my professional qualifications include the Certificate in Human Resource Development from the the ITD (now the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) and the National Open College Certificate in Designing and Writing E-Learning Content. I have been privileged to work with some of the leading personal development trainers in the world and I regularly extend my skills with research and training. 

I am licensed to provide profiling in the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator for individuals and teams and I am now in my second year of training in the Transactional Analysis theory of personality and relationships which gives insights into individual and organizational issues.

Before moving into training I spent 15 years in educational publishing, where I rose through the ranks to become a manager responsible for planning and producing a publishing programme to a projected turnover. I therefore have experience of managing others and of setting and working to budgets and business plans. My work involved dealing with a wide variety of people and required good interpersonal skills.

Comments about me from participants on my courses:

• "Excellent. Very high quality."
• "An excellent facilitator, helpful, firm, discreet, open, great timing, and an admirable and intelligent player in this role.”
• "Helped to create a good learning atmosphere."
• “Very professional – excellent coaching skills.”
• "Well organized, well prepared and obviously experienced."
• "Friendly, approachable and made us feel at ease."
• "Enjoyable approach - good mix of theory, anecdote and practical."
• ”Very helpful with individual issues brought up during course of each day.”

The courses outlined on these pages were developed to meet client needs and I am happy to tailor new courses. Recommendations from previous users are available for all courses. Clients range from local government and NHS trusts to some of Britain's largest publishers, manufacturing companies and retailers. (Click here for a list of clients.)